HEART COUNCIL News:
Save the date for the highly popular 21st annual Los Alamos Health Fair – 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Sept. 24 in the Los Alamos High School Gymnasium.
Entrance to the event is free and offers free flu shots, health screenings, educational exhibits, blood profiles at reduced rates and more.
NOTE: Look for the official Health Fair Guide in the Los Alamos Daily Post Thursday, Sept. 22 … filled with wellness tips, booth location map and all the details needed to get the most out of this year’s Health Fair. Read More
Barak Wolff, MPH, presents ‘End of Life Issues/Aid in Dying: A High Level Overview Discussion’ at a lunchtime talk sponsored by Los Alamos Medical Center Friday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Barak Wolff discusses end of life issues during his talk sponsored by LAMC Friday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Photo by Chris Clark/ladailypost.com
Barak Wolff discusses health care decisions and choices related to end of life issues during his talk sponsored by LAMC Friday at the Betty Ehart Senior Center. Photo by Chris
Los Alamos Veterinarian Dr. Bob Fuselier donated his left kidney earlier this year to a man he never met. The man had been on daily dialysis for more than five years and now has a new lease on life. Courtesy photoLos Alamos Veterinarian Dr. Bob Fuselier changed the life of a man he never met when he gave him his left kidney earlier this year. The man had been on daily dialysis for more than five years.
Fuselier decided to go public about his kidney donation knowing it will likely lead to helping many men and women live more freely.
“I have yet to meet Read More
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Courtesy photoHealth News:
If you are like many of our patients, and suffer from allergies, then you know the miserable side effects: itchy eyes and skin, sneezing, congestion, a runny nose or postnasal drip down the back of your throat.
The allergic reaction you experience is your body’s response to the allergen, which it sees as harmful, even though it really isn’t. Your immune system responds by creating inflammation in your sinuses, skin, airways or digestive system.
Your environment has a lot to do with allergy symptoms. Hot, dry and windy weather can hold more allergens Read More
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján 
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
From the Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall:
Mylan has increased cost of life-saving EpiPen more than 480 percent in seven years
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In a letter sent Tuesday to the CEO of the pharmaceutical company Mylan, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) joined 19 senators in expressing his serious concerns about the company’s recent significant price hikes for the EpiPen Auto-Injector.
Mylan CEO Heather Bresch
Many children and adults who suffer from severe allergies use the EpiPen product to
Infinity Wellness owners Dr. Carmen Solano and Mike Solano, center, with from left, Arlene Meyrayo, Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, Chamber Director Nancy Partridge and Ann Perkins, cut the red ribbon to officially mark the grand opening of their new business Thursday at 1460 Trinity Dr. Suite 8. Photo by LeAnne Parsons Read More
By CYNTHIA GOLDBLATT
Community Liaison
The Los Alamos Retirement Community/LARC, Sombrillo Nursing and Rehabilitation Community and Aspen Ridge Assisted Living are celebrating Sept. 11-17, both National Assisted Living Week, and National Appreciation Week for Housekeeping, Laundry and Maintenance Employees.
Events throughout the week will be a special opportunity to bring together our residents, families and employees to recognize the unique individuals that reside at Aspen Ridge Lodge, Sombrillo Nursing and Rehabilitation Community and the staff members Read More
Pilot Geoff Rodgers spoke at Kiwanis recently, describing the history and operations of Classic Air, the medical flight company that serves Los Alamos. Photo by Charmian Schaller There was a time, not too long ago, when patients who had to be transported from Los Alamos to hospitals in Albuquerque took an hour and 29 minutes to get there.
Now, with Classic Air Medical providing helicopter service to the area, the same trip takes just 26 minutes. That reduction in time can be a life-saver.
Geoff Rodgers—a veteran of Army flight training, Read More