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Diabetes and the Flu can be a Dangerous Combination
November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and Mimbres Memorial Hospital wants people to stay on track with their care during the COVID-19 pandemic and start of the flu season. “We’ve seen how avoiding the doctor and emergency room has negatively impacted the health of...
Breast Cancer: Prioritizing Breast Cancer Screenings Every Year
Deming, NM -- Breast cancer remains the most common cancer among women, with 300,590 new cases expected in the United States in 2023, according to the National Cancer Institute’s projections. The statistics are sobering, with an estimated one in eight women possibly...
Breast Cancer: Reducing Risk and Understanding Screening Methods
One in eight women living in the U.S. will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society. As the most common form of cancer among American women, the chance a woman will die from the disease is one in 37. This risk has...
Sepsis: An Unrecognized Risk
Sepsis affects 1.7 million people in the U.S. annually, but Americans still know less about this potentially life-threatening illness than they do about rare diseases, such as Ebola and malaria. Sepsis occurs when an overwhelming response to an infection triggers...
Thanking Our Community for Thinking of Us
Mimbres Memorial Nursing Home is committed to providing a loving home for Luna County residents. Since 1966, caring for residents is a special responsibility that our team has taken to heart every day. And now, during these unprecedented times, this is even more...