
Two case studies demonstrate the therapeutic benefits of creative arts in dementia patients.

Sports such as table tennis, badminton, tennis, or squash have been identified to improve people’s reactions.

Dr. Michael Gordon and co-host Mark Varnovitski welcome Dr. Gabriel Chan to explore an innovative therapeutic approach: the surprising benefits of table tennis for patients living with dementia.

The current controversy is about whether MAID, legal in Canada since 2016, should also include as a sole reason, mental illness (MD-SUC).

It is now well known that conditions that compromise cognitive abilities will play an increasingly important role in individual and population health in the decades to come.

Dementia and hearing loss are both prevalent in older people.
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Physicians usually become adept at choosing medications for the complaints and illnesses that patients bring to their attention.

Physicians usually become adept at choosing medications for the complaints and illnesses that patients bring to their attention.

One of the great things about the history of medicine is how new ideas and approaches to care replace those that were previously the "gold standard" fall by the wayside and are replaced with newer and more effective treatments.