Meet Classic Air Medical At Los Alamos Nature Center
Classic Air Medical helicopter in flight. Courtesy/PEEC
PEEC News:
To live in Northern New Mexico is to be surrounded by rugged beauty. But what happens if you have a medical emergency when you’re out exploring the wilderness?
Luckily Classic Air Medical, a helicopter medical transport service, is ready to help. At 7 p.m. Tuesday, at the Los Alamos Nature Center, 2600 Canyon Road, meet pilot Geoff Rodgers and the medical team to discuss the exciting work of this helicopter rescue company and how they work with the local community.
Rodgers is a former Los Alamos County councilor who served Read More
LAMS Students & Staff Invited To Join Walk Run Club
LAMS runners and walkers are invited to hit the track before school. Courtesy/LAMS
LAMS News:
Los Alamos Middle Schhol sudents and staff are invitted to bring their friends and come out to the LAMS track 7:30-7:50 a.m. before school and walk or run the track.
It is a fun activity guaranteed to improve your mood and fitness level. The LAMS Walk Run Program kicks off Sept. 2. The program is provided by a Los Alamos Heart Council Grant.
For more information, contact Mrs. Watson at e.watson@laschools.net. Read More
Community Health Profile Survey Ends Aug. 28
COMMUNITY News:
The Los Alamos Community Health Profile Survey ends Aug. 28.
Community members are encouraged to participate in the short survey in order for the Health Council to identify emerging needs. The link is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GJ9XKJW.
This survey will benefit most by reaching a wide range of people, in order to assist in identifying the emerging needs of the local community.
The Los Alamos Community Health Council is a group of service providers and interested parties who support the development and implementation of health services
Gov’t. To Stockpile 75 Million Doses Of Anthrax Vaccine
Pfenex is a leading-edge biologics company. Courtesy/pfenex.com
HSNW News:
San Diego, California-based Pfenex Inc. has announced that it has signed a five year, cost plus fixed fee contract valued at up to $143.5 million with the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for the advanced development of Px563L, a mutant recombinant protective antigen anthrax vaccine.
“This contract for the development of Px563L offers the potential for a dramatic improvement in the rapid production of large amounts of Read More
Relay For Life Starts At Ashley Pond Park Tonight
Memorial luminarias are placed at the 2014 Relay for life. Photo by Kirsten Laskey/ladailypost.comCOMMUNITY News:
The long-awaited Los Alamos Relay for Life begins with an Opening Celebration Ceremony recognizing cancer survivors and their caregivers at 6 p.m. tonight at Ashley Pond.
Feliciano Jiron, CEO of Los Alamos Medical Center (LAMC), and Manuel Luna, community manager for Great West Division of the American Cancer Society (ACS) will welcome cancer survivors, caregivers, and everyone who shows up in support of the Los Alamos Relay for Life.
The Los Alamos High School Marching Read More
Rotary Funds Hearing Loop For Smith Auditorium
During Monday’s assistive hearing system installation at Duane Smith Auditorium, from left, Auditorium Manager Ross Mason, Rotary Vice President Linda Hull, Gary Clark of GWC Looping and LAPS Rental Coordinator Kristy Vigil. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.com
Duane Smith Auditorium Manager Ross Mason and LAPS Rental Coordinator Kristy Vigil. Photo by Carol A. Clark/ladailypost.comThe Rotary Club of Los Alamos has funded an audio loop (assistive hearing
Free Events Focus On Overcoming Trauma
Adonata Pyaga
MENTAL HEALTH News:
Adonata Pyaga will present four free events at San Ildefonso Pueblo on overcoming trauma.
“Did you know there is a distinct brain state that forms during the experience of an emotionally upsetting event?” Pyaga said. “Cognitive approaches to your mental well-being, that is thinking or talking about your upset in a positive light, are not enough to bring quick and lasting relief. If you are weighed down by changing moods, physical stress symptoms, poor concentration and more, you will enjoy learning more!”
Highlights of Pyaga’s events include:
- Overview
Volunteers Gear Up For Relay For Life
RELAY FOR LIFE News:
The last pre-event Relay for Life Volunteer Meeting is 6 p.m. today Large Conference Room (LCR) at Los Alamos Medical Center.
The LCR is located downstairs near the cafeteria and there will be signs providing direction to the meeting. The easiest and most convenient parking is in the back on the canyon-side of LAMC. Pizza and soft drinks will be hosted by LAMC.
The Los Alamos Relay for Life is Friday and Saturday Aug. 21 and 22 at Ashley Pond. The event begins at 6 p.m. with an Opening Celebration Ceremony recognizing cancer survivors and their caregivers. The Hill Stompers Read More
Governor To Recognize UNM’s Recent Designation As A National Comprehensive Cancer Center
Gov. Susana Martinez
ALBUQUERQUE — Today, Gov. Susana Martinez will recognize the University of New Mexico Comprehensive Cancer Center’s recent designation as a comprehensive cancer center by the National Cancer Institute.
The designation is the highest federal designation a cancer center can receive and will allow it to apply for additional funds to go toward cancer research. Read More
Local Blue Sky Pilates Studio Has Classes For Everyone
A class underway at Blue Sky Pilates. Courtesy photoLAMC Gift Shop Returns All Profits To Community
LAMC Gift Shop volunteer Wendy Schamann. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
LAMC Gift Shop volunteer Wendy Schamann surrounded by items for sale in the shop. Photo by Leland Lehman/ladailypost.com
COMMUNITY News:
Just a reminder to people that the Los Alamos Medical Center Gift Shop is a non-profit, tax free shop that returns all the profits back to the community.
The organization has a Community & Welfare Committee that reviews requests for funds and doles the money out. They support the nurses by buying their books needed for classes; have an indigent pharmacy program, Read More
Udall Votes To Protect Women’s Health Care Funding
U.S. Sen. Tom Udall
U.S. SENATE News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Sen. Tom Udall voted against an effort to cut off life-saving health care services for women in New Mexico by de-funding Planned Parenthood.
Udall issued the following statement:
“Planned Parenthood provides critical health care and preventive services, such as cancer screenings and tests, for women and men, many of whom do not have access to services elsewhere. I’m not going to allow this life-saving care to be cut off for thousands in New Mexico.
“Exploiting women’s health care for political gain does Read More
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service Earns 4-Star Rating
LAVNS Executive Director Georgina Mesibov, center, with her staff and United Way Executive Director Kristy Orgtega, right. Courtesy/UWNNM
As of July 16, the Centers for Medicare Services updates Home Health Compare with 5-Star Rating system to give consumers the opportunity to see how agencies performed against each other.
Los Alamos Visiting Nurse Service received four out of five stars, which places them above both the New Mexico and national averages in comparison to other agencies.
“I was not surprised by the four-star rating, I would expect Read More
Los Alamos Children’s Clinic Earns National Recognition
HEALTHCARE News:
Children’s Clinic, PA in Los Alamos was recently awarded level 3 recognition by the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA) as a Patient-Centered Medical Home (PCMH) for using evidence-based, patient-centered processes that focus on highly coordinated care and long-term, collaborative relationships.
Children’s Clinic is the first practice in Los Alamos County to achieve such recognition.
The NCQA Patient-Centered Medical Home is a model of primary care that combines teamwork and information technology to improve care, improve patients’ experience Read More
Lujan On 21st Century Cures Act
U.S. Rep. Ben Ray LujánIRS Offers Affordable Care Act Webinars
IRS News:¡Fiesta Los Alamos! Raising Funds To House Parents Of Hospitalized Children
A mother sits by her son’s bedside recently in the Hospital Infantil in Juarez, Mexico. Courtesy/Rotary STARS
Members of the Los Alamos Rotary STARS, along with their counterparts from the El Camino Real Rotary Club of El Paso, in front of Hospital Infantil in Juarez, Mexico. Courtesy/Rotary STARSROTARY STARS News:
No parent should ever have to sleep on the street, but that’s exactly what some of them do, while their sick and injured children are being cared for in the Hospital Infantil in Juarez, Mexico.
The first annual ¡Fiesta Los Alamos!, 6-10 p.m. Saturday, July 25 at Fuller Read More
‘Pay Day Cafe Fundraiser’ For Jessica Roberts
Skin Care Column: Minimizing Aging Factors
Skin Care ColumAlthough we can’t stop the hands of time, the factors thought to be responsible for 85 percent of visible aging are largely preventable.
One of the primary offenders is UV exposure. Other forces responsible for extrinsic aging are less frequently discussed, such as pollution, sleep deprivation and smoking.
By addressing these extrinsic factors, our fight against skin aging can be more successful:
- Pollution – Car exhaust produces copious amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) that are
Longtime Sombrillo Nurse Anita Maes Retires
Sombrillo staff and board members celebrate the retirement of Anita Maes, center, after more than 21 years at Sombrillo. Photo by Mary Yamada
Los Alamos Retirement Community celebrated the retirement of longtime nurse Anita Maes at a party June 30.
LARC board members and Sombrillo staff gathered together to wish her a happy retirement and thank her for her hard work. Maes began her career as an LPN in November of 1972. She has been working at Sombrillo Nursing and Rehab since April 15, 1994.
As a dedicated, hardworking nurse, she epitomized the Practical Nurse Pledge: Read More