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Kayla Christensen, right, and her mother, Kristi, both of Woodland, have a genetic mutation that makes them susceptible to breast cancer. Kristi was diagnosed with breast cancer when Kayla was a tween. Kayla, 25, underwent a preventive mastectomy so she wouldn&#039;t have to worry about receiving her own breast cancer diagnosis.

Woodland woman gets preventive mastectomy after BRCA gene test

Kayla Christensen, right, and her mother, Kristi, both of Woodland, have a genetic mutation that makes them susceptible to breast cancer. Kristi was diagnosed with breast cancer when Kayla was a tween. Kayla, 25, underwent a preventive mastectomy so she wouldn&#039;t have to worry about receiving her own breast cancer diagnosis.

October 9, 2016, 4:10pm Breast Cancer

Kayla Christensen was only a tween when her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer, but she remembers enough about the journey: the surgery to remove the cancerous tissue, the radiation, the chemotherapy, the sickness, the lost hair. Read story

Dr. Manish Champaneria performs breast reconstruction surgery, which can be seen in the reflection of his glasses, on a patient Sept. 12 at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver. The microsurgical reconstruction procedure, called deep inferior epigastric perforator flap, uses tissue from the abdomen to reconstruct the breast after a mastectomy.

Natural option for breast cancer patients

Dr. Manish Champaneria performs breast reconstruction surgery, which can be seen in the reflection of his glasses, on a patient Sept. 12 at PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center in Vancouver. The microsurgical reconstruction procedure, called deep inferior epigastric perforator flap, uses tissue from the abdomen to reconstruct the breast after a mastectomy.

October 9, 2016, 5:59am Breast Cancer

After having a cancerous tumor removed from her right breast, Mindy Lytle didn't want anything foreign in her body. Read story

A technician holds a bag of fresh blood during Bloodworks Northwest’s community picnic and blood drive at the group’s Vancouver donation center in August 2015.

Blood bank urges donations for Hurricane Matthew

A technician holds a bag of fresh blood during Bloodworks Northwest’s community picnic and blood drive at the group’s Vancouver donation center in August 2015.

October 6, 2016, 9:07pm Clark County Health

Bloodworks Northwest is urging local residents who want to help those impacted by Hurricane Matthew to roll up their sleeves and donate blood. Read story

Clark College hosts free Medicare class

October 6, 2016, 6:03am Clark County Health

Clark County's Mature Learning program will host a free session on navigating Medicare on Saturday. Read story

Free presentation on nutrition and multiple sclerosis

October 5, 2016, 1:18pm Clark County Health

A free event this month will educate the multiple sclerosis community about the benefits of anti-inflammatory eating. The event, “MS from All Angles,” is 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Oct. 13 at the Double Tree by Hilton, 1000 N.E. Multnomah St., Portland. A nutrition expert will discuss the benefits of anti-inflammatory… Read story

Legacy, GoHealth open third urgent care clinic

October 3, 2016, 4:25pm Business Briefs

Legacy Health and GoHealth Urgent Care have opened their third Clark County clinic. Read story

Stephanie Holladay of Portland, left, donated a kidney to Vancouver resident Scott Warren -- a man she had never met -- in May. Holladay heard about Warren&#039;s need for a kidney through his social media campaign to find a living donor.

Portland woman donates kidney to Vancouver man she didn’t know

Stephanie Holladay of Portland, left, donated a kidney to Vancouver resident Scott Warren -- a man she had never met -- in May. Holladay heard about Warren&#039;s need for a kidney through his social media campaign to find a living donor.

October 3, 2016, 6:00am Clark County Health

Stephanie Holladay had never considered organ donation, but a newspaper article and a Google search led the Portland woman to give a life-saving gift to a Vancouver man she had never met. Read story

Victoria Martin of Vancouver survived contracting Legionnaires&#039; disease at the University of Washington Medical Center.

Vancouver heart-transplant patient to sue over Legionnaires’ disease

Victoria Martin of Vancouver survived contracting Legionnaires&#039; disease at the University of Washington Medical Center.

September 28, 2016, 1:33pm Clark County Health

A 32-year-old Vancouver woman who struggled with heart failure for more than a decade received a lifesaving transplant this summer -- only to contract Legionnaires' disease during a deadly outbreak at the University of Washington Medical Center. Read story

A courtyard at Community Home Health &amp; Hospice in Vancouver in 2015.

Vancouver businessman donates $1 million for grief center

A courtyard at Community Home Health &amp; Hospice in Vancouver in 2015.

September 28, 2016, 10:53am Clark County Health

A Vancouver businessman donated $1 million toward the construction of a new grief support center in honor of his late wife. Read story

Holistic health care center opens in downtown

September 26, 2016, 4:22pm Business Briefs

A new multidisciplinary health care center in downtown Vancouver is holding a grand opening event this weekend. Read story