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Columbian Health Reporter

Melnick takes charge of county health department

October 15, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Dr. Alan Melnick is now at the helm of Clark County Public Health. Read story

McClatchy-Tribune files

Self-exams a significant tool in breast cancer battle

McClatchy-Tribune files

October 13, 2013, 5:00pm Breast Cancer

While breast self-exams are no longer considered an essential early cancer detection method, health care providers say they still have value. Read story

Jim Walker, left, and John Mettler Jr., background center, service equipment while harvesting corn Wednesday at a Ridgefield farm.

Farmers harvest corn crop in Ridgefield

Jim Walker, left, and John Mettler Jr., background center, service equipment while harvesting corn Wednesday at a Ridgefield farm.

October 9, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

RIDGEFIELD -- Harvest season has begun for a group of Ridgefield farmers. Read story

Greasing way for March of Dimes

October 6, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

Holdyn Hanset has never run a race before. But this weekend, the 3-year-old will cross a finish line for the first time. Read story

Laina Harris performs a resistance workout as fitness trainer Cody Sorensen gives instruction during a personal training session Thursday at Body Design Fitness in Camas.

Camas’ Laina Harris pushes through weight loss setbacks

Laina Harris performs a resistance workout as fitness trainer Cody Sorensen gives instruction during a personal training session Thursday at Body Design Fitness in Camas.

October 6, 2013, 5:00pm Clark County News

In 14 hours, Laina Harris saw her biggest goal slip through her fingers. Read story

Crystal Alhilali, left, and her best friend, Linda Stief, undergo chemotherapy treatment Aug. 15 at The Vancouver Clinic in Vancouver.

Neighbors, best friends wage fights against breast cancer together

Crystal Alhilali, left, and her best friend, Linda Stief, undergo chemotherapy treatment Aug. 15 at The Vancouver Clinic in Vancouver.

October 5, 2013, 5:00pm Breast Cancer

From the moment Linda Stief and Crystal Alhilali met five years ago, they believed there was a bigger reason for their meeting. Read story

Participants take off from the starting line of the 2012 Girlfriends Half Marathon in downtown Vancouver. In the past six years, the event has raised more than $260,000 for Susan G.

Annual Girlfriends Half Marathon attracts thousands of women

Participants take off from the starting line of the 2012 Girlfriends Half Marathon in downtown Vancouver. In the past six years, the event has raised more than $260,000 for Susan G.

October 5, 2013, 5:00pm Breast Cancer

Downtown Vancouver will be flooded with pink as thousands of girlfriends lace up their running shoes and hit the streets to raise money to support breast cancer research.Women of all ages and athletic abilities will come together for the seventh annual Girlfriends Half Marathon, hosted by Northwest Personal Training, on… Read story

Leslie Dykman, lead mammography technologist at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center's Kearney Breast Center, performs a 3-D mammogram on a patient in March 2012.

New dimension of detection: 3-D mammography technology gains ground

Leslie Dykman, lead mammography technologist at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center's Kearney Breast Center, performs a 3-D mammogram on a patient in March 2012.

October 5, 2013, 5:00pm Breast Cancer

Mammograms in Clark County have reached a whole new dimension.A third dimension, to be exact. Read story

Cancer survivor Jesie Jobson, 28, looks out the window at her Vancouver home Sept. 5. Jobson, who had had three breast tumors removed years earlier, was diagnosed with breast cancer in March.

A testament to testing

Cancer survivor Jesie Jobson, 28, looks out the window at her Vancouver home Sept. 5. Jobson, who had had three breast tumors removed years earlier, was diagnosed with breast cancer in March.

October 5, 2013, 5:00pm Breast Cancer

Jesie Jobson was 19 years old when she first felt lumps in her breast. Jobson wasn't sure if what she was feeling was normal. She had just graduated from high school. She had never felt another woman's breasts, so she had nothing to compare with hers. Read story

Eva Cobb, 52, of Vancouver works the tiller position on the Pink Phoenix dragon boat team during practice on the Willamette River in Portland.

Survivors arise with Pink Phoenix team

Eva Cobb, 52, of Vancouver works the tiller position on the Pink Phoenix dragon boat team during practice on the Willamette River in Portland.

October 5, 2013, 5:00pm Breast Cancer

In ancient mythology, the phoenix is a brilliant bird with a fire spirit, colorful feathers and a tail of gold and scarlet. Read story