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Chart 597: COVID Update In New Mexico Feb. 7, 2022

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This chart shows the seven-day average number of COVID-19 diagnoses versus date in Los Alamos. On a scale of 0 to 100, the diagnoses index quantifies the current level of diagnoses by using a comparison with daily levels since the start of the pandemic (the higher the index, the more severe the current state of the pandemic is). The current number of diagnoses is higher than 94 percent of preceding days. Source: New Mexico Department of Health. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
This chart shows the number of COVID-19 diagnoses by age group for the past week in Los Alamos. Source: New Mexico Department of Health.
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Leonard: Breath And Panic Attacks

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By LAURA LEONARD
Doctor of Chiropractic
Los Alamos

Have you ever experienced the out of control feeling of a panic attack?

I was in my mid-30s when I learned first-hand what a panic attack felt like. I had pulled up at a red light and boom … my heart started beating out of my chest and I felt like I was going to pass out. The first clue that I wasn’t dying was that I was able to drive myself to the nearest ER.

It’s funny now looking back on how illogical my mind was at that moment. Clearly, I wasn’t dying but how would I know, I had never experienced anything like this before. After several months of repeated panic Read More

Gruninger: Strength Pose Of The Month Side Arm Plank

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By JACCI GRUNINGER, MS, C-IAYT, ERYT500
Los Alamos

Balance, strength and grace. We all want it don’t we?

Okay, maybe I am only looking for the combination of those three things. Side Arm Plank Pose, to me, is the epitome of these three characteristics. I remember when this pose was out of my league and so difficult.

Yes, even yoga teachers have to start somewhere. However, with patience first, then practice, I also remember the day I moved into this posture with confidence and ease.

It was incredible (I’ll admit it took me a year) to feel myself float from down dog or plank into side arm plank without Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update Feb. 4: 2,104 New Cases, Totaling 489,701 With 19 Deaths & 350,084 Recovered

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STATE News:

SANTA FE — New Mexico state health officials Friday announced 2,104 additional COVID-19 cases.

Los Alamos County reported 8 new cases Friday, bringing the total to 2,456  people who have tested positive for COVID-19. (County totals are subject to change upon further investigation and determination of residency of individuals positive for COVID-19.)

This update includes 19 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19 and a 7-Day positivity rate of 23.3 percent.

Per the state Department of Health, the most recent cases are:

  • 435 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 85 new cases in Chaves
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Khalsa Acupuncture Reopening Business In Los Alamos

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By Dr. SEVA S.S.S. KHALSA

I’m happy to say that Khalsa Acupuncture is returning to Los Alamos — in the same place as the old place, and in the same room in the Small Business Center.

The previous renter promised to give me first dibs on his space if he left, and sure enough, he needs to be closer to the airport so he’s moving to Albuquerque and he offered me the space beginning in a couple of weeks, so Friday, February 18th will be my first day seeing patients in Los Alamos again.

Exact dates and hours TBD so let me know what you’d like and I’ll be there.

The Los Alamos Small Business Read More

House Bill Could Clear Way For Legal Use Of Fentanyl Test Strips In New Mexico

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HB 52 Co-sponsor Rep. Christine Chandler (D-Los Alamos)

By PHAEDRA HAYWOOD
The Santa Fe New Mexican

The word fentanyl doesn’t appear anywhere in House Bill 52.

But alarm over deaths caused by the potent synthetic opioid is driving support for the proposed legislation, which would decriminalize the use and possession of test strips used to determine whether the drug is lurking in other substances.

Several people who testified in favor of the bill at a recent legislative committee hearing, including one of its co-sponsors, did so with tears in their eyes, saying their own lives had been touched Read More

Chart 595: COVID-19 Diagnoses In Los Alamos Drop Below National And State Averages

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This chart shows the seven-day average number of COVID-19 diagnoses per 100,000 people versus date nationwide, statewide, and countywide. For the first time in three weeks, diagnoses in Los Alamos are lower than the national average and the state average. On a scale of 0 to 100, the diagnoses index quantifies the current level of diagnoses by using a comparison with daily levels since the start of the pandemic (the higher the index, the more severe the current state of the pandemic is). The current number of diagnoses in Los Alamos is higher than 95 percent of preceding days. Sources: New York
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Cancer Foundation For New Mexico Hosts 17th Annual Sweetheart Auction Fundraiser March 12

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CFFNM News:

SANTA FE —The Cancer Foundation for New Mexico (CFFNM) is planning a great party for a great cause: the annual Sweetheart Auction, 5 p.m. Saturday, March 12.

This event, like so many in New Mexico, went virtual in 2021, but organizers plan to be back in person this year. Held at the Santa Fe Convention Center, this festive evening features a dinner buffet by Adobo Catering, an open wine and beer bar, and both silent and live auctions featuring more than 500 items.

Some of this year’s unique Live Auction items include dinners in private homes with Anne Hillerman and James McGrath Morris Read More