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Health & Wellness

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Cancer treatment centers, such as the one at Valley View Hospital, have come a long way from the sterile, clinical-looking hospital oncology departments of the past. more...
  01/27/2010 2:32pm
CARBONDALE, Colorado — A noted expert on child sexual abuse prevention gives a half-day seminar in Carbondale Saturday, sponsored by the Children's Rocky Mountain Preschool.
  01/22/2010 2:44pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Valley View Hospital now houses the region's first Cancer Resource Center as part of the hospital's expanding cancer treatment center, providing a range of information to patients and their families.
  01/20/2010 1:45pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Initial doses of H1N1 vaccine have arrived in Garfield County but for now are being reserved for people considered at higher risk of complications from the flu.
  11/03/2009 1:58pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — No one seems to know how many medical marijuana dispensaries have opened in the State of Colorado in recent years, although a frequently expressed estimate is, “a lot.”
  10/30/2009 12:15pm
Many people and organizations today are using horses in the healing process. Individuals challenged with physical disabilities, children with autism, adult survivors of physical and emotional trauma, and adolescents at risk for drugs, alcohol abuse, and...
  10/22/2009 3:02pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — “There definitely is an H1N1 outbreak going on in our community,” declared Dave Adamson, director of the Mountain Family Health Center, 1905 Blake Ave. in Glenwood Springs, on Wednesday.
  10/07/2009 12:34pm
RIFLE, Colorado — The death of a 7-year-old Rifle girl last week has not been determined to be flu-related, although that possibility is being looked into, according to Garfield County public health officials.
  09/29/2009 12:08pm
The Garfield County Public Health fall flu shot schedule was recently announced. All clinics are open to the public, and no appointment is necessary. Here's the schedule:

Wednesday, Sept. 23
  09/18/2009 2:42pm
BASALT, Colorado — The Roaring Fork Valley's second medical marijuana dispensary was set to begin operating this week out of the WIN Health Institute, an alternative health care cooperative located in Basalt.
  08/10/2009 1:45pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Anita Sherman Hughes of Glenwood Springs and her young family are among the two-thirds of Americans who have health insurance. But that doesn't mean the system is working, she says.
  08/10/2009 4:32pm
CARBONDALE, Colorado — Operators of a newly opened medical marijuana dispensary in Carbondale were invited before the town's board of trustees Tuesday night to help clarify what it is they do.
  07/24/2009 1:16pm
A Colorado state health board decision Monday to reject a proposed five-patient limit for medical marijuana suppliers was met with applause by two area dispensers who were closely monitoring the day's proceedings.
  07/22/2009 3:52pm
CARBONDALE, Colorado — Dustin's medical marijuana permit, obtained five months ago with authorization from a Denver doctor to help relieve the painful symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), used to require frequent trips back and forth to...
  07/17/2009 2:54pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Two cases of swine flu — now being formally called H1N1 (Swine) flu — were confirmed in Colorado by the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention, health officials said on Thursday.
  05/01/2009 12:45pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Roaring Fork School District Re-1 officials are on heightened alert for any students or staff exhibiting symptoms of possible swine flu.
  04/29/2009 11:39am
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