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Columbian Health Reporter

Debra Weidner, who has multiple sclerosis, uses a cane to move around her home in Camas. Weidner is traveling to Mexico in March for a hematopoietic stem cell transplant to treat her MS.

Camas woman hopes to stem progression of MS with treatment in Mexico

Debra Weidner, who has multiple sclerosis, uses a cane to move around her home in Camas. Weidner is traveling to Mexico in March for a hematopoietic stem cell transplant to treat her MS.

January 30, 2017, 6:05am Clark County Health

Debra Weidner dreams of a day when she can go skiing with her husband, Paul, and 10-year-old daughter, Zoë. She longs to go on weekend hikes or have family nights at the bowling alley. Read story

Health plan purchasers have till 11:59 p.m. Tuesday

January 28, 2017, 5:21pm Clark County Health

Time is running out for those who plan to purchase health coverage for 2017 through the state insurance marketplace. The deadline to enroll in and pay for health plans is 11:59 p.m. Tuesday. Read story

A sign tells customers that they can get a flu shot in a Walgreen store in Indianapolis.

Clark County flu levels remain elevated

A sign tells customers that they can get a flu shot in a Walgreen store in Indianapolis.

January 25, 2017, 6:25pm Clark County Health

Clark County residents continue to be hit hard by the seasonal flu virus, which is now to blame for three local deaths. Read story

Man pleads guilty in insurance fraud case

January 24, 2017, 9:02pm Clark County News

A Vancouver man pleaded guilty to first-degree theft after an investigation revealed he filed more than $6,000 in false insurance claims. Read story

OHSU announces 2017 Brain Awareness lecture series

January 23, 2017, 12:53pm Clark County Health

Oregon Health & Science University has announced the lineup for this year’s Brain Awareness lecture series. This season’s lectures will explore what happens with the brain when we’re not fully conscious, including moral choices, the effects of physical touch and vivid dreams. Each lecture begins at 7 p.m. at Newmark… Read story

Registered dietitian Ali Jack speaks to a group of HRM diet participants during a weekly group meeting Wednesday at the PeaceHealth Southwest Specialty Clinics in Vancouver. PeaceHealth&#039;s Weight Loss for Life clinic has used the program since 2006.

Weighing a new kind of diet

Registered dietitian Ali Jack speaks to a group of HRM diet participants during a weekly group meeting Wednesday at the PeaceHealth Southwest Specialty Clinics in Vancouver. PeaceHealth&#039;s Weight Loss for Life clinic has used the program since 2006.

January 23, 2017, 6:01am Clark County Health

Tammy Huskisson has tried countless diets but had never seen anything quite like the HMR diet. Read story

Two years ago, WaferTech remodeled its dining hall to feature more fresh, whole foods and less processed items.

WaferTech among employers striving to keep workers well

Two years ago, WaferTech remodeled its dining hall to feature more fresh, whole foods and less processed items.

January 16, 2017, 6:00am Business

When employees walk into the dining hall at WaferTech, they’re greeted with refrigerated display cases full of whole fruit, yogurt, salad, milk, fruit juice and teas. There’s a table where employees can make their own granola mix and a salad bar that serves as a smoothie bar during breakfast hours. Read story

Haddie Brans, 4, stands on a scale during a checkup Tuesday at the Child &amp; Adolescent Clinic in Salmon Creek. Haddie&#039;s mom, Angela Brans, scheduled the checkup six weeks earlier; Tuesday was the soonest they could get an appointment.

Finding care can be a pain in Clark County

Haddie Brans, 4, stands on a scale during a checkup Tuesday at the Child &amp; Adolescent Clinic in Salmon Creek. Haddie&#039;s mom, Angela Brans, scheduled the checkup six weeks earlier; Tuesday was the soonest they could get an appointment.

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

The phones begin ringing at 7:30 a.m. at the Child & Adolescent Clinic’s Vancouver office. The doors don’t open to patients for another hour, but Evelyn Paxton is at the front desk, headset on, taking calls to fill same-day sick appointments. Read story

An exterior view of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center (The Columbian files)

Clark County flu outbreak continues; two deaths reported

An exterior view of PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center (The Columbian files)

January 13, 2017, 1:00pm Clark County Health

The flu continues to sweep through the community, with elevated levels for the ninth consecutive week this season. Read story

Larry Bremmeyer Sr., photographed here with his granddaughter Aubree Bremmeyer, died Tuesday from complications of pneumonia.

Family: Pneumonia can be deadly

Larry Bremmeyer Sr., photographed here with his granddaughter Aubree Bremmeyer, died Tuesday from complications of pneumonia.

January 9, 2017, 6:30am Clark County Health

For weeks, Larry Bremmeyer Sr. shrugged off his cough and runny nose. Read story