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New chapter for Meerscheidt

A place where generations of Las Cruces residents have played basketball, joined leagues and spent afternoons with friends looks considerably different these days. Meerscheidt Recreation Center has undergone a major renovation, transforming...

On the front lines of care

A few days ago, while attending a Basic Life Support CPR recertification course, the instructor checked my credentials and paused. “Why are you taking the BLS course? This is usually for medical professionals.” I smiled, because I am a medical...

The distance between care and home

Growing older doesn't always mean leaving home. But for seniors in rural southern New Mexico, getting the help they need to stay there can be difficult. Long distances, transportation costs and limited staffing can complicate in-home...

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A painful path to a promising dental career

Tyler Parsons had no intention of becoming a dentist. In fact, after a couple of painful experiences with dentists while serving as a missionary in Peru, he wasn't particularly fond of the profession. He had always planned to become a physician....

The life you slowly stop living

Nobody wakes up one morning and decides to give up their independence. It happens quietly. You stop taking the longer walk because your knee bothers you. You skip a trail because your balance feels uncertain. You let someone else carry the...

Start the new year with peace of mind

As we enter the final months of the year, to-do lists usually fill up with holiday planning and activities. But I’d like to encourage you to add one more essential item to that list: your health. Many families don’t realize that by mid-year, they...

A house that keeps filling

A fall brought a man to Las Cruces for medical care. What his wife expected to be treatment for an injury became something neither had anticipated. The man had been transferred after the hospital treating him could not perform the imaging...

From survival to growth with an unexpected leader

When Three Crosses Regional Hospital was being planned in Las Cruces, Denten Park wanted no part of it. More precisely, he didn’t want it built. Park was CEO of MountainView Regional Medical Center at the time, and he believed the city’s health...

Prevention, symptoms and diagnosis

September marks Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Memorial Medical Center is shining a light on the most common cancer diagnosed in men, after skin cancer. It is also the second-leading cause of cancer-related death, after lung cancer. The...

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You Could Have Prediabetes Without Knowing It

People who donate blood or platelets with the Red Cross during November will receive a free A1C test.

(NAPSI)—Throughout November, National Diabetes Awareness Month, the American Red Cross is offering free A1C testing to blood and platelet donors, letting individuals learn more about their health …

Nearly a third of US adults avoid medical care due to stigma, 91% say it’s cost them

TelyRx reports that nearly 31% of U.S. adults avoid medical care due to stigma.

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As Veterans Day Approaches, It’s Worth Talking About Tobacco

By Lacoadia Burkes, Bureau Chief, Tobacco Free Florida (NAPSI)—As Veterans Day approaches, many of us will spend time celebrating the veterans in our lives. Across our state, that might mean …