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Safety Month – First Aid Kit Essentials
Read more: Safety Month – First Aid Kit EssentialsYou’re preparing dinner when all of a sudden, a crying toddler runs over with a scraped knee. Your first thought is, where is the first aid kit? You can be prepared for emergencies, big or small, by keeping a first aid kit handy. Why a first aid kit? Accidents happen and sometimes you…
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Lovelace donates money for defibrillators to local organizations
Read more: Lovelace donates money for defibrillators to local organizationsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Local groups learned how to use a life-saving tool they got through a donation from Lovelace Hospital. The heart hospital donated $10,000 to place defibrillators, or “AEDs,” in various organizations, including Joy Junction, Rio Rancho Presbyterian Church, and Petroglyph Little League. Thursday, the hospital trained those groups on how to use…
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Celebrating Men’s Health by Understanding Prostate Cancer
Read more: Celebrating Men’s Health by Understanding Prostate CancerIn the month of June, we want to bring awareness to men’s health and more specifically, prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer in men and one out of every seven American men will be diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime. The prostate is a small gland in the male reproductive…
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Suns out… Kids out!
Read more: Suns out… Kids out!The sun’s out, so that means the kids are out…out of school that is. There are many different free events happening around Albuquerque and surrounding areas to keep your kids entertained over summer break. Nusenda Credit Union and New Mexico True have teamed up to provide the 2018 FREE Summer Fun Tour for…
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Practice Correct Body Mechanics and Posture During Your Pregnancy
Read more: Practice Correct Body Mechanics and Posture During Your PregnancyIt is common for women to complain of neck, lower back, and/or pelvic pain during their pregnancy. However, that does not mean that it is normal. There are things you can do now to prevent or decrease these pains. Paying attention to posture and moving the right way will help ease your discomfort and…
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Lovelace Health System donates 10 AEDs to Heart Hospital of New Mexico Foundation
Read more: Lovelace Health System donates 10 AEDs to Heart Hospital of New Mexico FoundationALBUQUERQUE, May 31, 2018 – Through a $10,000 donation, Lovelace Health System has helped the Heart Hospital of New Mexico Foundation’s Project Pulse place 10 automated external defibrillators (AEDs) in much-needed community organizations throughout New Mexico. Recipients include: Joy Junction Petroglyph Little League New Day Youth and Family Services El Ranchitos de los niños Albuquerque…
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Skin Cancer Sit-Down with Dr. Calvin Ridgeway, M.D.
Read more: Skin Cancer Sit-Down with Dr. Calvin Ridgeway, M.D.Albuquerque has on average 280 sunny days per year. That means an increased risk of developing skin cancer. Skin cancer is the most common cancer in the United States and it is estimated that one in five Americans will develop skin cancer by the age of seventy. Dr. Calvin Ridgeway, M.D., F.A.C.S., of the Lovelace…
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New heart surgery means a new lease on life
Read more: New heart surgery means a new lease on lifeBy Rosalie Rayburn / Journal Staff Writer Tuesday, May 22nd, 2018 at 12:02am ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Bill Hamilton is looking forward to trout fishing on the San Juan River this summer. For the past couple of years, a failing heart valve sapped his energy, leaving him stuck on a recliner, gasping for breath. That all…
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