New research into the muscle-brain axis reveals that your skeletal muscles are an endocrine organ — releasing hormones that cross the blood-brain barrier, build new neurons, and fight neuroinflammation.
Baycrest's Dr. Morris Freedman co-developed VBM, which is showing a 60% reduction in behavioural dementia cases being admitted to acute care. Watch video explaining VBM: ...
Dr. Morris Freedman has been appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest civilian honour. Dr. Freedman joined the Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest in 1989 and has...
Dr. Meltzer, Senior Scientist at Baycrest’s Rotman Research Institute, was recently featured in the Ontario Hospital Association Health System News.The article highlights a study, on which Dr. Meltzer was...
For decades, when a person with advanced dementia became rigid, when their limbs slowly curled into painful positions, when every attempt at caregiving became a physical struggle, clinicians and...
Baycrest recently hosted a virtual workshop focused on hearing loss and dementia risk and what older adults can do to protect their brain health. The session featured audiologist Dr. Sylvia...
