Los Alamos Chiropractor Dr. Charles Lenz Selected As UNM-LA SBDC Star Client Of The Year
Dr. Charles Lenz, owner of Los Alamos Chiropractic Center, earned the Small Business Development Center’s Star Client of the Year award. Photo by Nancy Coombs/UNM-LA
UNM-LA News:
The Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at UNM-Los Alamos (UNM-LA) has selected Dr. Charles Lenz, DC as the Small Business Star Client of the Year. Lenz is the new owner of Los Alamos Chiropractic Center.
Lenz purchased Los Alamos Chiropractic Center (LACC) July 1, 2018, which has served the Los Alamos community and surrounding areas for more than 30 years. He had joined the LACC as a practitioner in May, Read More
Dr. Cook: It’s Heart Month! Give Your Heart The Attention It Deserves To Stay Healthy All Year Long
By Glendon Cook, MD
Los Alamos Medical Center
With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, hearts seem to be everywhere you look this time of year.
That’s why it is especially fitting that February is American Heart Month, a time to raise awareness of heart disease and how we can help prevent it.
It’s also the perfect opportunity to remind ourselves to take good care of our hearts year-round.
There are a number of things you can do to show your heart how much you care, including eating a healthy diet, taking part in regular physical activity and working to reduce the amount of stress in your daily Read More
House Votes To Repeal Criminal Law On Abortion In New Mexico
By ROBERT NOTT Local Pharmacist Prepares 7th Volunteer Trip To Haiti
Haitian child. Photo by Katherine Fry
By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos
Our beloved local Pharmacist Katherine Fry, also known as Katie, is headed back to Haiti and you have a chance to help.
Fry has volunteered for her seventh trip to do one of the many things she does best, care for her fellow man. Her daily job, as a Smith’s pharmacist comes in handy when she assists those who are ill and caring for the ill, with a path to healing.
On her trip, she will meet many people throughout her short stay and help them with immunizations, medicine and the simple donation of items that fill one’s daily life with Read More
Healthcare Commission Bill Sounds Complicated, But Is Simple Way To Understand Care, Access
Rep. Debbie ArmstrongAttorney General Hector Balderas Secures Multiple Felony Convictions Against Criminal Fraudster
Attorney General Hector BalderasDr. Justin Green Returns Home To LAMC
Dr. Justin Green, who graduated in 1980 from Los Alamos High School, is back in town and the newest member of the Los Alamos Surgical Associates team. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com While Dr. Justin Green joined Los Alamos Surgical Associates this month; he is certainly not a new face. Far from it, in fact.
Dr. Green grew up in Los Alamos. His parents arrived in 1964 and Dr. Green graduated from Los Alamos High School in 1980. During his high school years, he was a familiar face at Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC). Dr. Green Read More
Bill To Ensure Sustainability Of New Mexico’s Health Care System Advances
NMDP News:60+ Mile Run Aims At Drawing Attention To SB 135, Licensing Naturopathic Doctors In New Mexico
HEALTH News:Armstrong Introduces Bill To Establish Medicaid Buy-in
Rep. Debbie Armstrong
STATE News:
Rep. Debbie Armstrong, chair of the House Health and Human Services Committee, today introduced legislation to establish a Medicaid Buy-in plan in New Mexico that would allow certain New Mexicans to purchase Medicaid coverage starting in 2021.
“Medicaid is a trusted health insurance provider that has been taking care of New Mexico families for more than 50 years,” Armstrong said. “By leveraging the strength of the existing federal-state Medicaid partnership, we will create an affordable public option to help people currently ineligible for Medicaid–but
Day Out Program Available At Senior Center
Linda Boncella, the new executive director of the Los Alamos and White Rock Senior Centers, spoke recently at the Rotary Club of Los Alamos, describing the many services, programs and activities offered, including transportation, meals on-site and delivered, movies, tax preparation, exercise and dance classes, and so much more. The centers are designed for seniors 50 and older to socialize, learn, share meals, have fun, and support each other. The Day Out Program, held at the senior center in Los Alamos, is open to adults of all ages who need supervision due to risk of falling, dementia, arePanel Adds Time Frame To Aid-In-Dying Bill
By ANDREW OXFORDLegislation Expanding Access For Developmentally Disabled Passes First Committee
NMDP News:Balderas Announces $120 Million Settlement With Johnson & Johnson Subsidiary Over Marketing Practices
Attorney General Hector BalderasTHD Procedure Reduces Pain And Recovery Time
Dr. Salim Amrani
Los Alamos Surgical Associates News:
Dr. Salim Amrani, MD offers a non-excisional surgical technique for the treatment of internal hemorrhoids.
Transanal hemorrhoidal dearterialization (THD) is a minimally invasive surgery that does not require incisions or removal of the hemorrhoidal tissue. For most patients, the procedure is done on an outpatient basis and normal activities can be resumed two to three days post-operatively.
What Are Hemorrhoids?
Hemorrhoids are necessary, normal, vascular veins found in the anal canal. Hemorrhoids are fed by arteries and drained Read More
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EMS Division Chief Ben Stone: Dangers Of Opioids
By BEN STONEThe rate at which Americans are dying from overdoses involving opioids is staggering. The U.S. Center for Disease Control has deemed the opioid crisis as a national epidemic.
Decades of over-prescription, along with wide-spread misconceptions about drug addiction, have led to an astounding rise in overdose deaths. The devastation is pervasive, leaving families of every type and communities of every size grieving and searching for answers in the wake.
- From 1999 to 2017, more than 700,000 people have died from a drug overdose.
- Around
House Dist. 43 Rep. Christine Chandler Co-sponsors Transparency, Healthcare And Education Bills
Dist. 43 Rep. Christine Chandler on the House floor at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe. Courtesy photo
From the Office of Rep. Christine Chandler:
SANTA FE – House Dist. 43 Rep. Christine Chandler has co-sponsored several important bills this legislative session.
Sen. Daniel Ivey-Soto (SD-15) and Rep. Chandler’s bill (SB 11) closing the so-called lobbying “loophole” has successful passed out of committee and onto the Senate. The bill is similar to Sen. Ivey-Soto’s bill from the 2018 session that was vetoed by the former governor.
According to the Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, Read More
Department Of Health Reports Steady Improvements In Safer Prescribing
NMDOH News:
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) announced Jan. 14 the release of its latest state quarterly prescribing report that shows a 14.9 percent decrease of prescribing high dose opioids in the state.
The numbers come from the Board of Pharmacy’s Prescription Monitoring Program (PMP) database, which is required for use by healthcare providers to check a patient’s prescription history before prescribing opioid and benzo-diazepines. Opioids are a class of prescription painkillers such as oxycodone, codeine and morphine, all of which can cause addiction.
The latest report Read More
LANL: Scientist Bette Korber To Discuss Her Work Developing HIV Vaccine In Frontiers In Science Lectures
Bette Korber
