Health and Fitness

New spirometry testing at the Telluride Med Center helps identify breathing issues early. How well do your lungs work? Your primary care provider may now be able to answer that question for you at your next check-up. Thanks to a collaboration with the Tri-County Health Network and National...

Dr. Haley Perlus is a regular presenter at the Telluride WOW Festival. This week Haley talks about ways to deal with fear of injury. The answer comes down to reframing. Choose success. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy8NdZ9GapA&feature=youtu.be About Dr. Haley Perlus: Dr. Haley Perlus is a regular presenter at the Telluride WOW Festival, where this year...

Due to the increased interest in a local food economy and the need to improve access for low income residents to healthy food, the Telluride Foundation is launching a new Local Food Initiative targeting the San Miguel watershed communities of Norwood, Naturita, Nucla, Redvale, Paradox, Bedrock, and...

According to the Colorado Cancer Coalition, an average of 150 cases of invasive cervical cancer are diagnosed annually in Colorado; two out of every 100,000 women in Colorado will die from cervical cancer. The Telluride Regional Medical Center hopes to use Cervical Health Awareness Month as a...

 How do you become a superager? Which means in, ahem, a head-to-head comparison, your more mature brain looks and acts no differently than that of a 25-year-old. Which activities, if any, will increase your chances of remaining mentally sharp into old age? On New Year’s...

Dr. Haley Perlus is a regular presenter at the Telluride WOW Festival. This week Haley talks about failure and ways to cope in your sport, in business and in life. She hangs her argument on the words of JK Rowling, author of Harry Potter. https://youtu.be/GHflb8vK0zY About Dr. Haley...

Telluride Medical Center’s CEO, John Garner, recounts the highs and lows of 2016. With apologies to Charles Dickens and the famous quote from his “A Tale of Two Cities,” last year was the best of times; it was the ok of times. [caption id="attachment_63552" align="aligncenter" width="300"] John Gardner, CEO,...

Negative thinking. There is plenty of that going around. Not enough money. Not enough snow. Overweight. No partner. You are not enough. Oh, and the upcoming inauguration. But there are ways to conquer negative thinking. Lesley Alderman lines out a few in this New York Times...

Here’s the story on this year’s flu from webmd.com. Though reading it might make you, well, ill. But a possible antidote follows.  Coughing, aching, got a high fever and extreme fatigue? You could have the flu. Shortly before Christmas, labs across the country started to see more positive flu tests. That uptick is...