Updates | Kidney Foundation of WNY news and updates

May 18, 2023

Ambassadors Share Donation Information with NY Lawmakers

Volunteer and staff ambassadors from the Kidney Foundation of WNY and ConnectLife joined Donate Life New York State (NYS) for legislative...

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May 8, 2023

New York State Living Donor Support Act

New York State adopted its Living Donor Support Act at the end of 2022. The act is intended to encourage living organ donation by...

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May 8, 2023

Living Donor Protection Act

The Living Donor Protection Act was recently re-introduced for Congressional consideration by a bi-partisan group of representatives and...

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Apr 25, 2023

National High Potassium Awareness Day

National High Potassium Awareness Day is celebrated each year on May 1 (5.1). High potassium awareness is important for kidney patients...

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Apr 20, 2023

Hoping for a living kidney donor

Michael Tatum of Cheektowaga is a loving husband, father and grandfather. In 2021, he learned that he was reaching kidney failure....

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Apr 12, 2023

Jessica Frysz's Kidney Story

I’m a Western New York native who grew up in Cheektowaga. I was raised by my parents Robert and Colette. I have an older sister, Angelina...

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Apr 5, 2023

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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Changes in Testing can Improve Diagnosis of Kidney Disease in Black Patients

Feb 18, 2023

Kidney News - National

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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