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Nearly 200,000 in N.M. eligible for health credits

Nearly 192,000 New Mexicans will be eligible for subsidies to help pay for health insurance next year, according to a report an advocacy group released Wednesday.

TB cases last year the lowest since 2005

Still, New Mexicans more likely to die from disease than others
Anup Singh, right, holds a prototype of SpinDx, a portable device that can quickly test blood, food or water for a wide variety of toxins, bacteria or viruses. With him are other members of the Sandia team that developed the device, Matt Piccini, left, and Chung-Yan Koh. (Photo Courtesy of Jeff McMillan/sandia national laboratories)

Sandia device offers quick field biotests

Researchers at Sandia National Laboratories say they have developed a portable device that allows first responders and public health workers to quickly run tests in the field for dangerous agents such as viruses, bacteria or biotoxins.

Health news in brief

Walk to benefit MS research The National Multiple Sclerosis Society will sponsor Walk MS: Albuquerq ...

Reasons breast-feeding is worth it

Q: Why should I breast-feed my baby? Isn't formula just as good? A: OK, no one really asked me ...

Geneticist to be honored at Haworth luncheon

Her work analyzes breast cancer risks
Herbert Zohine performs a blessing ceremony during a dedication for a new greenhouse at the Totah Behavioral Health on Wednesday.

NM rehab facility celebrates new greenhouse

Totah Behavioral Health Authority on Wednesday celebrated the addition of its latest treatment tool a greenhouse...
Dr. Cheryl Willman, CEO and director of the UNM Cancer Center, was honored for her extraordinary contributions. (Jim Thompson/Albuquerque Journal.)

YWCA honors Women on the Move

They work toward social, racial justice

Dizziness, pain due to mix of drugs

Q: I have been diagnosed with serotonin syndrome brought on by a drug interaction between Cymbalta, ...

Health news in brief

Spanish-language quit line begins    The New Mexico Department of Health has launched ...

Aggressive prostate cancer therapy poses risks

'Active surveillance' may head them off
Noah Lopez, 17 months old, is held by his mother, Tiffany Crisostomo, at Presbyterian Hospital. Noah is in the hospital with complications from CCM, a genetic disease that runs in three generations of his family.  (Marla Brose/Albuquerque Journal)

Troubling legacy

Researchers at the University of New Mexico are launching the first-ever human trial to explore medical treatment for a genetic disease that afflicts a large population of Hispanic New Mexicans.

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