Whether it's the coffee shop the grocery store the farmers' market or another gathering place the conversations with friends and neighbors this summer have eventually migrated to the topic of our health. Someone's knee or shoulder is... Read More
A Texas native Dr. Dennis Lipton is the newest addition to the medical team at Vail Valley Medical Center. Since his college days at Texas A & M throughout medical school at UT Houston and his residency and ensuing urgent/primary... Read More
For Lynn Blake the Vail Valley was a pretty safe place to experience sudden cardiac arrest. She now wants to make it the world's safest. In 2007 when Blake was 27 she collapsed of a sudden cardiac arrest while at work in Vail Village.... Read More
Snuggling with Becca a King Charles-Bichon mix really helped Kimberly Clawson with her homesickness. On April 11 2012 Kimberly was diagnosed with Stage III breast cancer and from that point on her life was a blur of travel and... Read More
Leave your granola bars at home if you come for the fifth annual Hike Wine & Dine at Beaver Creek! Hikers participating in this year's event will refuel along the trail with some of the region's best gourmet tastings and spectacular... Read More
Vail Valley Medical Center President and CEO Doris Kirchner was on a tour of the esteemed Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore when she walked by a room that caught her eye. Inside health care professionals were circled around a human... Read More
Howard Head Sports Medicine the official physical therapy provider for the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Olympic Team provides innovative healing techniques performed by highly gifted physical therapists helping patients rebuild and... Read More
Before attending childbirth classes at Vail Valley Medical Center Marian and Luke Cartin had a somewhat ominous outlook of the hospital. To them it was simply the clean cold white box in which people experienced some of life's most... Read More
Author Katie Mazzia MS RD CDE is a nutritionist at Vail Valley Medical Center. The Internet can be an awesome resource for food and nutrition information however not all of it is reliable or credible. Below are some of my favorite... Read More
The most common cancer among American men prostate cancer is not the deadliest one out there lung cancer is. But when it comes to testing for prostate cancer and treating it it is one of the most complex and controversial. Because... Read More