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Clark County Health

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

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

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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

Walk to Cure Arthritis set for May 20

May 12, 2017, 10:42am Clark County Health

The annual Walk to Cure Arthritis is set for May 20 in downtown Vancouver. More than 400 walkers are signed up for the event. The Arthritis Foundation is hoping to raise $55,000 at the local event — money that will be used to fight the country’s leading cause of disability. Read story

Villages Clark County to launch in 2018

May 8, 2017, 9:11pm Clark County Health

Nearly 90 percent of people 65 and older want to stay in their current home and communities as they age, according to the American Association of Retired Persons. Read story

After learning Tony MacDougall had brain cancer, he and his wife, Jessica, booked a cruise with a dolphin excursion. Swimming with dolphins was on Tony&#039;s bucket list.

Vancouver cancer patient keeps up the fight

After learning Tony MacDougall had brain cancer, he and his wife, Jessica, booked a cruise with a dolphin excursion. Swimming with dolphins was on Tony&#039;s bucket list.

May 8, 2017, 6:30am Clark County Health

Jessica and Tony MacDougall were hoping for just a tumor-sized road bump. What they got was a mountainous cancer diagnosis. Read story

Free dental day offered for veterans

May 2, 2017, 6:02am Clark County Health

Aspen Dental will provide free dental care to veterans at clinics across the country, including one in Vancouver, during a day of service next month. Read story