Colorado along with much of the United States is experiencing a high level of influenza-related illness. Vail Valley Medical Center have seen about five percent more patients testing positive for the flu than last year with tests... Read More
Vail Valley Medical Center president and CEO Doris Kirchner and Chairman of the Board Art Kelton honored the 2013 winners for Physician of the Year Rising Star and the Clinical Excellence Awards presented to Drs. Metcalfe Braunholtz and... Read More
So we ended last month's column talking about getting control over your bladder and improving its ability to hold larger (or normal!) amounts of urine. As we continue to discuss disciplining your bladder keep the following tips in mind:... Read More
Most people only gain about two pounds from November to January. The problem is we don't lose the weight and it adds up to 20 pounds over 10 years! This is called weight creep." If you visit Vail or live here every day seems like a... Read More
One in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer over the course of her lifetime but thanks to the generosity of our community we'll more likely catch it early when breast cancer is the most treatable.... Read More
Looking around at a bunch of guys sipping beer and stroking their Movember mustaches it's a little scary to realize that one out of six of them will at some point be diagnosed with prostate cancer. It's reassuring however to know that... Read More
So you've been doing Kegels. Go you! Seeing improvements? I hope so! If not don't lose hope! Let me tell you a little bit more about your bladder. Last column I mentioned a "feedback loop" between your pelvic... Read More
At age 39 local skier Ian Gray had never broken a bone or torn a ligament. It wasn't until last season on one of Vail's biggest powder days of the year when Gray found himself seriously injured for the first time in his life.... Read More
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 first... 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