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Grant funding helps Baycrest launch pilot project for Canada’s first cross-institutional memory clinic

May 1, 2017

When patients arrive at Baycrest Health Sciences’ Sam and Ida Ross Memory Clinic this upcoming June, they will be greeted by a doctor or nurse with an iPad that will...

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Brain-mapping platform, the Virtual Brain, used to help predict the effects of epilepsy

March 17, 2017

The Virtual Brain , an international brain-mapping platform co-created by Baycrest, is one step closer to being used by doctors to provide personalized treatments based on brain simulations. One of...

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Baycrest creates first Canadian Brain Health Food Guide for adults

March 13, 2017

Baycrest scientists have led the development of the first Canadian Brain Health Food Guide to help adults over 50 preserve their thinking and memory skills as they age. “There is...

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The way the brain processes speech could serve as a predictor of early dementia before obvious communication problems appear

March 8, 2017

Early dementia is typically associated with memory and thinking problems; but older adults should also be vigilant about hearing and communication problems, suggest recent findings in a joint Baycrest-University of...

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A message from the President & CEO

February 28, 2017

I want to thank Baycrest supporters from all across our great community for the wonderful welcome I’ve received from so many of you during my first month as the new...

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Baycrest’s unique volunteer visit program could preserve thinking skills for dementia patients living in long-term care

February 22, 2017

Baycrest scientists and clinicians are teaming up with long-term care homes across Toronto to explore how volunteer visits could help older adults with dementia preserve or improve their thinking abilities....

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Zane Caplansky discusses the Baycrest 2046 Challenge

January 20, 2017

On Wednesday, January 18, Zane Caplansky, the owner of Caplansky’s Deli and the host of Let’s Eat on Newstalk 1010, participated in the Baycrest 2046 Challenge. While raising funds to...

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Josh Cooper to lead Baycrest Foundation as new President and CEO

January 10, 2017

The Baycrest Foundation , the fundraising arm of Baycrest Health Sciences, today announced the appointment of Josh Cooper as its new President and Chief Executive Officer. He will begin in...

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RRI Founding Director named Officer of the Order of Canada

January 9, 2017

TORONTO, Canada – The Founding Director of Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute (RRI) , Dr. Donald Stuss, has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada (O.C.), one of Canada’s...

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Researchers identify connection between what we see and how we remember

January 5, 2017

Baycrest researchers have uncovered an important link between eye movements and the brain’s memory system that bolsters the case for using eye-tracking technology to evaluate memory problems and aid in...