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Flavored tobacco ban advances
Posted in Business New Mexico Healthy New Mexico

Flavored tobacco ban advances

Estimated read time 3 min read
February 19, 2023April 4, 2023
Mariah Baca

By Mariah BacaApproximately 85% of kids’ tobacco use is flavored e-cigarettes and a ban would make vaping less attractive to…

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Where have all the doctors (and nurses) gone?
Posted in Healthy New Mexico Searchlight NM Top story

Where have all the doctors (and nurses) gone?

Estimated read time 10 min read
February 9, 2023April 4, 2023
Searchlight NM

By Vanessa G. Sanchez/Searchlight NMA dire scarcity of providers leaves New Mexicans without health care.

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Proposed office of alcohol prevention steps up ambition, but is short on vision
Posted in Healthy New Mexico New Mexico In Depth NP Partners Top story

Proposed office of alcohol prevention steps up ambition, but is short on vision

Estimated read time 6 min read
February 7, 2023April 4, 2023
NM In Depth

By Ted Alcorn/NM In DepthNew Mexico Department of Health asked the legislature for $5 million to build an Office of…

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Gaming addiction strikes hard
Posted in Healthy New Mexico New Mexico Voices Raising New Mexico

Gaming addiction strikes hard

Estimated read time 5 min read
December 14, 2022April 4, 2023
Andres Torres

By Andres TorresVideo games release dopamine just like drugs do, which could make it difficult to stop playing or maybe…

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Preparing for Monkeypox
Posted in Healthy New Mexico Top story

Preparing for Monkeypox

Estimated read time 3 min read
October 6, 2022
Rayes Gallegos

More than 800,000 doses of the vaccine have been distributed in the United States however UNM has no plans of…

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Blind Drunk: An Emergency Hiding In Plain Sight
Posted in Healthy New Mexico Political New Mexico

Blind Drunk: An Emergency Hiding In Plain Sight

Estimated read time 19 min read
September 1, 2022September 1, 2022
Rayes Gallegos

Alcohol attributable deaths are higher in New Mexico than anywhere else in the country.

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Curanderismo Gaining Steam?
Posted in Enjoy New Mexico Green New Mexico Healthy New Mexico

Curanderismo Gaining Steam?

Estimated read time 4 min read
May 12, 2022May 12, 2022
Rayes Gallegos

By Rayes Gallegos / New Mexico News Port Body on fire, lungs lathered in a light complected forest green mucus…

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Real  conversation with a struggling alcoholic
Posted in Healthy New Mexico

Real conversation with a struggling alcoholic

Estimated read time 1 min read
May 11, 2022
Brigid Driscoll

"All of a sudden a beer turns to two, then two shots," says Brigid's dad, a struggling alcoholic, in this…

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Psychedelic-assisted therapy comes to New Mexico 
Posted in Healthy New Mexico Top story

Psychedelic-assisted therapy comes to New Mexico 

Estimated read time 5 min read
May 9, 2022May 9, 2022
NM News Port

By Annya Loya / New Mexico News Port Some New Mexicans living with severe depression, anxiety and similar conditions now…

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