Annual Pink Vail breaks fundraising record
Pink Vail on Vail Mountain is the biggest ski day to conquer cancer with all of the money raised going toward the local cancer center in Edwards. Read More
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Betsy's Spirit of Survival
A Colorado native Betsy is a self-professed mountain girl whose family moved from Littleton to Leadville where she attended high school and she has lived in Steamboat for the past 16 years. She loves hiking camping paddleboarding and... Read More
The Aging Brain
Statistics show the lifetime risk of developing Alzheimer's after age 65 is one out of six women and one out of 11 men. Though Alzheimer's makes up 75 percent of the dementias it is just one of many; others include dementia induced by... Read More
Zika Virus Highly Unlikely to Make an Appearance in Eagle County
This article has been reprinted from the Vail Daily's post on February 15 2016 written by Kirsten Dobroth. **See below for additional references. The Zika outbreak in Brazil is the latest health emergency to grab the world's... Read More
Visiting Patients Have Expanding Options
This article was written by Scott Miller and originally posted by the Vail Daily on February 22 2016. BACHELOR GULCH On a snowy January weekday a group of people gathered at The Ritz-Carlton hotel not to indulge in powder but to... Read More
Heart Attack on Vail Mountain
One minute he is skiing the next minute he is VVMC's first cardiac cath lab patient. About a year and a half earlier Olch had suffered a heart attack during the summer. He was an otherwise healthy guy and even after his first heart... Read More
Game on for Medical Providers
This article was written by Don Rogers and originally posted by the Vail Daily on February 18 2016. First thought when hearing Centura Health declare their surveys show a need for more emergency medical care facilities in the valley:... Read More
The Pink JayHawk
On April 2nd Daniel might be the only one wearing blue under his Pink Vail costume. A graduate of the University of Kansas Daniel is a huge Jayhawks fan. He has even named his team Rock Chalk Pink Hawk in reference to his alma mater's... Read More
VVMC Starting Hearts Aim to Create Community of First Responders
Aiming to make the Vail Valley the safest place in the country to fall victim to out-of-hospital sudden cardiac arrest the partnership between the two organizations will increase accessibility to automated external defibrillators and... Read More
VVMC Treats Pediatric Patients
Vail Valley Medical Center's pediatric hospitalists are specially trained pediatricians who work in the hospital to care for patients from newborn through 17 years old. They are available to manage a broad range of general pediatric issues. Read More