Health and Fitness

[caption id="attachment_31535" align="alignright" width="166"] Wellness Counselor,Bridget Taddonio[/caption] This week, the Telluride Medical Center (TMC) announced new Wellness Counseling services for Primary Care patients dealing with obesity, high cholesterol, or diabetes. Wellness Counseling initiatives, like the one now offered at TMC, are on the rise as national obesity...

The Telluride Medical Center (TMC) announced this month two new doctors to the Emergency and Primary Care teams, Dr. Simon Kotylar, MD, and Dr. Heather Linder, MD. Dr. Kotlyar, board certified in emergency medicine, brings 10 years experience working in a high acuity Level-I trauma center....

Kale is not a traditional breakfast food. There’s a good reason for that—when you set up a breakfast buffet with eggs benedict, bacon, waffles, and kale, you can probably guess which thing won’t end up on someone’s plate. So the first day of the cleanse, when...

I came upon this great article today in Renegade Health and wanted to share what could be good news. In it, Dr. J.E. Williams poses (and largely answers) this question: Could vitamin B supplements be the key to preventing Alzheimer’s disease and preserving brain health? [caption...

Visit new crowd-sourcing website now to fill out survey that will help shape healthcare in the Telluride region [caption id="attachment_31231" align="alignright" width="300"] Blue Lakes hiker[/caption] The Telluride Health and Wellness Initiative recently announced the launch of its new public engagement website, www.telluridehealthideas.org. The highly interactive, crowd-sourcing site...

I was on my mountain bike, speeding down a trail. My mind should have been sinuous singletrack before me. Instead, I found myself focusing on the harder sections of trail up ahead. Would I be able to stay on my bike for all of those...