Los Alamos Medical Center PINKS IT OUT For October Breast Cancer Awareness Month!
Be Bold. Be Fearless. Be Brave. Los Alamos Medical Center staff PINKS IT OUT for October Breast Cancer Awareness Month as they support the fighters, celebrate the survivors and honor those who have lost their lives. Every Tuesday during the month of October, LAMC staff wears pink in honor of the men and women who have or have had breast cancer and to remind everyone that early detection is the best protection. The hospital has also painted its front posts and entrance median pink, hung banners, painted staff hair and nails and is currently reminding others to STOMP OUT BREAST CANCER by making a wall Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Volunteering at LAMC
On the job at Los Alamos Medical Center is Hospital Auxiliary Lobby Shop volunteer Joann Upham who today was spotted delivering a bit of joy to a patient. The LAMC Gift Shop carries flowers, cards and a variety of gift items. Photo by John McHale/ladailypost.com Read More
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AGU News:Supercuts Clip For The Cure Saturday, Oct. 21
Supercuts in Smith’s Marketplace in Los Alamos is hosting a Clip for the Cure event Saturday, Oct. 21, as part of the company’s nationwide effort to help fight breast cancer. The store will donate 10 percent of every haircut Oct. 21 to the Regis Foundation for Breast Cancer Research. Gathered for a photo Saturday afternoon, from left, local Supercuts Manager Sarafina Aguino, Mariela Dominguez, Amanda Maestas, Assistant Manager Debra DeLaRosa and Leila Herrera. Supercuts is open seven days a week: 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 11 a.m.-5 Read More
New Mexico Delegation Announces New Funding To Combat Opioid & Substance Abuse Crisis In NM
CONGRESSIONAL News:LAFD Elite Combat Challenge Team Reaches High
Los Alamos Fire Department Driver-Engineer Gregg Hecathorn opens the hood on the Department’s burn car prop while demonstrating how firefighters extinguish vehicle fires during a training demonstration Monday for the community. Hecathorn normally drives and runs the truck’s pump panel but opted to ‘play’ a little. He is a member of the LAFD Firefighter Combat Challenge Team. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Fire Department Firefighter Combat Challenge Team members, from left, Aron Williams, Kevin Kamplain, Gregg Hecathorn, David Apodaca Read More
LAMC Presents Emergency Preparedness Talk Oct. 20
Key Facts About Flu: Protect Yourself From Influenza
Down with the flu. Courtesy photo CDC News:
What is Influenza (also called Flu)?
The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza viruses that infect the nose, throat, and lungs. It can cause mild to severe illness, and at times can lead to death. The best way to prevent the flu is by getting a flu vaccine each year.
Signs and Symptoms of Flu
People who have the flu often feel some or all of these signs and symptoms:
- Fever* or feeling feverish/chills
- Cough
- Sore throat
- Runny or stuffy nose
- Muscle or body aches
- Headaches
- Fatigue (very tired)
- Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea,
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Who Should Get Vaccinated This Season?
Who should get vaccinated for the flu? Nearly everyone over six months of age. Courtesy photoCDC News:
Who should get vaccinated this season?
Everyone six months of age and older should get a flu vaccine every season. Vaccination to prevent influenza is particularly important for people who are at high risk of serious complications from influenza.
Flu vaccination has important benefits. It can reduce flu illnesses, doctors’ visits, and missed work and school due to flu, as well as prevent flu-related hospitalizations.
Different flu vaccines are approved for use in different groups of people. Read More
Common Misconceptions About Flu Vaccines
CDC News:
Can a flu shot give you the flu?
No, a flu shot cannot cause flu illness.
Flu vaccines given with a needle are made in two ways:
- the vaccine is made either with
- a) flu vaccine viruses that have been ‘inactivated’ and are therefore not infectious; or
- b) with no flu vaccine viruses at all (which is the case for recombinant influenza vaccine).
The most common side effects from the influenza shot are soreness, redness, tenderness or swelling where the shot was given. Low-grade fever, headache and muscle aches also may occur.
In randomized, blinded studies, where some people get inactivated Read More
Special Blood Drive Slated For Tuesday
Staff Report
Although blood supplies in Las Vegas, Nev., have been replenished, United Blood Services is once again sending its Bloodmobile to Los Alamos Tuesday, Oct. 10 in response to the requests and generosity of this community.
The Bloodmobile will be in the Smith’s Marketplace and community members can donate blood 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Last week’s blood drive in the same location, which also was hosted by Smith’s received a huge response and members of the community were still offering to donate blood so UBS decided to host a second one.
Appointments may be made by calling Read More
Free Legacy Planning Workshop Oct. 21
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LAMC Launches ‘Pink It Out Tuesday’ Campaign To Support Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Los Alamos Medical Center launched its first ‘Pink It Out Tuesday’ campaign today to support Breast Cancer Awareness Month. To honor those whose lives have been touched by this disease, not only are staff and officials wearing pink each Tuesday but they also painted all the speed bumps pink in the parking lot. Courtesy/LAMC
Dressed in pink in support of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, from left, Los Alamos Medical Center CFO Steve Winegeart, Chief Nursing Officer Lisa Wallace and CEO John Whiteside. Courtesy/LAMC Read More
STDs At Record High
CDC News:
More than two million cases of chlamydia, gonorrhea and syphilis were reported in the United States in 2016, the highest number ever, according to the annual Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance Report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The majority of these new diagnoses (1.6 million) were cases of chlamydia. There were also 470,000 gonorrhea cases and almost 28,000 cases of primary and secondary syphilis – the most infectious stages of the disease. While all three of these STDs can be cured with antibiotics, if left undiagnosed and untreated, Read More
More Scenes From Saturday’s Relay For Life
A special team joined their friend Jan Sander at the Relay for Life event Saturday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Nina Thayer
Cancer Survivors Jan Sander and Nancy Lemons at Saturday’s event. Photo by Nina Thayer
Some of the 25 members of Jan Sander’s Happiness Team participate in the rain in the Relay for Life event at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Nina Thayer
Kathy Bjorklund and Lori Elton partcipate Saturday in the Relay for Life event. Photo by Nina Thayer
The Survivors Lap begins Saturday at Ashley Pond Park. Photo by Nina Thayer
The Hillstompers entertain the relay participants. Photo Read More
Scenes From Los Alamos Relay For Life
Scene from the Los Alamos Relay for Life annual event Saturday at Ashley Pond Park. Courtesy photo
Scene from Los Alamos Relay for Life. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
The 2017 Los Alamos Relay for Life Saturday at Ashley Pond Park raises money for the American Cancer Society.
The community was invited to participate in a number of ways. In former years, Los Alamos Relay for Life teams have walked throughout the night, however, this year participants began at 10 a.m. and walked for whatever amount of time they wished until the 9 p.m. closing ceremony.
Called the most important event of the day, the Survivors Read More
Scenes From LAFD Resuscitation Academy
Representatives of EMS agencies from throughout the state attend the classroom portion of the Resuscitation Academy hosted by Los Alamos Fire Department Friday at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos campus. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos Fire Department EMS Division Chief Ben Stone, left, and LAFD EMS Training Coordinator Donna McHenry chat with Chief James Brothers of Maryland Resuscitation Academy at the LAFD-sponsored Resuscitation Academy Friday at UNM-LA. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Capt. James Benson of Abiquiu Volunteer Read More
Letter To The Editor: Thank You Community
By CATHERINE FRY, RPhJust One Thing To Do This Week: Honor Your Bette
By MARY BETH MAASSEN
Los Alamos
For many, many years Bette was my best friend. We were together during a particularly drama-filled era of our lives.
We were going through angst-filled ups and downs, as both of our marriages fell to pieces while we were trying to meet the never-ending demands of raising children. We took turns holding each other up and holding each other together when necessary. On the day Bette’s divorce was final she found out she had advanced-stage breast cancer.
I was at home with her when the doctor’s office called wanting her to come in so they could discuss her biopsy results. Read More
