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March 18, 2025

Writer creates new chapters after traumatic heart episode

Many screenplay writers use a common phrase to signal the end of their film: “fade to black.” After his 2023 heart surgery, 67-year-old Herman Johansen - an actor and writer - is determined that his show must go on. Johansen grew up in Billings, Missouri and earned his Bachelor of Fine... Read More
March 11, 2025

Lovelace Regional Hospital Only Hospital in Roswell Offering Highly Advanced Robotic-Arm Assisted Joint Replacement

The only hospital in Roswell offering Stryker’s Mako Smartrobotics™
ROSWELL – March 12, 2025 – Lovelace Regional Hospital (LRH) is the first hospital in Roswell to offer patients new orthopedic robotic technology that has shown to decrease pain post-surgery, shorten... Read More
March 7, 2025

Teacher battles back after tragic car accident, traumatic brain injury

Maria Montoya remembers talking excitedly about frogs at the zoo that July morning and later enjoying ice cream with her friends. However, she has no memories of the tragic three-car crash that happened a few hours later, which injured her and took the life of one of her best friends. Montoya, a 26... Read More
March 5, 2025

Couple overjoyed to bring their micro-preemie baby home

Albuquerque residents Brittanie and Nate Duran were looking forward to the delivery of their first baby girl, Elliana. They had chosen Lovelace Women’s Hospital because of the comfortable birthing center, the staff on hand and the expertise of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) in case... Read More
February 14, 2025

Lovelace Medical Center awarded comprehensive accreditation from The Joint Commission

ALBUQUERQUE – February 18, 2025 – Lovelace Medical Center (LMC) has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Comprehensive Accreditation by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a... Read More
February 14, 2025

Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center first in New Mexico to enroll patients in global clinical trial for new heart failure treatment

ALBUQUERQUE – February 17, 2025 – Heart Hospital of New Mexico at Lovelace Medical Center (HHNM) today announced it is the first in the state of New Mexico to begin enrolling patients in a new clinical trial to evaluate a first-of-its-kind treatment option for heart failure. The... Read More
January 27, 2025

8 Steps to a Healthy Heart

There are eight ways you can improve your heart health and decrease your risk of heart-related illnesses and complications, no matter your age or lifestyle. Charles Kim, M.D., FACC, cardiologist at Lovelace Medical Group/New Mexico Heart Institute, shares these tips. 1. Stop or decrease smoking... Read More
January 22, 2025

Lovelace Health System and BCBSNM Join Forces to Improve the Health of Moms and Babies in New Mexico

ALBUQUERQUE – January 27, 2025 – Lovelace Health System (LHS) recently announced it received a grant from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico (BCBSNM) as part of BCBSNM's statewide-expanded Special Beginnings® maternal and infant health initiative to aid moms along their... Read More
January 17, 2025

Could you be one of the tens of millions of Americans who may have AFib and not know it?

If your heart... Read More
January 6, 2025

Good medicine: Lovelace name carries a legacy of healing — and space exploration

By Elaine D. Briseño / For the Journal Jan 5, 2025 Editor’s note: The Journal continues “What’s in a Name?,” a once a month column in which Elaine Briseño will give a short history of how places in New Mexico got their names. The arrival of the railroad and abundance of... Read More