Tag: kidney disease
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DaVita Kidney Care relocates to Texas Road in Old Bridge
DaVita Kidney Care, a division of DaVita Inc., has relocated to 262 Texas Road, Old Bridge. Chronic kidney disease is a silent epidemic that affects more than 30 million people in the United States. DaVita Old Bridge Dialysis provides a breadth of kidney care services and treatment choices for local patients needing dialysis. For more information,…
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Edison man’s organ and tissue donation has helped countless people
EDISON — In April 2015, Jonathan Baksh waited in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles to renew his driver’s license. On the form he checked the box to become an organ donor. “He told me ‘Mom, I want to be like you’,” Sally Yabra recalled her son telling her as she stood in line…
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Freehold Township woman seeks life-changing transplant
A serious medical issue has made life a challenge for Lynn Kava of Freehold Township, but she has maintained a positive outlook as she searches for a living kidney donor. Kava, 54, was diagnosed with Chronic Kidney Disease in 2010. Biopsies performed in 2010 and 2013 led to a diagnosis of interstitial nephritis, i.e., an…