New data released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that one in nine survey respondents age 45 and older in Ohio reported increased confusion or memory loss (e.g. subjective cognitive decline) and nearly 42 percent said that it interfered with their daily lives. Despite the known benefits of early detection, 53 […]
Cindy Jakubick, Special to the Richland Source
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Crawford County doctor turns personal anguish into promising Alzheimer’s treatment
It’s too late to help his grandfather, but Dr. Isaac Schiefer, is trying his best to spare other families the tragic consequences of Alzheimer’s disease. The 31-year-old Bucyrus native, an assistant professor and researcher at the University of Toledo, recently won the highly competitive and prestigious $100,000 New Investigator Research Grant from the National Alzheimer’s […]