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The Home Remedy for Altitude Sickness? Sea-Level Living at 8000 Feet

For the price of a Bentley, try a suite of bedrooms where the engineered air is almost as rich as at sea level.

06/01/2016 By Ted Katauskas

To Your Health

Ski R

A peek inside the slopeside emergency rooms of Vail and Beaver Creek

02/01/2016 By Reilly Capps

To Your Health

The Magic of Hyperbaric Medicine

It's not a miracle cure for cancer, but for sports injuries, hyperbaric medicine has an almost mystical healing power. Maybe that's why Bode Miller, one of the best competitive skiers in the history of the sport, is a fan.

11/01/2015 By Ted Katauskas

To Your Health

Go-Go Gadgets

Local running coaches weigh in on what wrist-worn tech you need—or can do without—on the trail.

06/01/2015 By Shauna Farnell

Village Talk

Short Circuit

Three revved-up workouts that are anything but routine

02/01/2015 By Shauna Farnell

WELLNESS

Vail Spas to Heal Your Body and Soothe Your Soul

Whether you're recuperating from a ride over Vail Pass or a bout of aprés overindulgence, here are three dozen ways to decompress.

02/01/2014 By Kelly Bastone

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TO YOUR HEALTH

Head Med

Take it from your local traumatic-brain-injury specialist: a helmet, like a seat belt, can save your life. But only if you’re wearing it when you hit the slopes.

11/01/2013 By Shauna Farnell

TO YOUR HEALTH

Stem Cell Therapy Promises New Knees, But Will it Work for You?

A revolutionary treatment gives old knees new life, and it is available right here in the Vail Valley.

06/01/2013 By Shauna Farnell

THE LAND OF AAHS

The Best Ways to Relax in the Vail Valley

When it comes to relaxation, there may be no place closer to Cloud Nine than the Vail Valley, where a concentrated collection of award-winning spas awaits those in need of some serious TLC.

02/01/2013 By Kelly Bastone

TO YOUR HEALTH

ACL TLC

How not to blow out your knees, from a guy who fixes them.

02/01/2013 By Shauna Farnell

WELLNESS

All's Well

Medical tourism is thriving in the Vail Valley, as people from around the world travel to our mountain hamlet seeking cutting-edge remedies and some of the best healers in the world.

02/01/2012 By Stephen Lloyd Wood and Abigail Eagye

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