Healthcare

Nambé Drugs In Los Alamos Celebrates 8th Anniversary!

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Pharmacist-In-Charge Melissa Roybal and Nambé Drugs staff celebrate their 8th Anniversary June 8 at 111 Central Park Square in Los Alamos. Courtesy/Nambe Drugs

CHAMBER News:

Happy 8th anniversary to Nambe Drugs in Los Alamos!

Eight years ago, June 8, 2015, Nambé Drugs opened their doors in Los Alamos at 111 Central Park Square and has been a part of the community ever since!

Pharmacist-In-Charge Melissa Roybal and staff celebrated their anniversary with a Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting. Not pictured in the photo is pharmacy owner Scott Robinson.

Be sure to stop by Nambé Drugs and wish them Read More

Pick Up Free Drug Tests At Los Alamos Municipal Court

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A drug test example in which the individual shows positive for Fentynal, Benzodiezepines and Methadone. Courtesy/LAC

COUNTY News:

Los Alamos Municipal Court invites the public to stop by at 2500 Trinity Suite (next to Ashely Pond) and receive a free drug test. These urine tests will test for 15 different drugs, including fentynal and alcohol for up to the last 2-5 days of consumption. Court staff will provide instructions on how to adminster and interpret results of the tests.

The court has provided free drug tests to the public upon request for the past decade. This service allows parents who Read More

Scenes From LAVNS 50th Anniversary Celebration

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Los Alamos Visiting Nurses, 109 Central Ave., celebrated its 50th anniversary during ChamberFest Saturday. LAVNS Executive Director Jack Allison, RN, center, snips the ceremonial ribbon along with his staff and Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce Director Ryn Herrmann and Member Services Manager Sam McRae, right. During the past 50 years, LAVNS has become a trusted name in the healthcare industry, thanks to its dedicated staff and commitment to patient care, and recently received a $250,000 donation from the estate of Art and Nancy Freed. The organization has grown from a small team of nurses Read More

Luján, Colleagues Introduce Resolution To Recognize May As Stroke Awareness Month

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U.S. SENATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — This week, U.S. Senators Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) introduced a resolution to recognize each May as Stroke Awareness Month.

The resolution encourages continued coordination and cooperation between the federal government, researchers, families, and the public to improve prognoses by increasing access to timely treatments for individuals who suffer strokes.

“I never thought having a stroke would happen to me – until it did. Now more than ever, I understand the importance of increasing Read More

National Scleroderma Foundation, Rocky Mountain Chapter To Host ‘Albuquerque Stepping Out To Cure Scleroderma’

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Scleroderma Foundation News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Individuals living with and affected by scleroderma will join together at 8 a.m., June 25, at Mariposa Basin Park, 6401 Taylor Ranch Dr. NW in Albuquerque, to take part in the first  Albuquerque Stepping Out to Cure Scleroderma walk.

Scleroderma is a rare rheumatic disease that affects connective tissue and the vascular system, producing excessive collagen that causes fibrosis in the skin (localized) or in internal organs (systemic sclerosis).

The disease can cause disfigurement and disability. For some, it’s life-threatening. There is no Read More

Koval: EGIS Complete Care Celebrates 25-Year Anniversary

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KEVIN KOVAL, MS, MST
Owner / President / Care Manager
EGIS Complete Care, Inc.

Even with the challenges of COVID-19 and other industries showing a decrease in employees, EGIS Complete Care, Inc., over the last two years, experienced unexpected growth in their number of caregivers!

Other industries may ask “Why?” but it can be explained by a November 2022 survey conducted by AARP Home and Community Preference that states almost 80 percent of US adults, age 50 years and older, want to remain in their homes for the long  term. This will only continue to grow with the aging baby boomer population. Being Read More

Nexus Health Breaks Ground On $100 Million State-Of-The-Art Medical Care Center In Santa Fe

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Courtesy photo

NEXUS HEALTH News:

SANTA FE — Nexus Health, Meridian, and Page celebrated the groundbreaking of a new state-of-the-art, 95,000-square-foot medical office building and comprehensive cancer care center Friday, May 5, at 4200 Beckner Road in Santa Fe.

The facility, to be located on an 18-acre parcel of vacant land in the Las Soleras Master Plan District, will provide affordable, outpatient healthcare services to the growing population of Northern New Mexico. The project, with an overall investment exceeding $100 million, is expected to bring significant jobs and tax revenue Read More

Life After 50: Got Hats?

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A hat crafted by a friend for a friend diagnosed with skin cancer on the top of her head. Courtesy/Bernadette Lauritzen

By BERNADETTE LAURITZEN
Los Alamos

Recently, I went to schedule a physical appointment, only to find out that a great practitioner at MANNM is moving away. A year ago, I had the pleasure of seeing some great medical personnel, so why send a thank you when heralding people in the media is so much more fun!

Shenika Carter is a Family Nurse Practitioner and may have provided the most pleasant annual physical I have ever had. Her bedside manner, sense of humor and kind disposition made Read More

(VIDEO) UNM’S Chicana/o Studies Brings The Ancient Art Of Traditional Healing To The Community

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UNM News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Registration is well underway for the Chicana and Chicano Studies (CSS) Department’s Traditional Medicine Without Borders class at the University of New Mexico.

Offered in the Summer, Fall, and Spring semesters, it is the only class of its kind in the country that is taught year-round in both English and Spanish.

According to CSS administrators, the wildly popular summer class, Traditional Medicine Without Borders Curanderismo in the Southwest and Mexico, fills up quickly, and this year is no exception.

Curanderismo is a traditional form of healing that has Read More

Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service 50th Anniversary June 3!

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LAVNS News:

Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service (LAVNS) is excited to announce its 50th anniversary on June 3, 2023. Founded in 1973 by Sarah Rochester, LAVNS has been providing high-quality in-home skilled nursing care, hospice care, wound care, and physical therapy services to patients in Los Alamos and the surrounding counties for half a century.

Over the past 50 years, LAVNS has become a trusted name in the healthcare industry, thanks to its dedicated staff and commitment to patient care. The organization has grown from a small team of nurses to a full-service home healthcare agency with Read More