Exactly one year to the day of her breast cancer diagnosis Lisa Middlebrook was on the mountain at Vail her 10-year-old son Patrick beside her preparing for a day full of skiing. The date was March 3 2012 and the occasion was the... Read More
Two-thirds of Americans say they need help for stress. Creating space in the day to stop come down from the worried mind and get back into the present moment has been shown to be enormously helpful in mitigating the... Read More
No woman really enjoys being called dense but when it comes to screening for breast cancer this term has completely different implications. Speaking the language of mammography if a patient is deemed dense or extremely... Read More
Based on several recent large-scale studies exercise has emerged as a strong protective factor both for incidence and progression cancer in the prostate and breast. A landmark study in 2011 that followed 2700 men found that those who... Read More
Dr. Rick Cunningham is a knee and shoulder sports medicine specialist with Vail-Summit Orthopaedics. He is a physician for the U.S. Ski Team and chief of surgery at Vail Valley Medical Center. Visit
Not many ski towns are equipped with a comprehensive medical clinic much less a cancer facility. What's more is that the Shaw Regional Cancer Center is outfitted with state-of-the-art equipment the most recent addition a brand new... Read More
Question: I am a competitive ultramarathon runner. Will training at high altitude improve my time? Answer: High altitude is typically defined as being above 5000 feet in elevation. When an... Read More
One in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime according to www.breastcancer.org . But thankfully local salons and... Read More
Beep beep beep. A swift hand silences the alarm as to not wake a sleeping wife. At 4:30 a.m. Dr. Erik Dorf prepares for another busy day. He still has six hours until he needs to be at Vail-Summit Orthopaedics for work. He... Read More