Ten Moons Collective Community Birth Care Survey
COMMUNITY News:
Ten Moons Collective invites the community to take the Los Alamos County Community Birth Care Survey. Ten Moons created this survey to foster understanding among community members and stakeholders around local birth preferences and needs.
The information collected from this survey will be reported in aggregate—without personally identifying features—to community stakeholders, such the Los Alamos County Council, Los Alamos Community Health Council (LACHC), BabyNet Subcommittee of the LACHC, Los Alamos Medical Center and any other interested parties.
Results will Read More
NMDOH: Discover, Prevent, Manage Diabetes
NMDOH urges New Mexicans to take action against diabetes. Courtesy image
NMDOH News:
The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) urges residents learn the risk factors of diabetes, how to prevent it, and, if diagnosed, how to manage it.
“Of the approximately two million people in New Mexico, more than 567,000 of them have prediabetes,” DOH Cabinet Secretary Kathy Kunkel said. “Prediabetes can lead to type 2 diabetes, yet over 50 percent of type 2 cases are preventable. Prevention begins with awareness.”
Prediabetes means a person’s blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not yet high Read More
On The Job In Los Alamos: Troy Fernandez Addresses Those Who Provide Emotional Support To Others
On the job in Los Alamos is Troy Fernandez, LISW, left, speaking about self care during a meeting Tuesday at the Los Alamos County Fire Administration Office. Fernandez shared practical information with members of the Los Alamos County Chaplain Corps and Los Alamos National Laboratory Behavioral Health Response Team on how to monitor personal well being and make self care a priority for those who provide emotional support to others through their work or volunteerism. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.comMedical Associates Of Northern New Mexico Earns Echocardiography Re-Accreditation From IAC
MANNM News:
Medical Associates of Northern New Mexico, 3917 West Road, Suite A in Los Alamos Medical Center, was granted an additional three-year term of accreditation by the Intersocietal Accreditation Commission (IAC) in Echocardiography in the areas of Adult Transthoracic.
This latest accreditation awarded to the Medical Associates of Northern New Mexico has undergone an intensive application and review process and is found to comply with the published Standards.
Comprised of a detailed self-evaluation followed by a thorough review by a panel of medical experts, the IAC accreditation Read More
Marco Serna Releases Health Care Position Paper
NMDOH: New Mexico Is Fourth State To Allow Gender-Neutral Sex Designation On Birth Certificates
NMDOH News:
As of Oct. 29, New Mexicans can take advantage of a new law, which allows people who identify as transgender, nonbinary, intersex and other gender-expansive identities to confirm their correct gender on their birth certificate.
The New Mexico Department of Health promulgated the rules implementing the Vital Records Modernization Act, as signed into law by Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham earlier this year.
The new legislation and subsequent rule updates the process for correction of sex designation on New Mexico birth certificates, affirming contemporary healthcare standards Read More
NIST: Getting Food On Our Tables From U.S. And Around The World, Safely And Less Wastefully
Standardized data will connect farmers, inspectors, manufacturers, shippers, and ultimately consumers to ensure the freshest, most high quality food possible. Courtesy/Natasha Hanacek/NISTLAMC Honors Employees At Annual Anniversary Event
Los Alamos Medical Center CEO John Whiteside congratulates his longest serving employee Rosalie Maestas who has worked at LAMC for 48 years Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
LAMC Center CEO John Whiteside thanks his employees for their service. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comLos Alamos Medical Center held its annual anniversary recognition dinner Monday evening at Cottonwood on the Greens.
Twenty seven longtime employees were honored at the special event. Their length of service to Read More
Luján Introduces Legislation To Improve Diagnostic Research And Save Lives
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray LujánCONGRESSIONAL News:
NMDOH: Vaping-Related Lung Injury Cases Rise To 20
NMDOH News: - Vitamin E Acetate Implicated in Vaping-Related Lung Injury
LAMC Open House For 3D Imaging Machine Nov. 18
LAMC News:
The community is invited to attend the Grand Opening and Open House for the new state-of-the-art 3D Imaging machine at Los Alamos Medical Center.
The event is 5-6 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18 in the Imaging suite. Light refreshments will be served. Read More
100+ Women Who Care Donates To First Born Program
First Born Program® of Los Alamos Executive Director Ellen Ben-Naim addresses the quarterly gathering of 100+ Women Who Care – Los Alamos Thursday evening at Cottonwood on the Greens. The women raised $3,725 for the First Born Program® to help purchase baby items for new mothers in need. Centerra Los Alamos and Manager Lennie Upshaw sponsored the dinner for the charitable group. Centerra handles protective force responsibilities at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Photo by Carol A Clark/ladailypost.com
Scene from the quarterly gathering of 100+ Women Who Care – Read More
Del Norte Credit Union Challenges Team Members To Shave For A Good Cause
DNCU Movember participants Dave Weidauer, Kristi Salazar, Anthony Lopez, Brian Lee Gonzalez, Diego Muñoz, Anthony Mitchell, Jesus Perez and Kevin Southwick. Courtesy/DNCU
DNCU News:
- As part of Movember, a campaign to bring awareness to men’s health issues, DNCU pledges a $1,000 donation to a men’s health organization
SANTA FE — Del Norte Credit Union, Northern New Mexico’s hometown financial institution, challenged its team to a Movember shave that will bring awareness to several men’s health issues.
According to the official Movember campaign, men die on average six years younger than Read More
Youth Mental Health First Aid Class UNM-LA Nov. 22
Physical Therapy Plus Changes Ownership
Physical Therapy Plus, Inc., new owner Petra Pirc, left, celebrates the change in ownership with former owner Annette Weyrauch Friday at the clinic at 1350 Central Ave., Suite 105. Weyrauch founded Physical Therapy Plus 31 years ago. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
After 31 years of owning and operating Physical Therapy Plus, Inc., Annette Weyrauch decided to pass the keys and ownership onto Petra Pirc.
Petra Pirc began working in August 2018 as a physical therapist at Physical Therapy Plus. Weyrauch said Read More
Free Presentation On ‘The Basics Of Alzheimer’s Disease’ In Dixon 6-7 P.M. Thursday, Dec. 11
Alzheimer’s News:McQuiston: It MAY Have Been Covered … But HOW?
By ALLEN MCQUISTONThe Jemez Agency
If you’ve watched any college football over the past several years, you’ve probably seen multiple commercials from a certain insurance company that likes to show an imaginary college professor walking an individual through a building containing exhibits that represent different claim situations.
The commercials show what happened while the professor narrates, then at the end of the story he states, “we covered it”.
Although many of these claim scenarios appear to be unusual, they would likely be covered by any personal Read More
LAMC Imaging Staff Offers 3D Mammograms Nov. 7
From left, mammographers Maleea Medina, Loretta Rivera and Medical Imaging Director Susan Cazaux show off the new 3D imaging machine Monday at Los Alamos Medical Center. This state-of-the-art imaging machine will be available to the public starting Nov. 7. Photo by Carol A. Clark /ladailypost.comOctober, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, is the busiest time of the year for the Mammography Department of Los Alamos Medical Center, according to the mammography staff.
But this year, they expect to be even busier in the Read More
Hampton On Sombrillo & Aspen Ridge Sustainability
By DAVID HAMPTONI have recently been elected to the Board of Directors of the Los Alamos Retirement Community (LARC), which comprises the Sombrillo and Aspen Ridge facilities in Los Alamos.
Our management company informed us at our September meeting that annual liability insurance costs rose 77 percent in July, and the corresponding deductibles rose 900 percent, and that these increases are unsustainable.
These increases seem to be attributable to the high degree of litigation occurring in New Mexico. While steps are being undertaken
Laboratory Open Enrollment Q&A Sessions Nov. 4-5
COMMUNITY News:- Session 1) Monday, Nov. 4, 12 noon, at White Rock Senior Center in the lunchroom; and
- Session 2) Tuesday, Nov. 5, 12 noon at the Ehart Senior Center/Los Alamos, in the lunch room.
