Healthcare

Letter To The Editor: LAMC Exceeds My Expectations

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By LELAND S. LEHMAN
Lifelong Los Alamos resident

This letter of thanks and gratitude is addressed to the staff of the Los Alamos Medical Center Emergency Room and Medical Surgery Floor. 

Due to an accidental overdose of ibuprofen last week, I was admitted to the emergency room at LAMC for a bleeding duodenal ulcer. I can’t express enough thanks and gratefulness for the kind and professional treatment that I received by the very patient staff and management of the emergency room.

I was then transferred to the second floor medical surgery wing for further care. Again I was treated with the most Read More

Domestic Violence: Bullying, Sexting & Other Hot Topics

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By MAGGIE SMITH
Los Alamos

What, you may ask, does this have to do with domestic violence? A major component of addressing domestic abuse and violence is the effort to prevent it from happening in the first place. The challenge is to find out where that “first place” resides.

Various aspects of the behavior of middle and high school students have given rise to a considerable body of research. Bullying, one of those aspects, is certainly nothing new. Mark Twain, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Charles Dickens, and numerous other authors have included incidents of bullying in many of their widely read works, Read More

Accidental Falls And Managing Outcomes With Dr. Culley Christensen June 29

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Dr. Culley Christensen
 
COMMUNITY News:
 
LARC (Los Alamos Retirement Community) and LAMC present Accidental Falls and Managing Outcomes with Dr. Culley Christensen, Los Alamos Orthopaedics at 3 p.m., Wednesday, June 29, at Aspen Ridge Lodge/Assisted Living; 1010 Sombrillo Court; in the Activities Room/lower level. 
 
Join us for refreshments and learn what actions you can take to increase your chances of minimizing damage and realizing recovery. An accidental fall doesn’t have to end your active
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Save A Life & Restart A Heart – Learn CPR For FREE

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LAFD News:

Every person in Los Alamos will have the chance to learn how to be a hero by attending the New Mexico Heart Institute’s 6th annual Project Heart Start event Saturday June 25.

The free event will teach Los Alamos families a “new” form of CPR called Compression‐Only Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (COCPR).

Sudden cardiac arrest kills more than 400,000 people in the U.S. every year, and nearly 9,000 of these cases happen in children under the age of 18. Many of these deaths could have been prevented if those close by had been aware of and taken a few simple, lifesaving steps.

If an adult suddenly

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Zika Virus Hits New Mexico

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Aedes aegypti in Tanzania. Photo by Muhammad Mahdi Karim/www.micro2macro.net

 

Staff Report:

The New Mexico Department of Health announced Wednesday a second confirmed case of the Zika virus in the state.

The first case was discovered in March  in a 46-year-old Bernallilo County man who was infected while traveling in Central America. The second case, announced Wednesday, involves a 40-year-old Bernalillo County woman who aquired the virus while traveling to the Caribbean.

Zika virus disease has been in the news for several weeks now and has many individuals concerned. Zika Read More

Luján Introduces Legislative Package To Improve Behavioral Health System In New Mexico

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CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District introduced a legislative package today of two bills aimed at rebuilding and strengthening behavioral health systems in New Mexico and across the country. 
 
Luján’s legislation comes at a time when New Mexico’s behavioral health system has been thrown into crisis following the unwarranted suspension of payments to 15 providers that has resulted in patients losing access to care, hundreds of New Mexicans losing their jobs, and millions of taxpayer dollars wasted. The
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Friends Of The Shelter Launch Fundraiser For Puppy With Heart Condition

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Nova Rey is a brave little shelter puppy who needs the community’s help. Courtesy photo

SHELTER News:

Near the end of April, a small, 8-week-old American bulldog/pitbull terrier mix was surrendered to the Los Alamos Animal Shelter.

All the owner wrote on the form was that the puppy had a heart murmur and that they couldn’t afford the medical costs. They also provided a CD with X-rays. Volunteers could feel the murmur with their bare hand.

Nova Rey snuggles with a shelter volunteer. Courtesy photo

In spite of her medical condition, Nova Rey was the most human-loving little girl they Read More

Luján Named To Conference Committee On Legislation Addressing Opioid Epidemic

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CONGRESSIONAL News:
 
WASHINGTON, D.C. ― U.S. Rep. Ben Ray Luján of New Mexico’s Third District has been appointed to a conference committee that will work to complete legislation addressing the opioid crisis that is hurting communities in New Mexico and across the country. 
 
Conference committees are formed after the Senate and House each pass its own bills in order to work out differences between the legislation.
 
“The drug crisis is one that touches communities throughout New Mexico, robbing friends, family, and neighbors of a brighter future. More must
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