In the midst of all this talk about health care reform, I am lucky to have ended up in the emergency room twice this year — once at a hospital in Albuquerque and another time in Barcelona, Spain.
WASHINGTON — Take a hard look now. A new agency that consumers were promised would make bankers, credit card companies and mortgage lenders treat them fairly will never look as strong again. Legislation to establish President Barack Obama’s proposed Consumer Financial Protection Agency cleared a key hurdle this week.
President Barack Obama’s relief at the agreement that could quiet the political crisis over Afghanistan’s spoiled election masks his predicament as he weighs an expansion of the unpopular Afghanistan war. The administration says its ambitious plans for Afghanistan rely on a “credible partner” in Kabul.
Is it really October without a New York baseball franchise playing in the postseason? For the last five years, I’ve felt kind of naked without the Yankees playing in the World Series.
In the special interest war over health care, the White House and congressional Democrats have the nation’s drug makers and hospitals generally on their side; the insurance industry, not so much. Now the bill’s supporters are making a play to lock in the American Medical Association, the organization that says it represents 250,000 doctors and medical students in every state and congressional district.
Swine flu is here. It is all over New Mexico, including here at UNM. Have you had it yet? How about your friends and classmates?
Not surprisingly, Steve Alford didn’t have any preseason premonitions when he was asked to estimate how many wins the UNM men’s basketball team needs to get into the NCAA Tournament this year.
Recently, there has been discussion on and off campus about Network Access Control, or NAC. Some folks have complained that NAC is slowing them down; others have said that NAC installs malicious software onto their computers; and still others think that NAC was a good band while they lasted (by the way, the 80s band was called “The Knack” not “NAC.”) So … let’s clear the air. NAC is a computer network security technology recently implemented at UNM.
Iran confirmed last week that it is building a previously undisclosed nuclear-enrichment plant inside a military base near the city of Qum.
“I can’t be sick now. I have too much to do. I don’t have time!” We hear this all the time at Student Health and Counseling.
Two years ago I had an accident — I fell down a flight of stairs, landed on my head and as a result am now legally blind.
Sex slavery is illegal. This should be obvious to most Americans. However, a few people still fail to comprehend it.
Most people think college campuses across the U.S. are generally safe. Although relatively minor cases of theft or assault are common across campuses, it is not every day that we hear about atrocious crimes in universities.
Imagine you’re on a date. The moon is full, the air is crisp and you’re standing toe-to-toe, saying good night. On your way home, you keep thinking about the taste of her lips and how excited you are to see her again. Then your phone lights up and the screen reads, “Thanks for the great night,” with a tacky smile afterwards. Now, for me, this is one of the biggest turnoffs after any date. When you drop someone off, even if you had a great night, you dropped him or her off.
The reaction I get when I tell someone I am a vegetarian is very often the same. Over and over again, I hear “Oh, I could never be a vegetarian.
The following questions showed up in the Ask Dr. Peg box in the SHAC lobby. The first is from a man and the second is from a woman: 1.
This week, the former president of Mexico, Vicente Fox, has come to UNM as part of an effort to give his legacy a makeover.
Life insurance is a complicated issue in the United States. Consumers are constantly bombarded by commercials reminding them their odds of living are not the best, scaring them into paying large amounts of money for a plan that many allow to lapse before they die.
Today in America, we face many challenges. From the struggling economy to health care, we have many things to talk about.
In polite company, we call it Novel H1N1. It’s the Influenza Formerly Known as Swine Flu. Originally thought to come from pigs, this flu virus is actually a mix of pig, bird and human.
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