UNM Health System | Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Welcome to UNM Health System

Every minute. Every day. Your health is our sole focus. As the largest teaching hospital in New Mexico, UNM Health providers breathe life into our mission: Delivering high-quality, accessible health care to all New Mexicans.

New Mexico's only Level 1 trauma center
1M+ Patient visits each year
Ranked High Performing Hospital for Colon Cancer Surgery and Heart Failure

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Cup Contamination: Research Reveals Alarming Microplastic Levels in Beverages

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:05:00 GMT

For most Americans, the daily ritual of drinking their daily cup of coffee or tea is second nature. However, new research reveals that hot drinks delivered in to-go beverage cups contain surprising contaminants in the form of microplastics. Fortunately,...

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Summer Safety Series: Watch Out for Water and Weather

Wed, 09 Jul 2025 12:00:00 GMT

New Mexico’s monsoon season is here. That means outdoor weather can change from sunny and hot to a torrential downpour in a matter of minutes. In part 2 of UNM Health’s Summer Safety Series, Jon Femling, MD, PhD, UNM Hospital emergency medicine...

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Over Decades, A Healthy Lifestyle Outperforms Metformin in Preventing Onset of Type 2 Diabetes

Wed, 02 Jul 2025 20:19:00 GMT

In the early 2000s the U.S. Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a large randomized clinical trial, showed that intensive lifestyle modification was better than a medication called metformin at preventing at-risk patients from developing Type 2...

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Expert Tips on How to Soak Up The Sun Safely

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 15:32:00 GMT

One out of every three people with chronic sun exposure is likely to develop non-melanoma skin cancer in their lifetime. It’s a scary statistic, but the risk is almost 100% preventable – by using sun protection. Aimee Smidt, MD, chair of the Department...

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24/7 Emergency Expertise

The UNM Health emergency team takes on the region's most complex emergency and ICU cases at New Mexico's only Level I trauma center.

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Stories of Help & Hope

Your wellbeing drives our unwavering dedication to patient care. Meet a few patients who move, feel and live better with expert care from UNM Health.

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