Greater access to organs part of the reason for the increase. Last year, doctors at Upstate University Hospital performed 110 transplants By Mary Beth
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Kidney Donation Gives Rome Man a Second Chance
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Rome resident Thomas Trace had been living with chronic kidney disease for 17 years before he was placed on an
New York Still Lags in Organ Donation
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant When it comes to organ donation designations, New York could do better to meet the need. According to the US
Mental Health: Words Matter
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant “I just cleaned all my closets — I’m just so OCD.” “I’m so depressed that I forgot to eat my
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The Demand for EMTs Remains High By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant If you are interested in the medical field and enjoy high adrenaline situations, working
CACs Offers Wraparound Care for Abused Children
By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant The trauma caused by child abuse and neglect doesn’t end with the incident. These crimes also inflict harm as children
Better Way to Treat Kidney Stones
Upstate Urology of Auburn purchases equipment to treating kidney stones Upstate Urology of Auburn is the first practice in the region to use the
5 Things You Should Know About A-Fib
By Ernst Lamothe Jr. It’s a condition that results in more than 454,000 hospitalizations in the United States each year. Even worse, the Centers
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Director of research at Hematology-Oncology Associates: One of the jobs of Hematology-Oncology Associates’ physician is to bring cancer clinical trials to CNY. He talks
The State of Opioid Abuse — How Bad Is It?
Deaths by overdose still going up year after year By Deborah Jeanne Sergeant Three years ago, area experts could only guess the effects of