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NMDOH Proposes Medical Cannabis Rule Changes

NMDOH News:

The New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) recently announced details of proposed rule changes for its Medical Cannabis Program (MCP) that, if adopted, will implement several important policy changes, including a new maximum limit of 1,750 plants for licensed non-profit producers (LNPPs) of medical cannabis.

The new plant limit replaces NMAC Rule Change – 2019 – MCP – Emergency Amendment enacted in March that adopted an emergency plant count rule of 2,500 plants for LNPPs while the NMDOH worked to obtain data for a permanent rule.  

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LAMC Hosts M.A.S.H. Program For Area Students

Flight Nurse Rachel Medvin goes over the items in the medic pack used on Classic Air Medical during the Los Alamos Medical Center hosted Multiple Avenues for Successful Healthcare (M.A.S.H.) two-day program June 10-11. The goal of the program for upcoming high school juniors and seniors in the area is to expose local students to the multiple career opportunities available in their hometown hospital. This program involves interactive work including a CPR class and other activities. Students are exposed to multiple staff members and departments, as well as physician and clinical speakers Read More

Quilts Of Valor Provide Covers Of Comfort To Service Members And Veterans Touched By War

Jake Espinoza wrapped in a Quilts of Valor quilt was a special education teacher in Los Alamos before going to work for Los Alamos National Laboratory. He was a proud member of the United States Marine Corps and served two tours in the Vietnam War. He has retired and now resides in Houston, Texas. The mission of Quilts of Valor is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing Quilts of Valor. info@QOVF.org New Mexico State Coordinator Priscilla.andrews@QOVF.org. Courtesy photo
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Community AED Dedication At Summer Concert Friday

LAFD provides Emergency Medical Services (EMS) to the community and LANL. The department has six ambulances that respond to 911 medical calls. All firefighters in the department are required to have an EMS license. EMS response is available 24 hours a day, every day. Courtesy/LAFD 

LAFD News:

Please The community is invited to join the Los Alamos Fire Department (LAFD) at 6 p.m. Friday, June 21, at the Summer Concert Series, as it recognizes the Station 6 B-shift crew, including Capt. Ernest Agnew, Driver Engineer Scott Hoffmann, Firefighter-Paramedic Zane Frentheway, Firefighter-Paramedic Read More

Trinity Urgent Care Focuses On Patient Convenience

Trinity Urgent Care Founder Dr. Robert McClees inside the practice at 1460 Trinity Dr. Suite A&B with staff members from left, Cynthia Miramontes, Magdalena Maahs and Jerica Martines. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com

 
By CAROL A. CLARK
Los Alamos Daily Post
caclark@ladailypost.com

Robert McClees, MD, MA, opened Trinity Urgent Care nearly four years ago at 1460 Trinity Dr. Suite A & B. He recently sat down with the Los Alamos Daily Post to discuss his practice, which has expanded since 2015 to include two doctors, a physician’s assistant and staff of 10.

“We offer minor

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Infinity Wellness In Los Alamos Welcomes New Operations Manager Angela Love-Storkan

Infinity Wellness owner Dr. Carmen Solano, left, and Operations Manager Angela Love-Storkan. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.com
 
By KIRSTEN LASKEY
Los Alamos Daily Post
kirsten@ladailypost.com

Angela Love-Storkan brings her experience as a business owner and knowledge of holistic medicine to her new position as operations manager at Infinity Wellness at 1460 Trinity Dr., Suite 8 in Los Alamos.

Before working at Infinity Wellness, Storkan owned and operated Adamina Wellness for seven years.  Born and raised in Los Alamos, she is not the only member of her family to be Read More

LAMC Donates $2K For Senior Center Transportation

Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC) has donated $2,000 to the Betty Ehart Senior Center (BESC) to provide transportation to senior citizens in Los Alamos and White Rock. Gathered for the check presentation Tuesday afternoon at the senior center at 1101 Bathtub Row, from left, BESC Executive Director Bernadette Lauritzen, LAMC Chief Financial Officer Jim McGonnell, LAMC Chief Executive Officer John Whiteside, BESC Transportation Director Karen McCool and LAMC Marketing Director Liz Alvarez. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com Read More

PEEC: Dickman Details Rattlesnake Encounter Tuesday

Join local author Kyle Dickman at 7 p.m., Tuesday at the Los Alamos Nature Center to hear about his rattlesnake encounter. This presentation is open to the public and free to attend. Courtesy/PEEC
 
PEEC News:
 
In April of 2017, writer Kyle Dickman of Los Alamos went on a wildflower walk in Yosemite with his family, including his then 3-month-old son.
 
On that outing he was bitten by a rattlesnake. The next six hours were harrowing. After being extracted by helicopter from the canyon, he spent eight days in the hospital.
 
Join Dickman for a multimedia presentation at 7 p.m.
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Nurses With Heart Home Care Wins Los Alamos Chamber’s 2019 New Business Of The Year Award

Nurses with Heart is the recipient of the Los Alamos Chamber of Commerce 2019 New Business of the Year Award. ‘It was a fabulous surprise, Nurses with Heart CEO Carolyn Moore said. ‘Our thanks go out to the Chamber and the community for their support … Los Alamos and White Rock have greeted us with open arms.’ From left, Moore, the CEO of Nurses with Heart. Moore is seen here with Elais Ponton, BS RN Chief Nursing Officer, and Cheryl Henry, Care Advisor. Courtesy photo Read More

Project Heart Start: Crash Course In Saving A Life … Three Sessions At Fuller Lodge Saturday June 15

Scene of a Project Heart Start training session. Courtesy/New Mexico Heart Institute Foundation

LAFD News:

For the 6th year in a row, the Los Alamos Fire Department (LAFD) is offering a free Project Heart Start course.

The community is invited to attend one of three sessions starting at 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. Saturday, June 15 at Fuller Lodge and learn to save a life in 30 minutes.

Because 70-80 percent of cardiac arrests occur in the home, it is important to learn CPR. Children as young as elementary school age have provided CPR that saved a family member.

LAPD also teaches a hands only CPR class Read More

SFCC Paramedic Program Accepting Applications

SFCC News:

  • Earn a Paramedicine Certificate in one year. Applications accepted until 5 p.m. July 31

SANTA FE – Santa Fe Community College’s Emergency Medical Services Institute is accepting Paramedic Training Program applications until 5 p.m. July 31 for the year-long certificate program that starts Oct. 14.

Applicants must be a currently licensed New Mexico Emergency Medical Technician – Basic or Intermediate and up-to-date with their certifications. The application fee is $30 and is non-refundable.

Entrance to the program is competitive. All applications will be reviewed and applicants Read More

American Red Cross New Mexico Volunteers Needed … All Training Provided … Open House June 18

American Red Cross News:
 
AZTEC The American Red Cross of New Mexico will be recruiting for much needed Disaster Action Team members and disaster responders in northern New Mexico counties.
 
Our team of dedicated disaster volunteers respond to numerous house fire calls, along with displacements due to flooding and other disasters. We need community members with a passion to help others at their greatest time of need. No experience is necessary, and all training is provided.
 
An open house event is 3-6 p.m., June 18 at the Santa Fe American Red Cross office at 1213 Mercantile
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On The Job In Los Alamos: AllerPops Founder Cliff Han

On the job in Los Alamos is AllerPops founder Cliff Shunsheng Han explaining the science behind AllerPops to Kimberly Underwood of Santa Fe Monday in his office at 1650 Trinity Dr. Suite 103. Han is a biologist who engineered the natural, prebiotic lollipops to help allergry sufferers combat the annual allergy season, he said. Learn more at http://www.allerpops.com or call 505.695.4236. #worklosalamos #wherediscoveriesaremade. Photo by Jenn Bartram/ladailypost.com
 
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Aspen Ridge Lodge Assisted Living Community Earns 2019 AHCA/NCAL Bronze National Quality Award

Aspen Ridge Lodge earns national award for quality care. Courtesy/ARL

ASPEN RIDGE News:

Aspen Ridge Lodge in Los Alamos has been recognized as a 2019 recipient of the Bronze – Commitment to Quality Award by the American Health Care Association and National Center for Assisted Living (AHCA/NCAL) for its commitment to improving the lives of residents through quality care.

The distinction is the first of three progressive award levels through the AHCA/NCAL National Quality Award Program. The program, presented by the leading association in long term and post-acute care, honors association Read More

AG Balderas Issues Alert Regarding ‘Vampire Facials’

Attorney General Hector Balderas
 
AG News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE Attorney General Hector Balderas issued a health warning to consumers Thursday regarding procedures known as “Vampire Facials” or Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) therapy; warning that the unregulated procedures are highly dangerous and that individuals in New Mexico have contracted HIV after receiving the procedures.
 
“I am highly concerned that these procedures are not being regulated at the State and Federal level and am announcing a criminal investigation into this incident,” Balderas said. “In addition, I
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Museum Hosts Additional Programming Related To Drug: Cost & Consequences Exhibition

Courtesy photo
 
NMMNHS News:
 
ALBUQUERQUE The New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science is hosting another roster of events related to Drugs: Costs & Consequences, Opening Eyes to the Damage Drugs Cause, the US Drug Enforcement Administration exhibition extended through Dec. 8, 2019.
 
Addiction: 10 a.m. – Noon, Saturday, June 29
Snehal Bhatt, MD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences UNM,
(NM-PBS /Museum Science Café)
 
Substance abuse disorders represent the single most profound public health crisis of our generation. Watch a segment of NOVA Addiction
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Partridge: Help Support Susan G. Komen’s 3-Day Walk To End Breast Cancer

Nancy Partridge of Los Alamos, third from left, participates in last year’s Susan G. Komen 3-Day walk. Courtesy photo

By NANCY PARTRIDGE
Los Alamos Daily Post

This is my 19th year walking to raise funds for breast cancer. My journey started when I found a lump in my left breast.

Since then I have lost my mother-in-law, my cousin and a dear friend to breast cancer.

Along the way I have walked with hundreds of survivors, and walked with thousands who lost mothers, sisters, wives, husbands, fathers, brothers and friends.

I keep walking because the funds we raise are supporting researchers and are making Read More

Be Cool: Tips To Help Beat The Heat And Have A Safe And Healthy Summer

Sharon Radcliffe

LAMC News:

With summer in full swing, many of us are taking full advantage of this fun time of year, whether it’s hitting the road for a family vacation, getting out on the water, organizing pick-up games in the park or taking an early evening neighborhood stroll.

However you choose to enjoy this season, following some key safety tips can help you ensure that this summer is a safe and healthy one.

Heat Safety

Did you know that heat is the number one weather-related killer in the U.S.?

“It’s essential that we stay heat smart,” said Los Alamos Medical Center Chief Nursing Officer Sharon Read More

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