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How Vail Health is pursuing sustainability goals to promote human and environmental health
Health care system receives award for sustainability work, including 2024 diversion rate of 26%
Vail Health is continually making its system more sustainable to promote a healthier future for its patients, staff and the environment.
Tim Ivancich, Vail Health’s sustainability supervisor, has led the sustainability department for nearly six years.“Human health is directly affected by our environmental health,” Ivancich said. “If we don’t protect our environmental health, we are going to start to see (health) issues in humans … The ecosystem services and environment help protect our human health through many different ways, and we need to help protect those ecosystem services. The “triple bottom line” is “planet, profit, people,” Ivancich said.
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Hot, Cold and Mental Health: Inside Vail Health’s CHILL’D Research Study
Depression, a mental illness affecting more than 18% of American adults, has no blood marker or single biological cause. It looks and feels different in everyone because the brain is a complex organ, and there is no single way that depression develops. Like many mental health conditions, depression can be treated through medical, pharmaceutical and alternative approaches. One promising avenue under study at Vail Health’s Behavioral Health Innovation Center is contrast therapy — combining sauna and cold plunge treatments.
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What to Expect Before, During and After a Colonoscopy
If you've been putting off a colonoscopy, you're not alone. It's one of the most recommended — and most avoided — preventive screenings in medicine. But here's what most people don't realize until after their first one: the procedure itself is a non-event. You're asleep. You don't feel a thing. What people actually dread, and what they talk about afterward, is the prep. The good news is that even the prep is manageable, and the payoff is enormous. Colorectal cancer is one of the most preventable cancers when caught early. A colonoscopy doesn't just detect it; in many cases, it stops cancer before it starts.
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Navigating Men’s Sexual Health: Erectile Dysfunction and the Bigger Picture
For something so common — and treatable — erectile dysfunction (ED) is still surprisingly difficult to talk about. “The biggest misconception men have is that there’s a mechanical or physical problem with them, and that’s usually not the case,” explains Dr. Joseph Dall’Era, a urologist at Vail Health. In reality, ED is far more nuanced and manageable than people realize. Understanding what’s happening and knowing when to speak up can shift the experience.