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Columbian Health Reporter

Some of the 15,000 bras collected by The Gift of Lift, a local nonprofit that serves clients in Clark County, the United States and internationally.

The Gift of Lift broadens reach, forming new partnerships

Some of the 15,000 bras collected by The Gift of Lift, a local nonprofit that serves clients in Clark County, the United States and internationally.

May 25, 2017, 4:45pm Breast Cancer

Donate a bra, change a life. Read story

REACH workshop focuses on weight loss

May 25, 2017, 3:47pm Clark County Health

The Vancouver Clinic is hosting a REACH workshop for those looking to lose weight and become healthier. The REACH (Refine Eating and Activity to Change your Health) workshop is 10 a.m. to noon June 10 at The Vancouver Clinic office at 700 N.E. 87th Ave. The class is $25. The… Read story

Washougal dental office offers free care

May 25, 2017, 12:40pm Clark County Health

Washougal Family Dental is providing free dental care to children at a one-day event. Read story

Clark College hosts health fair

May 25, 2017, 12:39pm Clark County Health

Clark College will hold its second annual Healthy Penguin Walkabout on June 3. Read story

It’s sneezin‘ season in Clark County

May 22, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Health

The wet weather this spring has done something that should have seasonal allergy sufferers cheering: It’s dampened pollination. Read story

Jordan Shaw, lead youth pastor at Faith Center Church, holds baby Hazel Shaw, 2 months, as he encourages Daybreak outpatient client Taylor Ledesma, 18, during a tour of the Daybreak Youth Services RWC Center for Adolescent Recovery in Brush Prairie.

Daybreak Youth Services opens Brush Prairie facility

Jordan Shaw, lead youth pastor at Faith Center Church, holds baby Hazel Shaw, 2 months, as he encourages Daybreak outpatient client Taylor Ledesma, 18, during a tour of the Daybreak Youth Services RWC Center for Adolescent Recovery in Brush Prairie.

May 18, 2017, 10:39pm Clark County News

It’s a new day for Daybreak Youth Services. Read story

Clyde Ray Spencer talks to the media at the Clark County Courthouse after charges related to the sexual abuse of his children were dismissed Sept. 29, 2010.

Judges reinstate $9 million award to Clyde Ray Spencer

Clyde Ray Spencer talks to the media at the Clark County Courthouse after charges related to the sexual abuse of his children were dismissed Sept. 29, 2010.

May 18, 2017, 12:19pm Clark County News

A U.S. Court of Appeals panel has reinstated the $9 million jury award to Clyde Ray Spencer, the former Vancouver police officer who spent nearly two decades in prison for a crime he didn’t commit. Read story

Closed landfill’s owners seek release from post-closure permit

May 17, 2017, 6:28pm Clark County News

More than 25 years after closing Circle C Landfill near La Center, the owners are still monitoring the groundwater, gas, leachate and various other aspects of the shuttered landfill site. Read story

Registered nurse Regina Kaiser, left, and clinical nurse specialist Shelora Mangan set up a nitrous oxide machine in a labor and delivery room Thursday at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center. About a month ago, the hospital began offering the nitrous oxide — a 50-50 mix with oxygen — as a form of pain relief to women in labor.

Laughing gas in labor at Legacy

Registered nurse Regina Kaiser, left, and clinical nurse specialist Shelora Mangan set up a nitrous oxide machine in a labor and delivery room Thursday at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center. About a month ago, the hospital began offering the nitrous oxide — a 50-50 mix with oxygen — as a form of pain relief to women in labor.

May 15, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Health

Women in labor at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center can now find some relief from an unexpected source: laughing gas. Read story

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian
Camas High School sophomore Tsering Shola, 16, has taken a hearing-loss diagnosis and turned it into academic success. Tsering’s work for an Oregon Health and Science University hearing research lab has earned her scholarships and awards at state science fairs. This weekend, she heads to Los Angeles to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

Camas teen answers call on hearing research

Amanda Cowan/The Columbian
Camas High School sophomore Tsering Shola, 16, has taken a hearing-loss diagnosis and turned it into academic success. Tsering’s work for an Oregon Health and Science University hearing research lab has earned her scholarships and awards at state science fairs. This weekend, she heads to Los Angeles to compete in the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair.

May 13, 2017, 6:06am Clark County Health

In the fifth grade, a routine test revealed hearing loss in Tsering Shola’s right ear. Little did Tsering or her parents know, that diagnosis would set Shola up for success as a Camas High School sophomore. Read story