Four Pueblo Governors Meet With U.S. Department Of Justice Opioid Coordinator And U.S. Attorney
Governors and representatives of the Eight Northern Pueblos Council meet Monday afternoon at Ohkay Owingeh with Justice Department Opioid Coordinator Mary Daly and U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Justice Department Opioid Coordinator Mary Daly and U.S. Attorney John C. Anderson listen Monday afternoon to Pueblo governors at Ohkay Owingeh. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Governors and other representatives of the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos met Monday Read More
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DOE News:Public Transportation Key To Boosting Health For Aging New Mexicans
By Stan CooperShin: The Black Market For Opioids
By LISA SHINOn Friday, June 22, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives passed comprehensive, bipartisan legislation, H.R. 6, aimed at the opioid crisis. Rep. Greg Walden described the combination of 58 bills as “one of the most significant congressional efforts against a drug crisis in our nation’s history.”
Here in New Mexico, particularly in Rio Arriba, deaths from opioid overdose have become a daily occurrence, with one of the highest death rates in the Nation. Rio Arriba’s Wal-Mart is fighting the epidemic with Read More
Atomic City Quilts Hosts Raffle For Cancer Research
Hand-made quilt by Don’s and Inge’s Creations will be raffled July 28 at Atomic City Quilts to raise money for breast cancer research. Courtesy photoBridge Care For Women Hosts Community Farewell Event For Nicolle Gonzales 3-5 p.m. Today!
Nicolle Gonzales is leaving Bridge Care for Women after almost seven years of dedicated service. The community is invited to gather 3-5 p.m. Friday, June 22, at the practice at 3500 Trinity Dr., Ste. C-5 to wish Gonzales well on her new journey in establishing the native led birthing center, Changing Woman Initiative. Light refreshments will be served. Courtesy photo Read More
Trinity Urgent Care Accepts Broad Spectrum Of Insurance Plans; Medicare And Medicaid
Dr. Edward Grant, PA-DOM in front of Trinity Urgent Care Tuesday at 1460 Trinity Dr., Suite A & B. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Trinity Urgent Care, LLC, at 1460 Trinity Dr., Suite A & B, in Los Alamos now accepts a much broader spectrum of insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid.
“Along with Medicare and Medicaid and the many insurances we accept, we also have a very fair self-pay system to help people out who don’t have insurance,” explained Dr. Edward Grant, PA-DOM, during
Kristin Allen Opens Yoga Studio In Los Alamos
Owner Kristin Allen of Tribe Yoga and Wellness Studio. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com Charles Lenz Joins Los Alamos Chiropractic Center
Chiropractor Charles Lenz has joined Nancy Savoia and the team at Los Alamos Chiropractic Center. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com AllerPops Poised To Help Allergy Sufferers
AllerPops founder Cliff Han, right, with his former LANL postdoc Dongping Wang at the American Society of Microbiology conference June 7-11 in Atlanta, Ga. Courtesy photo
Judge Alan Kirk Addresses Kiwianis On Local And Regional Opioid Addiction And Treatment Issues
Los Alamos Municipal Judge Alan Kirk discusses the opioid issue during his talk at the Tuesday meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Municipal Judge Alan Kirk is investigating regional collaboration as a way to deal with opioid addiction in Los Alamos County and the surrounding area.
Judge Kirk addressed the issue at Tuesday’s meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos. He told the group that people think of heroin, Oxycontin and Percocet as being “the bad ones” Read More
Suspected Case Of Wound Botulism Investigated
NMDOH is investigating a case of apparent wound botulism. Courtesy image
NMDOH News:
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) is investigating a case of apparent wound botulism in a 21-year-old female from Doña Ana County. The suspected source of infection is contaminated black tar heroin.
The patient injected black tar heroin under the skin, also known as “skin popping.” The woman is hospitalized.
This is the first case of wound botulism that has been reported to NMDOH this year. There was one confirmed cases in Doña Ana County in 2017. It is not known if there are other cases in New Mexico, Read More
NMDOH: Wildfire Smoke Health Hazards
Wildfire smoke can present hazards to people’s health. Courtesy image
NMDOH News:
With the Ute Park Fire burning in Colfax County, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) and New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) are monitoring air quality in areas of Northern New Mexico affected by smoke from the wildfire, including Cimarron, Eagle Nest, and Raton.
Over the weekend, NMED set up air quality monitors in Raton and Cimarron. A third monitor is being placed in the Eagle Nest-Angel Fire area today by the US Forest Service.
The monitors will allow the State to gather information about air quality Read More
Marie Combs Launches White Crane Acupuncture
Licensed Acupuncturist and Doctor of Oriental Medicine Marie Combs of White Crane Acupuncture
Acupuncturist Marie Combs uses an Acugraph to measure skin conductivity at certain point on the hands and feet. Courtesy photoLicensed Acupuncturist and Doctor of Oriental Medicine Marie Combs is welcoming residents of the Los Alamos area to her new business, White Crane Acupuncture.
Clients are offered a wide variety of treatment options including:
- Acupuncture;
- Traditional Chinese Herbalism;
- Auricular Acupuncture;
- Microstim for Non Needle
Three Luján Bills To Combat Opioid Crisis Pass House
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Michelle Harkey, Mental Health Counselor, Body-Connection Coach and massage therapist. Courtesy photoCharity Golf Tournament Fights Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s Association News:Scenes From Project Heart Start At Fuller Lodge
CPR mannequins lie beneath the trees at Fuller Lodge this morning during the Project Heart Start Hands-Only CPR event. This is the fifth year the Los Alamos Fire Department has sponsored the program, which aims to teach CPR to as many New Mexicans as possible. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Community members of all ages took advantage of the free Heart Start class this morning. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Dr. Justin Hazen, medical director for the Los Alamos Fire Department and his daughter Addison watch the hands-only CPR class this morning at Fuller Read More
LAFD Offers Free Project Heart Start Course In Hands-Only CPR At Fuller Lodge Saturday
LAFD News
Los Alamos Fire Department invites the community to participate Saturday, June 9 at Fuller Lodge in a crash course in saving a life with hands-only CPR.
This is the fifth year LAFD offers Project Heart Start to County residents. Three free sessions will be presented at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. by trainers.
Project Heart Start is a program that trains as many individuals in New Mexico as possible to save a life of someone who suffered a sudden cardiac arrest, might be having a heart attack or is choking to death. More than 30,000 people statewide have been trained through Read More
