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19 May Telluride Arts: Twenty(by)Telluride, Mountainfilm Edition, 5/24
Twenty(by)Telluride. What’s that you say? The short answer is a formula: 20 slides x 20 seconds each x a few great minds. The evening is a bit like the TED Talks, which give each speaker 18 minutes to address the world with his or her transformative ideas....
25 Mar Telluride Med Center: All About Colon Health
Bum-bum, backside or tushy, Dr. Gaylord? Whatever you call it, colon health is anything, ahem, butt a joke… Colon cancer is the third most common cancer in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer death. But it doesn’t have to be this...
20 Feb Telluride AIDS Benefit: 2017 Overview
The Telluride AIDS Benefit continues to wave its “Fight.Fund.Educate” banner on high – and with good reason. With regard to HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, today’s political environment is, at best, a giant question mark; at worst, toxic. On the scientific front there may be cause for optimism, but to date there is still no definitive cure. ...
20 Feb Telluride Med Center: Oh, These Are Changing Times…
Oh these are changing times…maybe, sort-of, kind of. I wrote this awhile ago from the airport, anxious to return home after the week spent at the the National Rural Health Association Policy Institute in Washington D.C. There, I joined healthcare leaders from rural communities to...
03 Feb Telluride Med Center: Why Is Everyone Wearing Red Today?
Staff at the Telluride Regional Medical Center are wearing red today, as part of the American Heart Association’s National Wear Red Day, to build awareness for heart disease in women. “Too many people consider heart disease a ‘man’s disease’ but this is simply not the...
02 Feb Telluride Med Center: Identifying Breath Issues Early
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...
23 Jan Telluride Med Center: Cervical Health Awareness Saves Lives
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...
18 Jan Telluride Med Center: Highs & Lows of 2016
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. One of the joys of my...