NM Delegation Introduces Bill To Expand Research On Rare Genetic Disease Prevalent Among Hispanics
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:
Run For Her Life 5K And 10K Races April 9
COMMUNITY News:Heart Council Presents Seminar On Heart Disease In Women March 7
PAC 8 Recruits Teens To Work On PSA Tuesday
Students work on a project at PAC 8. Courtesy PhotoPAC 8 is inviting teens to help create a public service announcement (PSA) on suicide prevention.
Students will plan, shoot, edit and create the sound track of the PSA.
PAC 8 received a grant from 100 Women Who Care to create suicide prevention PSAs. Ten students participated in the production of the first PSA made in December.
The PSA is playing at the Reel Deal Theater. Students who participate in the production will attend a wrap party at the Reel Deal Theater. They will get free movie passes, pizza and popcorn.
Students Read More
New Date For Dr. Zee Benefit Concert April 21
Zandree (Zee) Stidham
COMMUNITY News:
Dr. Zee’s Benefit Concert has been rescheduled for 5-8 p.m., April 21 at UNM-LA, Building 2.
Zandree (Zee) Stidham, 35, is a local assistant professor battling a form of bone marrow cancer. She and husband Tony have four children.
The concert is a fundraiser to help with her medical costs and other costs for her family during her treatment. For more information on the concert, click here.
To donate before the event, click here and donate with #teamzee. Read More
Bill To Make Drug Companies Negotiate Lower Prices Passes Key Committee On Bipartisan, Unanimous Vote
STATE News:
- SB 354 Could Save State $100 Million
SANTA FE – Legislation to save taxpayers millions of dollars by requiring the State to negotiate with drug companies for lower prices has passed the Senate Public Affairs Committee by a bipartisan, unanimous vote.
Senate Bill 354, ‘Interagency Pharmaceutical Purchasing Council’, would require that all state agencies and state benefit providers who purchase prescription drugs negotiate for bulk purchasing discounts. In fiscal year 2016 the combined state agencies spent over $670 million on prescription drugs, a staggering 54 percent Read More
February Is American Heart Month
By the American Heart Association, andSleep Matters/Sleep Apnea & Treatment Talk April 3
HEALTH News:Agencies Collaborate To Promote Brain Health
Just One Thing To Do This Week: Breathe
By MARY BETH MAASSEN
Los Alamos
There are two Mary Beths.
Mary Beth One is calm and professional and well-organized (and all my friends reading this are thinking, “Really?!? I have never met her!”).
Mary Beth Two is easily overcome by angst and remarkably unproductive (“Ah!” my friends now say, “that’s the Mary Beth I know!”).
The only way Mary Beth Two can feel like she is moving forward is to watch just a very minutes of “Hoarders” or “My 600-Pound Life”. Only a few minutes or I am overwhelmed by feelings of sadness and sickness.
I am glad I am not the people on the show–and why-oh-why would they Read More
Experience A New You At ‘A New Day Pilates’
Mary Lutes, PMA-CPT, left, and Christine Gurrola-Gal co-operate A New Day Pilates, which opened its doors Feb. 13 at 555 Oppenheimer, Suite 101. Courtesy photo
Mary Lutes, PMA-CPT, standing, assists Christine Gurrola-Gal at their boutique studio, A New Day Pilates. Courtesy photo
BUSINESS News:
There is a new Pilates studio in Los Alamos. A New Day Pilates opened its doors Feb. 13 at 555 Oppenheimer, Suite 101. This boutique studio is co-operated by Mary Lutes, PMA-CPT and Christine Gurrola-Gal.
A New Day Pilates offers a small, safe environment where the main focus is the individual needs Read More
The Power Of Prayer…
Fr. Scott McKee survives near death experience. Courtesy photo
ESPAÑOLA – Doctors placed Pastor Scott McKee on life support last week at Presbyterian Española Hospital. He was battling a grave lung infection and lay near death. Just 24 hours later, the Roman Catholic priest recovered, and perplexed doctors released him Sunday from the hospital.
Fr. Scott McKee, 56, serves three Northern New Mexico parishes: St. Patrick in Chama, San José in Los Ojos and Santo Niño in Tierra Amarilla. He explained that his parishioners and others
China Announces Scheduling Controls Of Carfentanil And Other Fentanyl Compounds
DEA News:Helen Idzorek Presents Healthy Hearts Talk March 9
COMMUNITY News:Los Alamos community members are invited to attend and refreshments will be served.
Bill Helping Firefighters With PTSD Passes House
STATE News:
- HB 157 Establishes PTSD as Disease that May Result from Firefighters’ Duties
HB 157, legislation that establishes Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as a disease that—when diagnosed in a firefighter without previous health issues—can be presumed to have been caused by the firefighter’s service, passed the New Mexico House of Representatives Monday.
“Yes, our firefighters are heroes, but they are also human,” bill sponsor Rep. Debbie Armstrong said. “We ask so much of them—from running into burning buildings to pulling victims out of mangled cars. It’s time we let them know that Read More
Youth Mental Health First Aid Training Feb. 24 Or 25
JJAB News:
The Los Alamos Juvenile Justice Advisory Board (JABB) has space available in the Youth Mental Health First Aid training taking place Friday, Feb. 24 or Saturday, Feb. 25.
Youth Mental Health First Aid is an evidence based, nationally recognized and accredited course that teaches adults who work with youth how to identify symptoms of different types of mental illness. As with any first aid class, there is an action plan to help a youth in crisis. Trainees learn how to assess the person for risk of harm or suicide, listen non-judgmentally, give reassurance, and encourage the person to Read More
Lunch With A Leader: Andrea Cunningham Feb. 21
Andrea CunninghamLWVLA News:
Lunch with a Leader features Andrea Cunningham this month at 11:45 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 21 in Mesa Public Library.
Cunningham was the nurse at the New Mexico Public Health Office in Los Alamos across the street from Los Alamos High School. She will discuss the role of a public health office in Los Alamos as well what steps might be possible since the services were drastically reduced.
Cunningham graduated from the University of Michigan with a Bachelor’s of Science and Nursing and has been a practicing nurse for 27 years. She started her career at the U of M Medical
LAMC Hosts Special Room For Cancer Patients
Los Alamos Council on Cancer Board Member LeAnne Parsons describes services and items available for cancer patients at Cancer Corner room in the Los Alamos Medical Center. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
Tucked away in a quiet hallway at Los Alamos Medical Center, is a small room containing several resources for those dealing with cancer in our community.
The Cancer Corner a joint venture of the Los Alamos Council on Cancer, the American Cancer Society and LAMC. Staffed by volunteers, it is open by appointment only and services are Read More
Just One Thing To Do This Week: Hang In There
By MARY BETH MAASSEN
Los Alamos
So many people are sick right now. Los Alamos has been hit hard by the flu, which showed up a little late this year, and a very nasty virus is circulating, keeping people in bed for days. It is down-right hazardous to leave the house.
I had that virus a few weeks ago and it knocked me off my feet for nearly a week. Someone asked me how I felt and I said, “I feel like I have been hit by a bus.” And then I thought, “Oh wait, being hit by a bus is nothing like this!”
Several years ago when I was living near Hermosillo, Mexico, I was hit by a bus. It was totally my fault. I thought I was in a parking Read More
Daffodil Sales Benefit LAVNS Hospice
Award-winning Chef Laura Crucet Hamilton, owner of Pig + Fig Bakery and Café, 35 Rover Blvd. Suite G, in White Rock, accepts a display vase of daffodils from Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Social Worker Collette Fordham, in support of the March 9-10 fundraiser for hospice. The community is invited to place orders for daffodils by calling 505.662.2525 or visit www.lavns.com. Read More
