CCNA Talking Brains Webinar Thursday, April 8, 2021 (12:30pm – 1:45pm ET) Since the widely mediatized Lancet Report from 2017, nine (now 12) modifiable factors are intensively discussed as a possibility of lowering incidence (and maybe prevalence) rates for dementia. Thi...
Join CCNA’s first Talking Brain Webinar of 2021 On February 2, 2021 (12:30 – 1:45 pm EST), join us to meet a panel of researchers with entrepreneurial experience. The panel will share insights about their path to entrepreneurship, including the obstacles they faced, and ...
CCNA is proud to announce that its 300th scientific publication was just published. Moreover, this article is the second publication using COMPASS-ND data. More than before, this shows without any doubt the importance of our consortium, the synergies it promotes and this mile...
Learn more on the lessons learned from the ENGAGE trial in our next CCNA Talking Brains webinar With our guest speaker Aline Moussard, Ph.D. September 18, 2020 at 1:00 pm EDT Health research often fails to recruit representative samples, usually leaving the most vulnerable gro...
The article “Frailty Prevalence in the COMPASS-ND Study of Neurodegenerative Disorders” by J. Burt et al. was published recently in the Canadian Geriatrics Journal. This paper is notable for, among other things, being the first to be generated using the data collected from the...
As much as beta amyloid is a hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and widely believed to be involved in its development, many questions remain about this peptide and its connection to the development of cognitive decline and dementia. These questions are ever more pressing as ...
The Canadian Indigenous Cognitive Assessment (CICA) is an adapted version of the Kimberly Indigenous Cognitive Assessment, developed by researchers at the Western Australia Centre for Health and Aging. The adapted CICA tool is an outcome of the CCNA Phase I – Team 20 program o...
The Alzheimer Society of Canada has set up a letter-writing campaign this election to let the candidates know that Canada needs a fully funded national dementia strategy. We are reaching out to urge you to get involved. Sending the letter takes less than 5 minutes (the letter ...
Eating healthy has been shown to help people retain their thinking and memory skills as they age and reduce their risk of developing dementia. Where January is Alzheimer’s Awareness month, it is a good opportunity to take stock of whether and how the recent changes to Canada’s...
Registration is now open for the 29th annual Rotman Research Institute Conference, Aging & Brain Health: Prevention & Early Detection of Dementia taking place March 18, 19 & 20, 2019. “This exciting three-day conference includes a line-up of internationally-renowne...