Category Archives: organ donation/transplant

Riding again: He bicycles despite kidney transplant, cancer diagnosis

Posted on March 9, 2018 by

BY AMBER SMITH Chris Atwood of Moravia has quite a few medical issues for a man of 59, but they don’t rattle him. “I think that fixating and worrying about your health is bad for your health,” he says. Atwood … Continue reading →

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Their team of doctors offered expertise — and hope

Posted on November 27, 2017 by

BY AMBER SMITH Orlando Barrera worked his whole life in construction. He was strong and relatively healthy – until May 2015, when stomach pains forced him to seek medical care. The Syracuse man underwent emergency surgery to remove his gallbladder. … Continue reading →

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Upstate news you may have missed

Posted on March 29, 2017 by

Researcher seeks drug to fight painful condition An Upstate researcher is testing drugs to treat shingles, a painful skin rash caused by the varicella zoster virus. Jennifer Moffat, PhD, is working with a Connecticut company called NanoViricides to find an … Continue reading →

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Got a couple hours to help save lives? Donate platelets

Posted on January 6, 2017 by

BY SUSAN KEETER “What if you could do one thing on Monday that might save a cancer patient’s life on Wednesday?” That’s the message from a Red Cross video encouraging platelet donation. I’ve donated blood since high school but learned about … Continue reading →

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Renewed lives: Pancreas transplants mean patients with diabetes can skip insulin injections

Posted on October 20, 2016 by

BY AMBER SMITH Patrick Nolan, 52, remembers spending his 11th birthday at Upstate University Hospital with a new diagnosis of diabetes. The Syracuse native lived with the disease for 41 years, routinely checking his blood sugar and injecting insulin up … Continue reading →

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A kidney unites them: Facebook connects Upstate nurse with woman needing a kidney transplant

Posted on October 10, 2016 by

BY AMBER SMITH As Jody Adams scrolled through Facebook in January, one post stuck with her. It was written from the point of view of a baby boy named Carter, seeking someone to donate a kidney to his ailing mother. … Continue reading →

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13 things I learned from the fall issue of Upstate Health

Posted on September 29, 2016 by

The pages of the fall 2016 Upstate Health magazine are loaded with important information and a few surprises. If you’re not on our mailing list, you should be. Send an email with your name and mailing address to magazine@upstate.edu with “Upstate … Continue reading →

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Can a pancreas transplant help someone with severe diabetes?

Posted on July 8, 2016 by

BY AMBER SMITH Upstate doctors are now offering a pancreas transplant option for some patients with diabetes mellitus, the most common cause of kidney failure. “Rather than waiting until the kidney fails, you may want to be proactive and go … Continue reading →

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How a man from Upstate New York, and a feral cat, helped scientists identify a new poxvirus

Posted on June 27, 2016 by

By AMBER SMITH Every doctor has that patient he or she can’t forget. Jerrold Abraham, MD, and Donald Blair, MD, took care of a man with a mysterious infection 15 years ago, but only recently was their diagnostic quandary solved, … Continue reading →

Posted in health care, illness, infectious disease, kidney/renal/nephrology, organ donation/transplant, pathology, patient story, research, technology

She’s his lifesaver: Her bone marrow cured his leukemia

Posted on May 17, 2016 by

  BY AMBER SMITH Greg Siwinski and his family looked forward to hosting a woman from Hildesheim, Germany, last October at their home in Syracuse. He had never met her, but the two had a special connection. Bone marrow from … Continue reading →

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