Jeremy Morlock, director at the Kidney Foundation of WNY, chatted with In Good Health about community awareness and patient support.
Q. It seems that so many other diseases are consistently in the spotlight and that kidney-related issues are not as prominent even though the kidney is the most transplanted organ and also the most needed. Is that the case?
A. Yes, kidney disease is globally underrecognized and Western New York is no different in that way. We want to educate people about risk factors, many of which are not known. For example, a person can lose 90% of kidney function before recognizing that something is wrong...
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