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  02/08/2010 11:57pm
NEW CASTLE, Colorado — Every Tuesday or Thursday if you get up real early and stop by New Castle Family Fitness, you will see a number of dedicated individuals working on their health and fitness. A group wearing “Greatest Loser T-shirts...
  02/04/2010 9:40am
NEW CASTLE, Colorado — Perhaps you have followed the television series “The Biggest Loser” for several seasons, sympathizing with their struggles and cheering at their successes. Here is your chance to feel the reality a little deeper,...
  01/27/2010 11:19pm
  01/26/2010 11:15pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — A new program focused on individualized substance abuse treatment intends to fill the gaps in helping a broader segment of Garfield County residents lead drug- and alcohol-free lives.
  01/26/2010 12:11am
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.
  01/23/2010 10:09pm
  01/21/2010 11:22pm
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.
  01/19/2010 11:27pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — While enjoying a tray of homemade lasagna, green beans, fresh orange slices and lowfat milk, Sopris Elementary School fifth grader Meghan Lander Cobb wanted to know whatever happened to chocolate milk and cookies.
  01/06/2010 10:31pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — Dr. Maria Chansky drives to Silt from her home in Glenwood Springs, four days of the week, for her job at the Silt Medical Clinic.

Chansky has worked for Glenwood Medical Associates for the past seven years.
  01/03/2010 11:42pm
If you just stepped off a plane that arrived from a much lower elevation, pay attention to messages your body is sending you about your health, local doctors said.
  12/25/2009 11:57pm
VAIL, Colorado — It's been really cold out lately, but that's hasn't stopped a lot of people from skiing and snowboarding.
  12/12/2009 12:12am
The two hospitals in Garfield County want the county to issue an “inter-facility transport” (IFT) license for the Transcare ambulance service, to fill the gap being left by the demise of the West Care ambulance service headquartered in...
  12/10/2009 11:21pm
The H1N1 flu vaccine is now available to the general public, and no longer limited to specific target groups, the Garfield County Public Health Department announced Friday.
  12/09/2009 11:19pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Valley View Hospital is taking steps toward establishing a larger Cancer Center — planned as part of the final phase of the hospital's ongoing expansion project — including the hiring of its first full-time medical...
  11/30/2009 8:52pm
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado — The apple on Dr. Jerry Steinbrecher's desk isn't intended to keep the doctor away, although he admits it is a purposeful effort to avert the temptation of the snack vending machine down the hall.
  11/29/2009 10:55pm
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