Baycrest Health Sciences & Baycrest Foundation Publications
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2008/09 Highlights of the Year Titled "Tug of War," this fine sculpture was gifted to Baycrest this year by the Kimel family. The artist is Prince Monyo Mihailescu-Nasturel of Romania. His bronzes are displayed in public buildings around the world and exhibited in the courtyard of his gallery in Palm Beach. Minimize Discuss A study led by Baycrest scientists shows that unhealthy, high-fat meals are not only bad for the waistline, but may adversely affect memory in older adults with Type 2 diabetes immediately after consumption. Published in the July 2008 issue of Nutrition Research, the study suggests that taking high doses of antioxidant vitamins C and E with the meal may help minimize a slump in memory. In 2008, Steve Paikin, host of TVO's The Agenda, interviewed Dr. Donald Stuss about the brain and how memory works. A worldrenowned neuroscientist, Dr. Stuss retires this year from his position as vice- president of Research at Baycrest. The discussion was so fascinating that TVO re-aired it a few weeks later. Clinician-scientist Dr. Tiffany Chow, Sam and Ida Ross Memory Clinic, joined a TVO panel discussion on Alzheimer's the night before. Fatty food fogs memory in the media Lead From upstart to world leader In a relatively short time, Baycrest's Rotman Research Institute has become a "jewel" in the crown of neuroscience, according to a panel of highly respected experts from Canada, the U.S. and Europe who came to Baycrest last November to conduct a five-year review of the institute. "We view the Rotman as one of the pre-eminent neuroscience research programs in the world," said Dr. Robert Knight, review panel chair and director of the Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. Baycrest 2008/09 Annual Report 17