LAVNS: When Is It Time To Call Hospice?
LAVNS News:
How do you know when your loved one is ready for Hospice? Most families think it is the last days or month of the family member’s life. This is incorrect.
When is it time to call Hospice? As early as possible, so you and your family member can have a team of Hospice professionals surrounding you—the medical director, skilled nurses; the health care aide, the chaplain, the medical social worker and bereavement services. Call in the first stages of a terminal illness when the disease has progressed to the point that there’s no cure, and your loved one has decided to manage the pain and have Read More
NMDOH: Petition To Add Opiate Disorder As Qualifying Condition
NMDOH News:
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) has published the date for the next meeting of the Medical Cannabis Advisory Board. The advisory board will meet at 10 a.m. Friday, March 29, in the Harold Runnels Building Auditorium (on the first floor at 1190 S. St. Francis Dr. in Santa Fe).
The board is expected to review a petition at the March meeting to add Opiate Use Disorder as a qualifying condition for medical cannabis in New Mexico.
In her State of the State address last month, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham directed NMDOH to include opioid addiction as a qualifying condition for Read More
Los Alamos High School Graduate Dr. Nora Lamartine Provides Health Care To Legislators In Santa Fe
LAHS 2006 graduate Dr. Nora Lamartine works her shift Tuesday as Doctor of the Day at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Courtesy photoIt’s Tuesday, Feb. 26 and Dr. Nora Lamartine is doing her shift at the New Mexico Roundhouse as the Doctor of the Day.
During the legislative session, doctors from the New Mexico Academy of Family Physicians take turns staffing an office at the Capitol that provides free medical care to legislators 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., and in case of an emergency, to anyone at the Roundhouse.
The New Mexico Medical Society Read More
Udall Fights To Improve VA Outreach, Health Care And Benefits For Native American Veterans
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall Letter To The Editor: Measles … Highly Infectious; Potentially Very Dangerous
By RICHARD SKOLNIKLAFD: Learn To Save A Life During CPR/AED Training
LAFD News:
February is American Heart Health Month. Each year more than 790,000 Americans have a heart attack and nearly 15 percent will die as a result.
A heart attack happens when the blood supply to the heart is reduced or cut off. The more time that passes without treatment to restore blood flow, the greater the damage to the heart.
Time is a critical component to surviving a cardiac event, with every moment that passes, the chances of survival diminish tremendously. Moments count during a cardiac event.
The amount of heart muscle damaged is directly proportionate to the amount of time it takes Read More
Get A Flu Shot! Influenza Widespread Across State
NMDOH News:
With influenza (flu) activity remaining steady across New Mexico since the beginning of the year, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reminds New Mexicans that it’s not too late to get your flu shot.
Since October, NMDOH has investigated six flu outbreaks in facilities around the state. Children age 4 and younger have been hospitalized for influenza at a higher rate than at this time last year, or any year since the 2009 pandemic. There have been 19 influenza related deaths in adults this year with no confirmed pediatric deaths in residents of New Mexico. Flu activity has not Read More
Letter To The Editor: Thank You Dr. Bradley Rowberry!
By KAREN WARTHENI would like to acknowledge Dr. Bradley Rowberry who has served this community for over 25 years!
Dr. Rowberry continues to practice his gastroenterologist specialty at the Endoscopy Center in Los Alamos. He is a highly accomplished doctor and yet remains a humble and kind human being. He has a wonderful, friendly, and skilled staff and leads his team with kind-heartedness.
I hope Dr. Rowberry continues to enjoy the appreciation of his patients and the respect of his colleagues for many more years.
Thank you Dr. Rowberry. Read More
Fatal Flaws Documentary Postponed To Noon Saturday
IHM News:
The Fatal Flaws documentary scheduled to be shown this evening has been postponed due to inclement weather.
The community is invited to watch the documentary at noon Saturday in the IHM Parish Hall. Lunch will be served before the showing. Read More
Lichthardt: Diets Debunked
By Jordan Lichthardt, MS, RD, LD If you are like many Americans, it is likely that you have tried a fad diet or two. As a Registered Dietitian, I face many questions about which diets are safe and which will yield the best results. In this article, I offer detailed insight into three of the most popular diets of today’s age. Read on to find out which diets you need to stay clear of, and which ones may have some surprising health benefits.
Ketogenic diet
How it works: The ketogenic diet in essence removes all carbohydrates from the diet, which are your body’s preferred source of energy, and replaces Read More
Luján, Schatz Reintroduce Legislation To Create Public Health Care Option
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray LujánArmstrong Bill To Support Firefighters With PTSD Passes House Health And Human Services Committee
The Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
STATE News:
- Bill declares PTSD a disease that may result from firefighter duties
HB 324, Rep. Debbie Armstrong’s legislation to establish Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a disease that—when diagnosed in a firefighter without previous health issues—can be presumed to have been caused by the firefighter’s service, Wednesday unanimously passed the House Health and Human Services Committee.
“Yes, our firefighters are heroes, but they are also human,” Armstrong said. “We ask so much of them—from running Read More
Documentary On Assisted Death 6 p.m. Tuesday
New Mexico Families Celebrate Senate Committee Passage Of Medicaid Buy-In
NMTH News:EMS Division Chief: The Importance Of Time…
By BENJAMINE STONEEMS Division Chief
Each year more than a 790,000 Americans have a heart attack, of these nearly 15% will die as a result.
A heart attack is known clinically as a myocardial infarction (MI) and is the permanent damage to heart muscle. The prefix “my” means muscle, “cardial” refers to the heart and “infarction” is the death of tissue due to a lack of blood supply.
A heart attack happens when the blood supply to the heart is reduced or cut off. Cells within the heart will become starved of oxygen and begin to die. The more time that passes without treatment to Read More
LAVNS Hosts Daffodils For Hospice Fundraiser
Central Park Square volunteers, from left, Caesar Perez, Antonio Medina and Raul Ramirez prep daffodils for last year’s annual sale to benefit Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Hospice. Photo by Jennifer Bartram
COMMUINITY News:
The Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Hospice Program (LAVNS) is having its annual “Daffodils for Hospice” sale.
Proceeds from the sale support the Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Hospice program for terminally ill individuals. Daffodil pre-orders are being taken now through March 1. Individuals may order individual bunches (10 stems) for $5 Read More
New Mexico State Senate Unanimously Confirms Human Services Department Secretary David R. Scrase, M.D.
David R. Scrase, M.D.
SANTA FE – The New Mexico State Senate unanimously confirmed David R. Scrase, M.D. today as Secretary of the Human Services Department.
“Dr. Scrase is an effective leader, and knows all facets of the Human Services Department, especially the Medicaid program and I am honored to carry his nomination,” Sen. Jerry Ortiz y Pino said during today’s Senate confirmation. “The Governor has made a terrific nomination in Dr. Scrase to head the Human Services Department.”
Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham appointed Secretary Scrase Dec. 15, 2018.
“Secretary Scrase is showing Read More
Autism Health Care Access Bill Passes House Committee
NMDP News:Infinity Wellness Helps Patients Find Root Of Problems
Dr. Carmen Solano at her practice Infinity Wellness Friday at 1460 Trinity Dr., Suite 8. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Through her practice, Infinity Wellness, Dr. Carmen Solano strives to get to the root of patients’ health issues in order to resolve them.
While she has operated her practice since 2015, Solano will soon be able to take Blue Cross Blue Shield commercial or exchange covered insurance.
Solano said she will be an in-network provider for Blue Cross Blue Shield starting Friday. This is a benefit Read More
Health Security Act Passes Key Committee
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