Healthcare
May Is Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month
NMDOH News:
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reminds parents that talking about sexual health is one of the most important conversations they can have with their children in the ongoing effort to reduce unplanned teen births in the state.
With teen birth rates sharply declining in New Mexico, Governor Susana Martinez proclaimed May as Teen Pregnancy Prevention Month and encourages residents to recognize the important role they’ve played and will continue to play in further reducing a teen birth rate that is now at its lowest point in decades.
New Mexico’s teen birth rate for ages Read More
Crash Course Hands-Only CPR Fuller Lodge June 9
By BARRY W. RAMO MDDirector Project Heart Start
A crash course in saving a life hands-only CPR, June 9. It’s easy to learn.
Are you Trained? Every day we hear about suddenly someone collapsing from what is described as a massive heart attack
Often these individuals are definitely too young to die. It might be a colleague who was 55 years old and had been well all of his life or a woman who thought women were immune from heart disease, thinking it’s a men’s disease.
Every year more than 400,000 people suffer a sudden cardiac arrest. Contrary to the popular lore sudden
Read More Scholarships Available For Medical Students In Los Alamos And Rio Arriba Counties
SCHOLARSHIP News:
Scholarship funds are available through the generosity of the John and Willie Mae Helm Scholarship Fund and the Los Alamos Medical Society for students who will be enrolled in medical school in fall 2018.
Students are eligible to apply if they are residents of Los Alamos County or Rio Arriba counties, or have spent the majority of their lives as residents of Los Alamos or Rio Arriba Counties. Applicants are required to write a letter about their medical school background, to fill out a scholarship application form, and to send an official copy of their medical school transcript. Read More
Victoria LeDuc: Tigers Eye Healing For Stress, Fatigue
Body products by Tigers Eye Healing are meant to fight stress and fatigue. Courtesy photoBy KAYLEN POCATERRA
Los Alamos
Victoria LeDuc, owner of Tigers Eye Healing. Courtesy photo
Many people are looking for answers to help relieve the stress of fatigue. One might reach for a cup of coffee or a sweet treat to get through our daily routine. This solution works great for a couple of hours and then after we return home, the tiredness creeps back in. Over time this diet can make fatigue worse due to poor nutrition.
Victoria LeDuc, owner, and operator of Tigers Eye Healing is a health Read More
Lujan Grisham’s Record At DOH And DOA
U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan GrishamFrom the Office of Michelle Lujan Grisham:
ALBUQUERQUE ― U.S. Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham has a decades-long record of serving communities across New Mexico. With experience at local, state, and federal levels she is uniquely qualified to lead our state to a brighter future.
Lujan Grisham served as either a department head or cabinet secretary under three different governors. As the state’s leading advocate for senior citizens, veterans and disabled New Mexicans, Michelle served for 14 years as the Director of Agency on Aging and Cabinet
Read More Los Alamos County Hosts 2nd Annual National Senior Health & Fitness Day May 30
COUNTY News:
Celebrate the 25th Anniversary of National Senior Health and Fitness Day Wednesday, May 30 by participating in many great activities and programs in Los Alamos and White Rock promoting “Active Today…Healthier Tomorrow.”
Los Alamos County is partnering with many community agencies to showcase “A Snapshot of an Average Day in Los Alamos”, which highlights the multiple physical and mental activities available throughout the community. Look for the blue and red National Senior Health and Fitness Day balloons at Mesa Public and White Rock Branch Libraries, the Walkup Aquatic Read More
LAVNS: Children’s Books Dealing With Grief
LAVNS News:
In Hospice, we work to assist families in being as “prepared” as possible for a death. One of the ways families can help young people to understand death as a natural process of life is to appropriately introduce it to them at an early age.
‘Tip and Blue’ by Bob Fuselier, DVM. Courtesy image
As a society, we tend to shield children from death in an attempt to protect them; this protection can sometimes cause more stress after the death of a close family member.
Bob Fuselier, DVM has written a book titled “Tip and Blue”, in which he said, “We all eventually must say goodbye to our beloved, four-legged Read More
County Council Proclaims EMS Week May 20-26
Los Alamos Fire Department Emergency Medical Services Division Chief Ben Stone, left, is presented with a proclamation by former County Councilor James Chrobocinski declaring the week of May 20-26 Emergency Medical Services Week in Los Alamos County. LAFD provides Emergency Medical Services to both the community and Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Department has six ambulances that respond to 911 medical calls and all LAFD firefighters are required to have an EMS license. EMS response is available 24 hours a day every day and LAFD ambulances are Advanced Life Support Intensive Care Read More
Udall, Heinrich Urge FCC On Rural Health Program
U.S. SENATE News:WASHINGTON, D.C. ― Friday, U.S. Senators Tom Udall and Martin Heinrich joined a bipartisan group of 30 U.S. Senators in urging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to increase the funding cap for a program aimed at improving the quality of health care available to patients in rural areas.
In a letter to FCC Chairman Ajit Pai, the Senators highlight the need to strengthen the Rural Health Care (RHC) Program to address the shortage of broadband connectivity for rural health care providers. The program has been improving the quality of health care available
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