Dialysis and kidney failure: Treatment for a better quality of life
BY Mandip Panesar MS, MD, FASN and Patricia Denny MS c/o Buffalo Healthy Living Most of us know someone who is a dialysis patient. Kidney failure, resulting in the need…
Is medically-guided weight loss an option for you?
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING BUFFALO — It may be. ECMC Synergy Bariatrics offers services designed for patients who experience excessive weight gain and have been unable to lose weight through diet…
Cardiac catheterization unit first in Niagara County
STAFF REPORTS news@allwnynews.com NIAGARA FALLS — Western New York healthcare history was made today as officials from Catholic Health, Kaleida Health, Erie County Medical Center and Niagara Falls Memorial Medical…
ECMC earns NCQA recognition
BUFFALO HEALTHY LIVING BUFFALO — Erie County Medical Center (ECMC) Corporation today announced that the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) informed ECMC that its Internal Medicine Center has achieved…
Man shot in leg on Oneida Street
BUFFALO — The Buffalo Police Department is investigating a shooting that occurred around 7:45 p.m. on Oneida Street. Police say a man in his 20s was shot in the leg…
Pedestrian injured in in River Road crash
WHEATFIELD — An unidentified person was taken to Erie County Medical Center Friday night following a car/pedestrian crash on River Road. According to the Niagara County Sheriff’s Office, the crash…
Person flown to ECMC after falling out of truck
LEWISTON — An unidentified person was taken to Erie County Medical Center via Mercy Flight overnight after an accident on the Tuscarora Indian Reservation. The person reportedly fell out of…
Woman injured after crashing into building
NORTH TONAWANDA — An unidentified woman was taken to Erie Count Medical Center this morning after she reportedly crashed her vehicle into a building on Niagara Falls Boulevard. Officials say…
NCSO investigating fatal car/pedestrian crash in Wheatfield
WHEATFIELD — The Niagara County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a double fatal car/ pedestrian crash which occurred in front of 6680 Shawnee Road shortly after midnight. According to NCSO preliminary…
BPD investigating 3 overnight shootings
BUFFALO — Buffalo Police are investigating three shootings that occurred within just over an hour and all within a one-mile radius. The first shooting happened just after 1 a.m. on…