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NM Delegation Introduces Bill To Expand Research On Rare Genetic Disease Prevalent Among Hispanics

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CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:

 
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich and U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján, Steve Pearce and Michelle Lujan Grisham announced they have introduced a bill to increase research, education and treatment for Cavernous Cerebral Malformations (CCM), an uncommon genetic blood vessel disease that impacts the brain and spinal cord and is more common among New Mexico Hispanics than any other group.
 
Due to limited research, there is no cure for CCM.  The Cerebral Cavernous Malformations Clinical Awareness,
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PAC 8 Recruits Teens To Work On PSA Tuesday

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Students work on a project at PAC 8. Courtesy Photo​
 
PAC 8 News:

PAC 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.

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New Date For Dr. Zee Benefit Concert April 21

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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

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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

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By the American Heart Association, and
Donna McHenry, MS,
Los Alamos Fire Department
 
There are more than 350,000 out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA) annually in the U.S., nearly 90 percent of them fatal, according to the American Heart Association’s newly released Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics – 2017 Update.
 
According to the report, the annual incidence of EMS-assessed non-traumatic out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) in 2015 is estimated to be 356,500. Estimates also suggest 7,037 children suffer OHCA each year.
 
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Sleep Matters/Sleep Apnea & Treatment Talk April 3

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HEALTH News:
 
A Sleep Matters/Sleep Apnea and Treatment presentation is 2 p.m. Monday, April 3 on the 3rd floor at Aspen Ridge Assisted Living; 1010 Sombrillo Court in Los Alamos. 
 
Dr. Roger Wiggins and Patricia Donahue, respiratory therapist of the SW Sleep Center will conduct the presentation.
 
The community is invited to attend. Refreshments will be served and no RSVP is necessary.
 
Contact Community Liaison Cynthia Goldblatt for information at 505.695.8981.
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Agencies Collaborate To Promote Brain Health

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HEALTH News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE ― The New Mexico Department of Health, Public Health Division and the Alzheimer’s Association, New Mexico Chapter have announced they are collaborating to educate New Mexicans on maintaining a healthy brain. 
 
The Alzheimer’s Association, NM Chapter and the NM Department of Health, now agree that people can reduce their risk of cognitive decline by making key lifestyle changes.
 
“The research on cognitive decline with aging, and how it relates
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Just One Thing To Do This Week: Breathe

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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