Healthcare

Today’s The Day That Quitters Win…

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Courtesy/ACS

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY News:

Get ready to lose the habit, and become victorious over tobacco.

The American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout event is your chance to triumph over addiction. Every November, we set aside the third Thursday to encourage smokers to go the distance, and to finally give up smoking.

About 42 million Americans still smoke cigarettes, and tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease and premature death in the United States. As of 2013, there also were 12.4 million cigar smokers in the US, and more than 2.3 million who smoke tobacco

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Community Invited To Reception For New Orthopaedic Surgeon Culley Christensen At LAMC Tuesday

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Culley Christensen, MD

LAMC News:

Los Alamos Medical Center is pleased to announce they are expanding their medical services to include orthopaedics.

Culley Christensen, MD has joined the medical staff and will be offering orthopaedic surgical services to patients in Los Alamos and the surrounding area.  Dr. Christensen and his family are relocating from Scottsdale to New Mexico. Dr. Christensen is the second surgeon to join LAMC this year as the hospital continues to grow its surgical services.

“We are pleased to welcome Dr. Christensen to practice at Los Alamos Medical Center,” LAMC Read More

100+ Women Who Care Honor LAMC CEO Feliciano Jiron; Fund Nine Behavioral Health Initiatives

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From left, Dist. 43 Rep. Stephanie Garcia Richard, Debbie Shelton, Johanna Jiron, Marvel Harrison, Feliciano Jiron, Mary Beth Maasson and Kristy Orgeta. Los Alamos Medical Center and its CEO Feliciano Jiron are honored at a special gathering Thursday at Unquarked for assisting 100+ Women Who Care to fund nine behavioral health initiatives within the Los Alamos community. The women raised $20,000 to fund the programs with the help of a $10,000 match from United Way of Northern New Mexico and about $2,000 from LAMC. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

The only man in a room full of women at Read More

New Report Shows Significant Improvement For Mental Health In New Mexico

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NMHS News:
 
SANTA FE — Today, New Mexico Human Services Department Cabinet Secretary Brent Earnest announced that New Mexico has improved ten spots in Mental Health America’s annual rankings, The State of Mental Health in America.
 
New Mexico showed significant improvement across the board in these rankings, including overall, adult, youth, need, and access categories.
 
“We’re continuing to make it a priority to provide much-needed care and treatment to our most vulnerable fellow New Mexicans,” Earnest said. “This encouraging news only strengthens our commitment
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Bouman: Understanding Long-Term Care

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By BEN BOUMAN
Alpine Financial Planners

Addressing the potential threat of long-term care expenses may be one of the biggest financial challenges for individuals who are developing a retirement strategy.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that 70 percent of people over age 65 can expect to need long-term care services at some point in their lives.  Understanding the various types of long-term care services and what those services may cost is critical as you consider your retirement approach.

Long-term care is not a single activity. It refers to a variety of medical Read More

How Frequent And Proper Handwashing Can Help Beat Cold And Flu Season

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By TERESA REYNOLDS
Chief Nursing Officer, LAMC

As fall is upon us, so is flu season – a time of year when between five and 20 percent of people living in the United States suffer from the contagious disease.

This means now is the time to:

  • Get your flu vaccine; and
  • Recommit to good health habits, like frequent and proper handwashing.

The single best way to prevent seasonal flu is to get vaccinated each and every year. This is especially true for people at high risk of serious flu complications, including young children, pregnant women, people with chronic health conditions like asthma, diabetes or Read More

WALKER: Discovering The Inside Story

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A technologist prepares a patient for an MRI. Courtesy photo
 
 
By FREDERICK WALKER, M.A, RT (R)(N)
LAMC

The week of Nov. 8-14 is National Radiology Technology Week. This week-long celebration calls attention to the important role medical imaging plays in patient care and health care safety.

This week is especially important to the imaging field as it commemorates the discovery of the x-ray by Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen Nov. 8, 1895.

Los Alamos Medical Center is home to a multi-disciplinary group of Radiologic Technologists. The imaging capabilities at LAMC include routine Radiology, Read More

Just For Grins Pediatric Dentistry Grand Opening And Candy Buy-Back Event Saturday

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Just for Grins Pediatric Dentistry at 2101 Trinity Dr., Ste. P. in Los Alamos. Courtesy photo
 
BUSINESS News:
 
Just for Grins Pediatric Dentistry invites the community to a Grand Opening and Candy Buy-Back Event 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 7 at 2101 Trinity Dr., Ste. P.
 
The event will feature music, face painting, give-aways and a strolling magician.
 
This is an opportunity for the kids of our community to make a few dollars, spare their teeth the added sugar, and to support our troops! Just for Grins is teaming up with First National Santa Fe bank and giving kids $1 per
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LAVNS Hosts 20th Annual Hospice Memorial Service

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Community members gather at Sunday’s LAVNS Hospice Memorial Service at Fuller Lodge. Photo by Jennifer Bartram
 
Roaring Jelly, a local Irish band provided music Sunday’s memorial event. Photo by Jennifer Bartram
 
LAVNS News:
 
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Hospice hosted its 20th Annual Hospice Memorial Service Sunday, Nov. 1 at Fuller Lodge. 
 
The memorial brings together family, friends and staff members to remember those whom we have loved and lost over the past year. Family members are given a rose to place in vases when their
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LACC Recognizes Los Alamos Girls Soccer Teams

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Los Alamos Council on Cancer President Amy Woods presents a certificate of appreciation to the Los Alamos Girls Soccer Varsity and Jr. Varsity teams Oct. 27 at Sullivan Field in Los Alamos. The athletes have raised $1,440 over the last two years during the ‘Breast Cancer Awareness’ Campaign in which they collected contributions from people in the bleachers during games. The donations will be used in communicating support services and programs directed at aiding cancer victims. The organization is actively looking for ways to increase awareness in young people particularly Read More