Health and Fitness

This summer, the Telluride Ski Resort and The Peaks Resort & Spa is hosting a series of week-long wellness retreats – Live Longer Retreat –  to support your (recurring) New Year’s resolution to get healthy and live longer well. The program is led by Dr. Alan Safdi, a world-renowned internist and gastroenterologist...

Ask yourself if you really want to know all that you can know – which is not everything, just looks that way – before you submit to the new black dress of the medical world: genetic testing. Genetic testing was a highly publicized gift idea....

We first met Dr. Haley Perlus at the Telluride WOW Festival. We asked if she would share her pearls with our readers. Haley’s advice tends to apply equally to sports and to life in general. This week, the sport psychology gives advice about whether or not to set outcome...

New doctor joins the Telluride Medical Center Emergency Team, returning to where his journey into medicine began. [caption id="attachment_71109" align="aligncenter" width="286"] Dr. William Bill Hall II,MD, joins the Telluride Med Center ER team.[/caption] The Telluride Regional Medical Center welcomes a new Emergency Medicine physician to the team. Dr....

As part of the Telluride AIDS Benefit's celebration of World AIDS Day on Dec. 1, the local nonprofit has announced that it has partnered with the the Uncompahgre Medical Clinic to offer free, confidential and year-round testing.  Uncompahgre Medical Center (UMC) is now providing the free...

We bow and say it all the time at the end of yoga class: Namaste. But what does the Nepalese word really mean? Author Rita Geno and Yoga Teacher Aadil Palkhivala explore the true meaning of the expression and offers a beginner's guide to chakras. [caption...

When it comes to choosing the best exercise for your personality, it turns out one size (or exer-size) does not fit all. Turns out some people just aren't treadmill people; others are not built for group fitness classes. This blog by Lindsay Holmes in the...