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Teri Giangreco of Vancouver was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in January and is still undergoing treatment. Giangreco didn’t know the warning signs of ovarian cancer until after her diagnosis, so she’s teamed up with Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center and the Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Oregon and Southwest Washington to spread the word about signs and symptoms.

Vancouver woman diagnosed with ovarian cancer wants others to know signs

Teri Giangreco of Vancouver was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in January and is still undergoing treatment. Giangreco didn’t know the warning signs of ovarian cancer until after her diagnosis, so she’s teamed up with Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center and the Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Oregon and Southwest Washington to spread the word about signs and symptoms.

September 25, 2017, 6:30am Clark County Health

Teri Giangreco didn’t know the signs of ovarian cancer until she was sitting in her new gynecologic oncologist’s office discussing her stage 3 ovarian cancer diagnosis. Read story

Popular Cascade Park Safeway employee Wayne Hudson has benefitted from a GoFundMe drive since he recently fell ill from an infection.

Crowdfunding raises $12,000 to help Vancouver Safeway worker

Popular Cascade Park Safeway employee Wayne Hudson has benefitted from a GoFundMe drive since he recently fell ill from an infection.

September 21, 2017, 5:44pm Clark County Health

After working more than a decade as a grocery bagger at Safeway, Wayne Hudson had become a staple at the Cascade Park store. Because he was not known to miss work, customers grew concerned when weeks had gone by without seeing his smiling face. Read story

Saward Lecture focuses on teenage brain

September 20, 2017, 12:13pm Clark County Health

Free tickets are now available for the 2017 Saward Lecture, sponsored by the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research. The lecture is 7:30 to 9 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Newmark Theatre, 1111 S.W. Broadway Ave., Portland. Tickets are free but must be reserved in advance at https://research.kpchr.org/saward. The… Read story

Marg Nelson of Vancouver, a spiritual health volunteer, admires the colorful birdhouses in the newly renovated healing garden Friday morning at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center. Nelson sponsored the creation of a labyrinth in the garden, which will be officially unveiled to the community at an event at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Healing garden blooms at Legacy Salmon Creek

Marg Nelson of Vancouver, a spiritual health volunteer, admires the colorful birdhouses in the newly renovated healing garden Friday morning at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center. Nelson sponsored the creation of a labyrinth in the garden, which will be officially unveiled to the community at an event at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday.

September 18, 2017, 7:28pm Clark County Health

Finding a place for quiet reflection and respite can be challenging under the bright lights of a hospital operating 24 hours a day. But this week, Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center officials are unveiling a newly renovated space they hope will provide just that for employees, patients and visitors. Read story

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

PeaceHealth union ratifies first contract

PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver.

September 18, 2017, 5:54pm Business

A 900-member group of recently unionized service and laboratory workers at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center voted Thursday to ratify their first contract. Read story

Todd Walker, 46, left, holds his head still while psychiatric nurse practitioner Ruth Rogers prepares a NeuroStar machine for transcranial magnetic stimulation Sept. 6 at Serenity TMS in Vancouver. TMS is a Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for major depressive disorder.

Magnetic treatment takes on depression

Todd Walker, 46, left, holds his head still while psychiatric nurse practitioner Ruth Rogers prepares a NeuroStar machine for transcranial magnetic stimulation Sept. 6 at Serenity TMS in Vancouver. TMS is a Food and Drug Administration-approved treatment for major depressive disorder.

September 18, 2017, 6:01am Clark County Health

Todd Walker stares straight ahead as Ruth Rogers uses a red-light marker to align the arm of the NeuroStar machine on the Vancouver man’s head. Read story

Health centers in state get $4 million, but not in Vancouver

September 16, 2017, 4:23pm Clark County Health

More than $4 million in grants for community health centers were announced Friday by Sens. Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., but Vancouver was left off the list. Read story

A call for your Race for the Cure photos

September 16, 2017, 4:22pm Clark County Health

Are you racing for a cure Sunday? We want to see your race photos! Read story

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

PeaceHealth employee accessed patient info unnecessarily

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

September 15, 2017, 5:14pm Clark County Health

Nearly 2,000 patients at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center are being notified that an employee unnecessarily accessed their private health information. Read story

The Columbian wants readers who participate in Race for the Cure to send us photos of the race.

A call for your Race for the Cure photos

The Columbian wants readers who participate in Race for the Cure to send us photos of the race.

September 14, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Health

Are you racing for a cure this weekend? We want to see your race photos! Read story