Living Donor Day
Living Donor Day is Wednesday, April 5, 2023. It’s a wonderful opportunity to celebrate the lifesaving gifts made by living kidney...
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Mar 31, 2023
Donate Life Month 2023
Observed in April each year, National Donate Life Month increases awareness about donation, encourage Americans to register as organ, eye...
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Mar 30, 2023
Buffalo skyline was lit up for kidney month
Buffalo is known as the "City of Light" as well as the "City of Good Neighbors." Landmarks across the city were lit up in blue, yellow...
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Mar 23, 2023
Buffalo Landmarks will be Illuminated March 23 for Kidney Month
The Dome of City Hall is among the sites to be lit blue, yellow and green March is National Kidney Month and the “City of Light” is...
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Mar 22, 2023
Dept. of Health Urges New Yorkers to Take Steps to Prevent Chronic Kidney Disease
In New York State, 30% of Adults Have High Blood Pressure & More Than 10% Have Diabetes, the Most Frequent Causes of Chronic Kidney...
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Mar 14, 2023
World Kidney Day Illuminations
The Peace Bridge and Niagara Falls were lit up in yellow and blue the evening of March 9, 2023 in honor of World Kidney Day.
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Mar 14, 2023
Interview with Kidney Transplant Recipient Tanesha Adams
Tanesha Adams received a diagnosis of kidney disease in 2018 and had a kidney transplant at Erie County Medical Center in 2020.
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Mar 13, 2023
Take Steps to Protect Kidney Health
Kidney disease is considered to be a “silent disease,” since it usually doesn’t have clear symptoms in its early stages. Up to 90 percent...
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Feb 28, 2023
Emergency preparedness is a focus for World Kidney Day
World Kidney Day will be celebrated globally on Thursday, March 9. This year's theme is "Kidney Health for All - Preparing for the unexpecte
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Feb 24, 2023
Health Screening Fair Set for March 4
Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Kidney Foundation of Western New York, Kidney Health Together and Roswell Park Comprehensive...
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Feb 18, 2023
Changes in Testing can Improve Diagnosis of Kidney Disease in Black Patients
Important changes are taking place in the ways American medical professionals diagnose and treat kidney disease for Black patients. The...
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Feb 7, 2023
Minority Donation and Transplant Stakeholders Council
ConnectLife Blood and Organ Donor Network is seeking members to serve on the Minority Donation and Transplant Stakeholders Council. The...
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Jan 23, 2023
Presentative Services Task Force Draft on Screening for Kidney Disease is Open for Review & Comment
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has posted a draft research plan on screening for chronic kidney disease. The draft research plan...
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Jan 12, 2023
Forty years of life made possible by a kidney transplant
Jan Schichtel of Franklinville recently celebrated 40 years since receiving her kidney transplant, a gift made possible by the generosity...
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Jan 10, 2023
Living Kidney Donation Awareness Event Honored Local Mason Gary Garippo
We hear from a living donor and people awaiting kidney transplant in the latest Kidney Conversations podcast. Recorded at the Gary...
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Jan 6, 2023
Waiting time adjustment approved for kidney transplant candidates affected by race-based calculation
The Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN) has approved a process intended to improve transplant equity by backdating the...
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Jan 5, 2023
Organ Donation Awareness Event and Blood Drive will Honor Local Mason
The Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Community Service Committee and the Blood and Organ Donor Committee, in cooperation with the...
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Dec 22, 2022
WKBW | One kidney transplant recipient opening doors for other patients as they receive donors
A kidney transplant recipient who searched for a donor has now led three additional kidney transplant patients to receive donors. WKBW...
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Dec 17, 2022
Gary Garippo Memorial Blood Drive and Organ Donor Awareness Event
Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons Blood and Organ Donor Committee in cooperation with the Kidney Foundation of WNY and ConnectLife...
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Dec 16, 2022
Wellness @ Central
Thanks to the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library for including the Kidney Foundation of WNY in recent Wellness @ Central activities....
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