Cookout Caution: Keeping Food Safety in Focus
By SHARON RADCLIFFE
Chief Nursing Officer
Los Alamos Medical Center
Summer offers plentiful opportunities to gather outdoors with family and friends.
Whether it’s the Fourth of July, Labor Day, an afternoon on the lake or one last hurrah before school days beckon again, al fresco celebrations are the order of the day when the sun is out and the temps are warm. And most gatherings have one particular ingredient in common: food. Think grilled burgers and hot dogs, barbecued chicken, homemade potato salad and coleslaw, and overflowing veggie and fruit trays.
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LANL: Researchers Cast Neural Nets To Simulate Molecular Motion
New deep learning models predict the interactions between atoms in organic molecules. These models will help computational biologists and drug development researchers understand and treat disease. Courtesy/LANL
LANL News:
- Machine learning allows quantum mechanics to be efficiently applied to molecular simulations for drug development, detonation physics and more
New work from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of Florida is showing that artificial neural nets can be trained to encode quantum mechanical laws to describe Read More
Daily Postcard: Picnic Area Behind LAMC
Daily Postcard: Staff take a relaxing break under the cooling shade of tall trees in the picnic area behind Los Alamos Medical Center Thursday afternoon on West Road. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More
Enchanted Evening 2019 Features Women In STEM
Bradbury Science Museum Director Linda Deck served as master of ceremonies at the at the Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails at the Girl Scouts of New Mexico Trails (GSNMT) annual fundraiser, Enchanted Evening, Saturday evening at the Sandia Resort in Albuquerque. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Dr. Jennifer Harris specializes in biosecurity at LANL and was the keynote speaker GSNMT annual fundraiser Saturday at Sandia Resort. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Bradbury Science Museum Director Linda Deck Read More
Alzheimer’s Association Names Tim Sheahan New Mexico Chapter Executive Director
New Mexico Alzheimer’s Association Executive Director Tim SheahanOn The Job In Los Alamos: At LAPSA Training Session
On the job in Los Alamos is Centerra Los Alamos General Manager Lennie Upshaw greeting Alice Bodelson PhD who spoke June 20 to First Responders gathered at the Los Alamos Public Safety Association meeting in the Fire Administration Training Room on identifying and working with people with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Photo by Jennifer Bartram/ladailypost.com
On the job in Los Alamos is Alice Bodelson PhD speeking June 20 to First Responders gathered at the Los Alamos Public Safety Association meeting in the Fire Administration Training Room on identifying and working with people with Autism Read More
AGU: Space Station Mold Survives Ionizing Radiation
Mold grows on the International Space Station on a panel where exercise clothes were hung to dry. Courtesy/NASA
Scanning electron micrograph of a Pennicillium mold producing chains of spores. Courtesy/David Gregory & Debbie Marshall, CC BYInside Out And Outside In: Layne Kalbfleisch Uses Neuroscience And Psychology To Help Clients
Layne Kalbfeisch, M.E.d Ph.D, recently stopped by the Los Alamos Daily Post to talk about her business, 2E Consults ® LLC. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comLos Alamos Daily Post
Educational psychologist and neuroscientist Layne Kalbfleisch , M.Ed. Ph.D., has recently moved her base of operations to northern New Mexico.
Her practice, 2E Consults ® LLC, spans Los Alamos, Espanola and Santa Fe. She currently sees Los Alamos clients at Project Y, 150 Central Park Square.
After years spent as an academic and researcher, Kalbfleisch Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: At Transformative Coaching
On the job in Los Alamos is Dr. Barry Cooney, Ph.D., of Transformative Coaching demonstrating his quartz crystal healing bowls to Christina Claude, DOM LMT, Wednesday in his studio at 1247 Central Ave., Suite 217. Cooney said the bowls are tuned to a different energy center in the body. When he rings the bowls, Dr. Cooney said the sound created helps ensure deeper relaxation, clarity and to aid in resolving negative emotions. ‘The idea is to get you out of your emtional clutter’ he said. For more information about transformative coaching, call Dr. Cooney at 505.220.6657. #worklosalamos Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Medical Advisory Committee
On the job in Los Alamos during a recent meeting of the Medical Advisory Committee seated from left, Senior Office Specialist Ana Martinez, Los Alamos Retirement Community Executive Director Linda Bullock, Emergency Room Director Debbie Maes and Los Alamos Fire and Dispatch Medical Director Dr. Justin Hazen. Standing from left, LAFD EMS Training Coordinator Donna McHenry and Los Alamos County Assistant Emergency Manager Cody Ulrich. The Medical Advisory Committee meets at at 9:30 a.m., the second Wednesday of each month in the 3rd floor conference/training room of the LosHealth Fair, Lowrider Car Show, Ozomatli Concert July 6
COMMUNITY News:
Española: The Rio Arriba Community Health Council and Sancre Productions, producers of A New Normal .Life Campaign, announce the return of three-time Grammy award winning band Ozomatli, to headline HealthFest 2019 Saturday, July 6 at Valdez Park in Española.
HealthFest 2019 with its theme of Unity is hosted by the City of Espanola and major supporters of the event include Rio Arriba County’s Health & Human Services Department, Hoy Recovery Program, The Rio Arriba Community Health Council, Con Alma Health Foundation and Sancre Productions.
This year’s celebration Read More
Letter To The Editor: The Waldorf School – Putting New Mexico’s Health At Risk
By RICHARD SKOLNIKThe low vaccination rates at the Waldorf School in Santa Fe are a public health disaster in the making that should frighten all New Mexicans. If a student at that school gets measles, it is very likely that other unvaccinated students at the school will get measles. The infected students can then pass measles to others in the community, especially infants too young to be vaccinated and children with medical conditions that also prevent their being vaccinated.
It was recently reported that the parents of unvaccinated students at the school “have not expressed concern” Read More
New Mexico Congressional Delegation Announces $2.5 Million To UNM To Research Chronic Kidney Disease Risk Factors Among Native Americans
Luján Announces $400 Million For Women’s Health
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray LujánNMDOH Proposes Medical Cannabis Rule Changes
NMDOH News:
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) recently announced details of proposed rule changes for its Medical Cannabis Program (MCP) that, if adopted, will implement several important policy changes, including a new maximum limit of 1,750 plants for licensed non-profit producers (LNPPs) of medical cannabis.
The new plant limit replaces NMAC Rule Change – 2019 – MCP – Emergency Amendment enacted in March that adopted an emergency plant count rule of 2,500 plants for LNPPs while the NMDOH worked to obtain data for a permanent rule.
The proposed provisions Read More
LAMC Hosts M.A.S.H. Program For Area Students
Flight Nurse Rachel Medvin goes over the items in the medic pack used on Classic Air Medical during the Los Alamos Medical Center hosted Multiple Avenues for Successful Healthcare (M.A.S.H.) two-day program June 10-11. The goal of the program for upcoming high school juniors and seniors in the area is to expose local students to the multiple career opportunities available in their hometown hospital. This program involves interactive work including a CPR class and other activities. Students are exposed to multiple staff members and departments, as well as physician and clinical speakers Read More
Quilts Of Valor Provide Covers Of Comfort To Service Members And Veterans Touched By War
Jake Espinoza wrapped in a Quilts of Valor quilt was a special education teacher in Los Alamos before going to work for Los Alamos National Laboratory. He was a proud member of the United States Marine Corps and served two tours in the Vietnam War. He has retired and now resides in Houston, Texas. The mission of Quilts of Valor is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor. info@QOVF.org New Mexico State Coordinator Priscilla.andrews@QOVF.org. Courtesy photoCommunity AED Dedication At Summer Concert Friday
LAFD provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to the community and LANL. The department has six ambulances that respond to 911 medical calls. All firefighters in the department are required to have an EMS license. EMS response is available 24 hours a day, every day. Courtesy/LAFD
LAFD News:
Please The community is invited to join the Los Alamos Fire Department (LAFD) at 6 p.m. Friday, June 21, at the Summer Concert Series, as it recognizes the Station 6 B-shift crew, including Capt. Ernest Agnew, Driver Engineer Scott Hoffmann, Firefighter-Paramedic Zane Frentheway, Firefighter-Paramedic Read More
Trinity Urgent Care Focuses On Patient Convenience
Trinity Urgent Care Founder Dr. Robert McClees inside the practice at 1460 Trinity Dr. Suite A&B with staff members from left, Cynthia Miramontes, Magdalena Maahs and Jerica Martines. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Robert McClees, MD, MA, opened Trinity Urgent Care nearly four years ago at 1460 Trinity Dr. Suite A & B. He recently sat down with the Los Alamos Daily Post to discuss his practice, which has expanded since 2015 to include two doctors, a physician’s assistant and staff of 10.
“We offer minor
Infinity Wellness In Los Alamos Welcomes New Operations Manager Angela Love-Storkan
Infinity Wellness owner Dr. Carmen Solano, left, and Operations Manager Angela Love-Storkan. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comAngela Love-Storkan brings her experience as a business owner and knowledge of holistic medicine to her new position as operations manager at Infinity Wellness at 1460 Trinity Dr., Suite 8 in Los Alamos.
Before working at Infinity Wellness, Storkan owned and operated Adamina Wellness for seven years. Born and raised in Los Alamos, she is not the only member of her family to be Read More
