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Clark County Health

Health worker report

April 29, 2017, 5:55am Business

The Health Systems Quality Assurance Division of the state Department of Health recently took disciplinary actions or has withdrawn charges against these Clark County health care providers. Read story

Client Cecelia Mikles, left, works with women&#039;s health physical therapist Christina Trautman during a session Wednesday at Trautman&#039;s Felida home. Mikles is 23 weeks pregnant and is going through Trautman&#039;s Pregnancy and Postpartum Exercise Training program to stay fit during pregnancy and prepare for labor.

Physical therapist helps Clark County women train for pregnancy, labor

Client Cecelia Mikles, left, works with women&#039;s health physical therapist Christina Trautman during a session Wednesday at Trautman&#039;s Felida home. Mikles is 23 weeks pregnant and is going through Trautman&#039;s Pregnancy and Postpartum Exercise Training program to stay fit during pregnancy and prepare for labor.

April 24, 2017, 6:00am Clark County Health

When Haley Baker learned she was pregnant with her second child, she knew she wouldn’t do things the same way she did during her first pregnancy. Read story

Teacher Linda Martinez shares a high-five while working with toddlers at Children&#039;s Village-Burton Road in Vancouver.

Finding care isn’t child’s play in Clark County

Teacher Linda Martinez shares a high-five while working with toddlers at Children&#039;s Village-Burton Road in Vancouver.

April 23, 2017, 6:02am Clark County Health

As soon as Marlene Julye moved to Clark County, she started the search for child care. Read story

Vancouver Clinic offers prediabetes class

April 21, 2017, 2:40pm Clark County Health

The Vancouver Clinic is offering a two-hour prediabetes class with a certified diabetes educator. The class is 10 a.m. to noon May 13 at The Vancouver Clinic’s 87th Avenue office, 700 N.E. 87th Ave., Vancouver. The class costs $25 and pre-registration is required. To register, call 360-882-2778. The class is… Read story

Amy Campbell, a special education teacher at Helen Baller Elementary School in Camas, pushed her student Micah Snell for 26.2 miles in the Vernonia Marathon in Vernonia, Ore., on April 8. Micah collected $1,400 in donations to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation for the marathon effort.

Running marathons, father and son raise $48,000 for charities

Amy Campbell, a special education teacher at Helen Baller Elementary School in Camas, pushed her student Micah Snell for 26.2 miles in the Vernonia Marathon in Vernonia, Ore., on April 8. Micah collected $1,400 in donations to benefit Make-A-Wish Foundation for the marathon effort.

April 17, 2017, 5:59am Clark County Health

At just 7 years old, Micah Snell has completed more marathons than the vast majority of adults. With 22 marathons under his belt and $48,000 raised for charities, Micah shows no signs of stopping. Read story

Author offers seminars on aging

April 13, 2017, 10:54am Clark County Health

A nationally known gerontologist and best-selling author is coming to Vancouver. Dr. Bill Thomas is bringing his ChangingAging tour to Clark County for two sessions, “Disrupt Dementia” and “Life’s Most Dangerous Game.” The seminars blend medical science, storytelling and live music to shatter damaging myths about aging. The event is… Read story

Hospice Southwest seeking volunteers for new program

April 12, 2017, 5:06pm Clark County Health

Hospice Southwest is looking for volunteers for a new program called No One Dies Alone. The program is for patients who are comfort care and expected to die within 24 to 48 hours. Program volunteers provide companionship during the dying process to patients who are alone. The new program will… Read story

Paul Adams, clockwise from left, talks with his mom, Nancy Peterson, Jaden Carey and her brother, Justin Carey, during a hospital visit at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center on Monday. Adams and Carey both lost a leg after allegedly being struck by drivers from the same family.

Men share eerily similar circumstances, pain

Paul Adams, clockwise from left, talks with his mom, Nancy Peterson, Jaden Carey and her brother, Justin Carey, during a hospital visit at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center on Monday. Adams and Carey both lost a leg after allegedly being struck by drivers from the same family.

April 10, 2017, 10:39pm Clark County Health

It was an eerily familiar scene before Justin Carey on Monday as he entered the hospital room at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center — only this time, the teen wasn’t the one lying in the bed. Read story

Declan Reagan, 5, right, plays with his twin brother, Adrian, during a bone marrow and blood donation event March 28 at The Nines hotel in Portland. Declan needs a lifesaving bone marrow transplant.

Declan’s determination: Beat cancer

Declan Reagan, 5, right, plays with his twin brother, Adrian, during a bone marrow and blood donation event March 28 at The Nines hotel in Portland. Declan needs a lifesaving bone marrow transplant.

April 10, 2017, 6:30am Clark County Health

At just 4 years old, Declan Reagan endured 79 high doses of chemotherapy, two surgeries and five bone marrow punctures and received 40 blood-product transfusions. Read story

Brian Tashima practices with his band, Second Player Score, at his home in east Vancouver on a recent Sunday. Second Player Score will appear during a book launch and benefit for Autism Empowerment on Saturday. Tashima is the author of a series of fantasy adventures about a heroic boy - a rock musician - who is on the autism spectrum.

Joel Suzuki series, now a trilogy, has superpowers

Brian Tashima practices with his band, Second Player Score, at his home in east Vancouver on a recent Sunday. Second Player Score will appear during a book launch and benefit for Autism Empowerment on Saturday. Tashima is the author of a series of fantasy adventures about a heroic boy - a rock musician - who is on the autism spectrum.

April 10, 2017, 6:03am Clark County Health

Power chords have never been more powerful than when they’re blasting out of Joel Suzuki’s guitar in waves of glowing color. Read story