Leonard: How AI Is Changing Medicine, Where It’s Headed
By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos
The recently launched AI chatbot, ChatGPT, is expected to completely revolutionize the practice of medicine.
In February of this year, ChatGPT took and almost passed the US Medical Licensing Exam with pass rates between 52 and 74 percent between three tests.
Remarkable considering medical residents average pass rate for the USMLE is 60 percent.
When the Pew Research Center conducted a survey of 11,004 Americans however, they determined that 60 percent were uncomfortable with the use of AI in their care.
Time will tell where this is all headed Read More
Op-Ed: ‘Prairie Wolves 101’
By Terry DuBois
Los Alamos
We are fast approaching early summer when the coyotes in our area will be having pups. Their mating season runs from January to March and the pups seem to emerge from the den around the beginning of July.
I have spent several years noting their habits and behaviors and would like to share some of what I’ve learned. I will concentrate on spring and summer as that is the time most people find them problematic. During the mating season, they become more territorial, which some erroneously call “aggressive”. They become more interested in escorting people through their territories Read More
Ringside Seat: Nominee For UNM Regent Gave Generously To Politicians
By MILAN SIMONICH
The Santa Fe New Mexican
Paul Emir Blanchard knows more than most about making news. He’s been grabbing headlines since 1967, when he upset Joe LaMotta in a high school wrestling match in Florida.
Joe was a tough kid and a big name, the son of Raging Bull Jake LaMotta, onetime world middleweight boxing champion.
After Blanchard finished high school in Coral Gables, he had a short stay at the University of Miami. His athletic talents weren’t appreciated by the football coach, so Blanchard went west to play for the University of New Mexico.
He lettered as a Lobo linebacker for Read More
Op-Ed: HB 126 Graduation Requirements Unfair
By KOURTNEY GRAZIER
Senior
Los Alamos High School
As a senior in high school, it is unfair that the high school graduation requirements may change.
I go to school in Los Alamos, the standards the students have to face here are outrageous. The graduation requirements should not be changed. I understand that it is important for education in New Mexico to change for the better but this bill is not the way to create positive change.
Watering down the graduation requirements is going to hurt students in the long run. After looking at what is possibly changing, there appears to be more harm than good. Read More
Weekly Fishing Report: March 7, 2023
By GEORGE MORSE
Sports And Outdoors
Los Alamos Daily Post
March looks like it’s going to be a month of change in more ways than just winter to spring. The weather is changing right along with the seasons. After a winter of cold temperatures with a new weather system rolling in every week, temperatures are rising above average during the day. Where we used to be calling to see if the ice is thick enough to fish on, we now call to ask if there is enough open water to fish from the bank.
The streamflows will start to rise, but the peak of spring runoff is still at least a month away. The landscape will slowly turn Read More
Op-Ed: New Mexico Medical Malpractice
By KURT C. LANGE, MD.
Taos and Los Alamos
Most of us love New Mexico but we know it has its problems. In 2019, according to US News and World Report, New Mexico ranked 48 out of 50 states as a place to live. In addition, healthcare ranked #33, education #50, crime #47 and opportunity #49. I think it’s obvious that following the COVID epidemic, things haven’t improved for New Mexico. These are the things a state government should provide for its citizens, but it appears they are failing.
Being a long time physician practicing medicine in Texas and later moving to New Mexico to continue to practice, I think Read More
Scenes From LAHS Students Recognition At Roundhouse
From left, Teacher Lynn Ovaska poses with LAHS Student Council CYFD team Andrea Chapman next to Rep. Christine Chandler, Lourdes LeDoux, Deeanna Foster and counselor Cristin Haake. Courtesy/Lynn Ovaska
Students with CYFD Cabinet Secretary Barbara Vigil, center. Courtesy/Lynn Ovaska
By LYNN OVASKA, NBCT
AP Psychology and Psychology Teacher
Student Leadership Co-Teacher
As we continue to celebrate our students, Wednesday was a big day for the Student Council members who led the NM CYFD (Children, Youth, & Families Department) Donation Drive last month.
They were invited to the New Read More
