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Shin: Single-payer Is Not The Answer

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By LISA SHIN
Candidate for House Rep. District 43

Obamacare had thousands of pages of job-killing mandates, regulations, and taxes. Why should we be surprised at rising costs and skyrocketing premiums? We should have learned that more government regulation over health care is disastrous. Instead, we have Councilors Sheehey and Chandler competing to be the louder voice for single-payer: the most control government can have over health care.

Be wary of those who tout the merits of socialized medicine. They love to talk about access to preventative, primary, and specialty care, but avoid the Read More

Six Food Safety Tips To Make Easter And Passover A Safe Egg-stravaganza

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DINING News:
 
Seeing your first robin may be the sign of warm things to come, but once Easter and Passover have arrived, you know that Spring is here! Interestingly, both Easter and Passover include the wondrous egg, as a springtime symbol of new life, in their festivities.
 
We all know the Bunny brings Easter eggs, but what many folks don’t know, is that Passover Seders (ceremonial meals) typically include a hard boiled egg course.
 
Additionally, many recipes for Passover, which is also known as the “feast of unleavened bread,” call for eggs or egg whites which take the place
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Liver Cancer Caused By Alcohol Consumption May Have Worse Prognosis Than Other Forms

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WILEY News:
 
A new study indicates that patients with alcohol-related liver cancer often do not live as long as patients with liver cancer that is not associated with alcohol consumption, mainly due to diagnoses at later stages.
 
Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings indicate that efforts should be made to improve both screening for early signs of liver cancer and the management of alcohol abuse.
 
Liver cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with hepatitis B and
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Luján Welcomes New Mexico Witness To Testify In Congressional Hearings On Opioid Abuse

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U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján
 
CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Farmington resident, Carlene Deal-Smith took center stage in Washington, D.C. Thursday to testify before a Congressional panel focused on finding solutions to the growing opioid epidemic.
 
Deal-Smith is a Native American woman of the Navajo Tribe, who works at Presbyterian Medical Services through their Totah Behavioral Health Authority program. She appeared before the House Subcommittee on Health, of which Luján is a member, to provide insight into peer support programs which have been
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During Binges, U.S. Adults Have 17 Billion Drinks A Year

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CDC News:

U.S. adults consumed more than 17 billion binge drinks in 2015, or about 470 binge drinks per binge drinker, according to a first-of-its-kind study released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The study appears in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

CDC researchers found that 1 in 6, or 37 million, adults binge drink about once a week, consuming an average of seven drinks per binge. Binge drinking is defined as consuming five or more drinks for men, or four or more drinks for women, in about two hours.

“This study shows that binge drinkers are consuming a huge Read More

Lab Profile: Jim Stein Lives Life To The Fullest, Camera In Hand

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Jim Stein of Los Alamos National Laboratory has a passion for photography. Courtesy photo
 
A starry night seen from Los Alamos. Photo by Jim Stein

LANL News:

As a child, Jim Stein, of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Quality & Performance Assurance Division, loved poring over the awe-inspiring photos of National Geographic magazine. With a small camera his parents bought for him, his passion for photography was ignited.

“I started playing around with the camera like I was a Nat Geo photographer,” he said. “And although I really was pretty awful, I’ve been hooked ever since.”

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Pongratz Presents Update On Local DWI Programs

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Los Alamos Family Council Program Manager Cheryl Pongratz updates the County DWI Planning Council during a recent meeting. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com
 
By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

It used to be that when people were arrested for driving while intoxicated, they were under the influence of alcohol, but apparently that has changed in recent years.

“It’s almost switched now,” Los Alamos Family Council Program Manager Cheryl Pongratz told a recent meeting of the Los Alamos DWI Planning Council. “We have more people now who are on drugs

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Journey To Halt Allergies Leads To Startup Company Knoze Jr. Corp

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Cliff Han, owner of startup company Knoze Jr. Corp., said he can now enjoy the outdoors allergy-free due to his prebiotic lollipop, which nurtures bacteria in the body to combat allergies. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com

 

BUSINESS News:

One evening in March 2014, Los Alamos resident Cliff Han was attending a retreat and started to tear up during a talk.

He went outside for a break, but more tears arose accompanied by sneezing and a tightness in the chest. He realized his tears were not in fact caused by the speaker’s moving story, but by the pollen from the surrounding trees.

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GAO Report Finds Over $1.5 Billion Tax Dollars Spent On Abortion Service Providers

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U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce
 
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Steve Pearce issued the following statement after the release of the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) report on the amount of taxpayer dollars that went toward funding for abortion service providers, including Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), Marie Stopes International (MSI) and International Planned Parenthood Federation (IPPF):
 
“Congress has the responsibility to protect the rights and liberties of all American taxpayers, and to be transparent about
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Talk On Dementia With Dr. Knoefel March 20

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Dr. Janice Knoefel
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
The community is invited to attend an informative presentation by Dr. Janice Knoefel MD on the condition known as dementia – it’s diagnosis and symptoms, interventions to help it and the latest research being done.
 
Dr. Knoefel, from the Clinical Neuroscience Center in Albuquerque, will spaek at 2 p.m., March 20 at the Betty Ehart Senior Center.
 
For information, contact LARSO Executive Director Pauline Schneider at 662.8920 or director@losalamosseniorcenter.com.
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