Miss Diagnosis: Know Thy Virus How To Avoid A Snot-Filled Winter From my perch at a busy primary care clinic, the waning daylight is an ominous harbinger of abundant infectious nastiness. Every year, millions [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Nov 29, 2012 Read More
Miss Diagnosis: Health Care’s Lgbt Blind Spot Health Care’s Lgbt Blind Spot Melanie, born during the death throes of the second Bush administration, was all of one hour old when I arrived at the newborn [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Jun 07, 2012 Read More ( surfzone™ )
A Picture Of Health: First Choice Community Healthcare Turns 40 In Tip-Top Shape At 40 Years Young, First Choice’s Network Of Community Clinics Is In Tip-Top Shape Dr. Santiago Macias walks through the sunlit entrance of the South Valley Family Health Commons. Patients and staff approach him as he passes [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Mar 22, 2012 Read More
New Patients 101 This week’s feature examines First Choice Healthcare, celebrating its 40 th year of helping underserved areas throughout the state stay in tip-top shape. [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Mar 22, 2012 Read More (Eric Williams ericwphoto.com)
Casita De Milagros Fights For Womens’ Second Chances, Including Its Own Program For Expectant Mothers Fights For Second Chances, Including Its Own Casita de Milagros, New Mexico’s only residential treatment center for pregnant women battling addiction, closed this summer. Thanks to community outcry, the facility [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Dec 01, 2011 Read More
Miss Diagnosis: Free Birth Control And Other Big Bonuses Free Birth Control And Other Big Bonuses Back in the good ol’ days, Congress somehow managed to pass a little piece legislation called the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Aug 11, 2011 Read More
Vitals & Bits #20: Cellulite Vitals & Bits #20: Cellulite “A plague on both your butt cheeks!” -William ShakespeareI have a recurring nightmare. In this nightmare, I am running around my former high [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Aug 04, 2011 Read More
Lost And Found: Homeless Families And The Children Of Cuidando Los Niños The Children Of Cuidando Los Niños A soft-spoken young woman in a button-up shirt and black slacks bows her head. “ Ya’at’eeh ,” she says quietly in Navajo, then [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Jun 30, 2011 Read More
Alibi Picks: Youth Creating Change Film Festival Albuquerque’s middle school and high school students are raising awareness of child and family homelessness in the Duke City. The short films these [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Jun 23, 2011 Read More
Medicaid Axes Inpatient Program For Drug-Addicted Mothers Imagine you’re a nurse for newborns and looking after two little bundles of joy. Cute, huh? But you notice something amiss with one [...] Whitny Doyle R.N. \ Jun 02, 2011 Read More
