Letter To The Editor: Thanks For Daffodil Drive Success!
By ROSEMARY COYNE, MSN, RN
My name is Rosemary Coyne, MSN, RN. I am the executive director of the Los Alamos Visiting Nursing Service (LAVNS) Home Health and Hospice. I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of the people who made our 22nd Annual LAVNS Daffodil Drive such a success again this year. The funds we raise every year are used to help our hospice patients in need.
I have been here in Los Alamos just over a year, so this was my second opportunity to see the amazing work done by so many people. Not Read More
Los Alamos County Named Healthiest In State
Ashley Pond. File photo
COMMUNITY News:
Washington, D.C. – Los Alamos County ranks healthiest in New Mexico, according to the 2017 County Health Rankings, released by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) and the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute. The full list of rankings is available at www.countyhealthrankings.org.
“Los Alamos County is a great place – a community that offers something for everyone – from young families to retirees,” said U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s 3rd Congressional District.
The County Health Rankings, a collaborative effort Read More
Take 5 … 5,000 Steps On National Walking Day
Y News:
- Y and American Heart Association Host April 5 Event
The Family YMCA will host a free walking event, Take 5 With the Y, 5,000-Steps, in celebration of National Walking Day April 5, which is an American Heart Association health awareness promotion. A knapsack and new water bottle will be given to the first 70 registering for the free 5,000-step walk that starts at noon, April 5, at the Y.
The walk will begin on the sidewalk at the Y, 1450 Iris St., and proceed up Central Ave. to Mesa Library then toward the Senior Center, along Spruce Street, 15th Street, Canyon Road and 4th Street to return to the Read More
Dr. Peter J. Lindberg Memorial Seminar April 13
COMMUNITY News:
The Los Alamos Council on Cancer is pleased to invite the general public and local health care professionals to attend the free Dr. Peter J. Lindberg Memorial Seminar presented by Dr. Fabio Almeida, a Board Member and Medical Advisor of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute, on current and emerging PET/CT imaging techniques in recurring prostate cancer. Dr. James Ziomek, a colleague and personal friend of Dr. Lindberg, will provide introductory comments.
The seminar is 6 p.m., April 13, at First Baptist Church, 2200 Trinity Dr., in Los Alamos. Preceding the speaker, Read More
‘Access’ Enhances Small Town Stroke Treatment
Colin Semper, left, and Dr. Howard Yonas of the UNM Department of Neurosurgery spoke recently at Kiwanis. Photo by Don Casperson“Telemedicine,” a new way to bring top-flight medical expertise to small town hospitals, is alive and well and living in Los Alamos, thanks to “Access,” a program based at the University of New Mexico Hospital (UNMH).
The UNMH Health Sciences Center recently won a three-year, $15.1 million federal grant to test a proposed telemedicine network that helps to diagnose and treat stroke Read More
Santa Fe Mountain Center: ‘Adventures In Recovery’
Donors Help Support Dr. Zee Benefit Concert
Morning Glory Bakery Company donates weekly donuts as an auction item for the Dr. Zee Benefit Concert. Courtesy Photo
COMMUNITY News:
Dr. Zee Benefit Concert organizers are looking for donors who want to be part of the event’s silent auction.
Organizers are excited by what they have received so far from businesses and independent donors in the community including two gift certificates for a dozen donuts a week for six months from Morning Glory Bakery Company. Other donated items have been shared on the Facebook page, @zeebenefit.
Zandree (Zee) Stidham, 35, is a local assistant Read More
LACC Presents Dr. Peter J. Lindberg Talk April 13
Letter To The Editor: A Better Health Care Payment System
By TED TRUSKEIt’s strange that a five second sound bite, “I will kill Obamacare” can drive national policies. Finally President Trump admits, “health care is complicated”. So GOP members contort themselves to make magic happen, so far unsuccessfully. They dispute the CBO’s numbers because they’re not happily magical.
Why doesn’t the public have whatever health plan Congress has? If it’s good enough for Congress we in the public could live with it.
In 2010 T.R. Reid wrote a best seller called “The Healing of America”, one would expect that members Read More
Luján On Postponed House Vote On Trumpcare
CONGRESSIONAL News:Letter To The Editor: Protest GOP Healthcare Bill
By CHARLES SMITHThe congressional Republican healthcare plan will be a disaster for working families. Their plan will take health care away from 24 million people across the country and impose painful taxes on working people.
Thank you. Read More
Letter To The Editor: LAMC Exceeds Expectations!
By MARCUS HALLJust One Thing To Do This Week: Get Out
The fabulous fruit hat. Mary Beth Maasseen at the Red and Black Ball. Photo by Bonnie J. Gordon/ladailypost.comBy MARY BETH MAASSEN
Los Alamos
So, I wore a fruit hat.
It was made of artificial fruit and I was going for that Carmen Miranda look, and folks at the party were kind enough to humor me in that regard. I wore the fruit hat to the Family YMCA Red and Black Ball last Saturday night, so there are lots of witnesses and I can’t pretend it didn’t happen.
The theme for the event was “Havana Nights” and for some reason I thought, “Carmen Miranda!” Although as it turns out, Carmen was born in Portugal and was Read More
Raffle Benefits Hope Pregnancy Center’s Mobile Ultrasound Services
Sheraton Vistana Resort in Orlando, Fla. Courtesy photo
Staff Report
The winning ticket in a Hope Pregnancy Center raffle will get the lucky ticket holder a seven-night stay at the Sheraton Vistana Resort in Orlando, Fla., according to Interim Executive Director Deborah Goodwin.
Tickets are $10 each and only 400 are being sold for the April 19 raffle.
“The best part is that check-in is March 24, 2018, which is during the Los Alamos Schools spring break,” Goodwin said.
The condo raffle only includes living accommodations in a two-bedroom, two-bathroom unit that sleeps eight people, so the winner Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: TriState Care-Flight Helicopter Pilot Charles Smith
TriState Care-Flight EMS helicopter pilot Charles Smith is on the job Monday at Los Alamos Medical Center were he is waiting to transport paramedics and a patient. A retired 19-year US Army veteran, Smith has worked as a relief pilot for TriState for more than two years covering all bases in New Mexico. He and his wife are permanent RVers here in New Mexico. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
TriState Care-Flight EMS helicopter arrives Monday at Los Alamos Medical Center to pick up a patient. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com Read More
Heinrich Launches #KeepMeCovered Campaign
U.S. Sen. Martin HeinrichLetter To The Editor: In Support Of Our Teachers…
By ELENA E. GIORGI Dear Governor and dear Representatives who voted against the resolution that would’ve allowed teachers to take more than 3 sick days without penalty, let me ask you: how many times did you take a sick day this past year? How many times did you have to assist a sick family member, whether a child, a spouse, or an elderly parent? And all this when you hold a position that doesn’t keep you inside a classroom five days a week. Along with train stations and public places, schools are the primary route for the spread of infectious diseases Read More
Study Suggests Brain Injury Effects Last Seven Years
HEALTH News:Statement On Attempted Override Of Governor’s Veto Of HB 241 – Attendance Component In Teacher Evaluations
STATE News:LAHS Students Participate In Kick Butts Day
Los Alamos High School students Emily Jones, left, and Katey Green hold up Jones’ poster of a cigarette pack for the high school robotics class’ robot to demolish Wednesday morning. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos High School students Aaron Laurtizen, left, and John Caparone manuever their robot to take down a model of a cigarette. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
Los Alamos High School students participating in the school’s Evolvement program kicked some major butt … Read More
