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5 Foods to Reduce Stress

Stress often makes you think of comfort foods and can increase your appetite. When you’re eating sugary, salty, and fried foods you can get a temporary high that makes you feel good but can leave you spiraling and crashing... Read More

Healthcare for the Underserved

At age 10, Karyn ReNae Anderson’s son suffered a serious head injury. Within four years, his participation in karate, soccer, football and basketball resulted in a total of six concussions. The injuries forced him to quit... Read More

Hospital CEO Explains Expansion Plans

This article was written by Scott Miller and originally posted by the Vail Daily on January 27 2016.  AVON — Vail Valley Medical Center has been renovated and rearranged a number of times in its 50 years. Now work has... Read More

Michael Shannon Column | VVMC Independence

Independence-it's a word that carries great freedoms, as well as great responsibilities. For Vail Valley Medical Center, it means we are completely self-funded and independently governed. The hospital's independence has... Read More

Eagle County Super Kid

Growing up on a ranch, it was natural for Bailee Boles, 15, to learn to ride before she could walk. Horses always have been - and if this adventurous teen has her way, always will be - part of her life. In the summer of 2014,... Read More

Perinatal Services Through The Years

It's been a long and fascinating journey for Amy Lavigne, the manager of perinatal services at VVMC. She started as an acute care nurse in the Detroit suburbs before moving to Colorado in 1999. Once here, she hardly looked back.... Read More

Tips To Improve Your Form For Winter Sports

This article was first published in VVMC's Vail Health Magazine, spring 2016 edition. Free copies are available at newsstands throughout Eagle County. Howard Head Sports Medicine's physical therapists Zack Dicristino,... Read More