LAPS Healthy Schools Initiative And JJAB Host SCREENAGERS: Growing Up In The Digital Age
LAPS News:
The Los Alamos Public Schools’ Healthy Schools Initiative and JJAB are excited to bring the film SCREENAGERS to the community during the first week of May to kick off Mental Health Awareness Month.
SCREENAGERS is the first feature documentary to explore the impact of screen technology on kids and to offer parents proven solutions that work. One of the goals of the Healthy Schools Initiative is to raise awareness about the challenges families face and to offer opportunities for community members and school staff to discuss ways to support the well-being of our youth.
The public Read More
Free Presentation Of ‘Basics of Alzheimer’s’
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SGIM News:Los Alamos Physician Provides Aid In Mosul
From left, Paramedic Derrik Ross from Melbourne, Australia; LAMC Physician Dr. Christopher Hammond, Los Alamos Paramedic Tylerr Jones and a first responder. Courtesy photoBy KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
Los Alamos Medical Center Physician Christopher Hammond works with bullets slicing through the air and bombs exploding all around him. As a member of Global Outreach Doctors, Hammond is serving a three-week deployment in Iraq that includes two weeks in Mosul, a city engulfed in the war between ISIS and Iraqi forces.
He is joined by Tylerr Jones, a RN/EMT from White Rock. The Read More
Community Encouraged To Wear Blue & Green Friday
Cathy Walters is encouraging local residents to wear blue and green Friday to bring awareness to the issue of organ and tissue donation. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.comEvery April, people are encouraged to wear blue and green to raise awareness of the life-saving potential have as organ and tissue donors. Friday, April 21 is National Donate Life Blue & Green Day, Cathy Walters of Los Alamos is asking local community members to wear blue and green, too.
Walters received a donor heart in 2013. At 65, she was diagnosed with a Read More
Dr. Zee Benefit Concert Features Artist Sasha Scully
Artist Sasha Scully will create a painting during Dr. Zee Benefit Concert 5-8 p.m. Friday at UNM-LA. Courtesy Image
COMMUNITY News:
Sasha Scully, owner and operator of SäshaStylz™ Art, will do a live painting at Dr. Zee Benefit Concert, which will be held from 5-8 p.m. Friday in Building 2 at the University of New Mexico-Los Alamos.
The concert will raise funds for Dr. Zandree Stidham, who was diagnosed with Essential Thrombocythemia in 2010.
Scully was born and raised in New Mexico. Scully has shared a long history with arts; she said, “I was always experimenting with all types of Read More
Many Mothers Welcomes Arrival Of Baby Box Program
Infant sleeping in a Baby Box. Courtesy photo
Baby Box filled with supplies. Courtesy photoLuján Introduces Series Of Bills To Help States Improve Behavioral Health Systems; Address Inequities
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray LujánDr. Zee Fundraiser Underway At LANB
Elena Mesibov, owner of Mesibov Elite Cleaning Service, is selling roses until 1 p.m. today in the lobby of Los Alamos National Bank. Proceeds from the sales will go toward the Dr. Zee Benefit Concert. The concert is 5-8 p.m., in Building 2 at UNM-LA. Courtesy photo Read More
Periodic Model Predicts Spread Of Lyme Disease
SIAM News:Free Savvy Caregiver Course In White Rock
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Column: Is There A Secret To Grieving?
By Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service
The grieving person will often experience a heightened awareness and sensitivity to the reality that is the world. A person who is unalterably changed by the loss of a loved one may wonder how it is possible for others to be carrying on daily life, expressing joy, laughter, optimism and hope for the future. The grieving person is bereft, often at a loss for words and lacking the energy to get through the day. Is there a secret to grieving in a way that allows you to continue to live life in a meaningful and fulfilling way? How do you reconnect with other people and the Read More
Pojoaque Pueblo Delivers Surprise Easter Baskets To Children In St. Vincent’s Hospital
The Easter Bunny poses with hospital staff and Pojoaque Pueblo team members outside the children's hospital rooms. Courtesy photo
Easter baskets ready and waiting to be delivered. The Pojoaque Pueblo team filled each basket with age appropriate gifts, selected for each child in St. Vincent’s hospital. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
Being sick and stuck in a hospital is never fun. Especially for a child. Especially for a child during Easter or Christmas.
For months now a group of Pojoaque Pueblo employees have been working on a plan to help those children in the hospital this Easter weekend. Read More
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall Introduces Resolution Recognizing National Public Health Week
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Tom Udall announced that he has introduced a resolution in Congress this week to in support of the goals and mission of National Public Health Week, April 3-9, as a part of the efforts to continue working towards a healthier America.
The theme for this year’s National Public Health Week, organized by the American Public Health Associateion (APHA), is “Healthiest Nation 2030”, emphasizing a goal of making America the healthiest nation in one generation. A similar resolution was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Read More
State GOP On Governor Signing Naloxone Bill
STATE GOP News:
ALBUQUERQUE – Today, the Republican Party of New Mexico released the following statement on Gov. Susana Martinez signing HB 370, the legislation sponsored by Republican Representatives Sarah Maestas Barnes and Rebecca Dow, which will drastically increase the availability of naloxone, a drug that reverses some of the effects of opioid overdoses:
“We thank Governor Martinez for signing this important legislation,” said Republican Party of New Mexico Spokesman Tucker Keene. “New Mexico has among the highest rates of opioid overdose deaths in Read More
Council Proclaims April As ‘Donate Life Month’
Kathie Walters, an organ donation recipient, accepts a proclamation declaring April ‘Donate Life Month’, from County Councilor Rick Reiss during Tuesday night’s regular County Council. ‘It’s important to acknowledge someone who has benefited from organ donations,’ Reiss said. ‘It is Kathie Walter’s birthday today and we celebrate that day with you, Kathie.’ Walters said it was the fourth birthday she has celebrated thanks to her organ transplant. She added that Tuesday also was Reiss’ birthday. Photo by Kirsten Read More
LAVNS: Bereavement Support Services
Bereavement Support ServicesGrief Read More
Just One Thing To Do This Week: Let It Be
By MARY BETH MAASSEN
Los Alamos
I meditate daily. Usually twice.
I began practicing Transcendental Meditation (TM) when I was 16 years old. My older sister took me to hear the message of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and I was hooked. Prior to this event I had not given a thought to inner peace, and quite frankly I was not all that enamored with the benefits of TM. But the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was guru to the Beatles and the Beach Boys and I thought that was very cool.
At the end of my coursework a former DJ from Hawaii conferred my specially chosen mantra, and I was on my own. I practiced TM not because it brought Read More
