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APRIL 2023 • ISSUE 212
ORGAN DONATION
WHY ARE WE SO FAR BEHIND? Despite ranking as one of the highest states for donor need, only 49% of New Yorkers eligible to donate have enrolled in the Donate Life Registry. Plus: How to become a donor today P. 15
Kidney was the most common organ transplanted in the U.S. in 2021: 24,670. Total number of people waiting for a kidney in the US: 90,483. Story on p. 15
HOW TO HELP SOMEONE DEALING WITH DEPRESSION P.19
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THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT A-FIB
A SECOND CHANCE AT LIFE
Patients from across the Northeast come to Rochester for heart transplants, as it has the only comprehensive center in Upstate New York. Last year, a record 22 heart transplants were completed there..P. 14