Healthcare

DOE Releases RFP For Hanford OccMed Services

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DOE News:
 
CINCINNATI, Ohio ― The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Thursday issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for a contract to provide a variety of services at the Hanford Site, called the Hanford Occupational Medical Services Contract (OccMed).
 
The total estimated value of the contract is up to approximately $125 million. The period of performance includes a base period of three years (including a transition period of 90 days), and two option periods of two years for a total of seven years. The current OccMed contract at Hanford expires Sept. 30, 2018.
 
DOE anticipates
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Public Transportation Key To Boosting Health For Aging New Mexicans

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By Stan Cooper
AARP Volunteer
NM Transit Association Board Member 
 
Most of us take for granted that we can wake up each day, get in our car, drive to work, drive home, drive to the grocery store or to a movie, and get wherever we want to go. But for some of us, the time will come when we can no longer drive a car and we must give up the keys.
 
The loss of a vehicle can often lead to cases of isolation, which causes a decrease in physical activity, and mental engagement. People are no longer able to participate in everyday activities like visiting friends, going to social events
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Shin: The Black Market For Opioids

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By LISA SHIN
Los Alamos
Candidate for House Dist. 43

OpioidBillSummary

On Friday, June 22, 2018, the U.S. House of Representatives passed comprehensive, bipartisan legislation, H.R. 6, aimed at the opioid crisis. Rep. Greg Walden described the combination of 58 bills as “one of the most significant congressional efforts against a drug crisis in our nation’s history.”

Here in New Mexico, particularly in Rio Arriba, deaths from opioid overdose have become a daily occurrence, with one of the highest death rates in the Nation. Rio Arriba’s Wal-Mart is fighting the epidemic with Read More

Atomic City Quilts Hosts Raffle For Cancer Research

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Hand-made quilt by Don’s and Inge’s Creations will be raffled July 28 at Atomic City Quilts to raise money for breast cancer research. Courtesy photo
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
Atomic City Quilts is hosting a raffle for a full-size hand-made quilt to raise funds for breast cancer research, education and treatment.
 
The pink quilt was hand-made by Don’s and Inge’s Creations.
 
Raffle tickets are $25 (cash or check) and only 100 tickets will be sold. The raffle drawing is 11 a.m. Saturday, July 28 at Atomic City Quilts at 1247 Central Ave. Because the number of tickets is limited, it
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Bridge Care For Women Hosts Community Farewell Event For Nicolle Gonzales 3-5 p.m. Today!

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Nicolle Gonzales is leaving Bridge Care for Women after almost seven years of dedicated service. The community is invited to gather 3-5 p.m. Friday, June 22, at the practice at 3500 Trinity Dr., Ste. C-5 to wish Gonzales well on her new journey in establishing the native led birthing center, Changing Woman Initiative. Light refreshments will be served. Courtesy photo Read More

Trinity Urgent Care Accepts Broad Spectrum Of Insurance Plans; Medicare And Medicaid

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Dr. Edward Grant, PA-DOM in front of Trinity Urgent Care Tuesday at 1460 Trinity Dr., Suite A & B. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 

By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Trinity Urgent Care, LLC, at 1460 Trinity Dr., Suite A & B, in Los Alamos now accepts a much broader spectrum of insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid. 

“Along with Medicare and Medicaid and the many insurances we accept, we also have a very fair self-pay system to help people out who don’t have insurance,” explained Dr. Edward Grant, PA-DOM, during

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Kristin Allen Opens Yoga Studio In Los Alamos

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Owner Kristin Allen of Tribe Yoga and Wellness Studio. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
 
When Kristin Allen arrived in Los Alamos 10 months ago with her family, she looked for a niche for herself. A place in the community where she felt she belonged and maybe a space others would be comfortable in, too.
 
As a result, Allen opened Tribe Yoga and Wellness Studio at 1247 Central Ave., Suite F226. The studio is on the second floor of the building across from the Los Alamos County Municipal Building.
 
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Charles Lenz Joins Los Alamos Chiropractic Center

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Chiropractor Charles Lenz has joined Nancy Savoia and the team at Los Alamos Chiropractic Center. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com
 
It was a serendipitous meeting between Nancy Savoia, owner of Los Alamos Chiropractic Center, and her new associate Charles Lenz.
 
Savoia was attending a friend’s 60th birthday party in Nambe when another acquaintance pulled her aside and mentioned her daughter had just gotten a job at Los Alamos National Laboratory but her son-in-law, Lenz, who is a chiropractor,
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AllerPops Poised To Help Allergy Sufferers

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AllerPops founder Cliff Han, right, with his former LANL postdoc Dongping Wang at the American Society of Microbiology conference June 7-11 in Atlanta, Ga. Courtesy photo

 
BUSINESS News:
 
Knoze Jr. (https://knozejr.com/) recently launched a line of natural, prebiotic lollipops, AllerPops, engineered by biologist Cliff Han to help allergy sufferers combat the yearly allergy season.
 
Using his expertise and experience as a biologist, Han’s prebiotic candy uses the science behind prebiotics (substances that encourage beneficial-bacterial growth) to promote
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Judge Alan Kirk Addresses Kiwianis On Local And Regional Opioid Addiction And Treatment Issues

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Los Alamos Municipal Judge Alan Kirk discusses the opioid issue during his talk at the Tuesday meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos. Photo by Maire O’Neill/ladailypost.com

 

By MAIRE O’NEILL
Los Alamos Daily Post

Los Alamos Municipal Judge Alan Kirk is investigating regional collaboration as a way to deal with opioid addiction in Los Alamos County and the surrounding area.

Judge Kirk addressed the issue at Tuesday’s meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Los Alamos. He told the group that people think of heroin, Oxycontin and Percocet as being “the bad ones” Read More