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Doctors taking steps to ensure health instructions are clear
What a physician says and what a patient hears can be two different things, especially for those among the nearly ...
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Heart screenings increasingly vital for student athletes
The loss of two young athletes and the near-death of a third student have raised the visibility of sudden cardiac ...
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Budget proposal would eliminate health funding, allow local sales tax increase | February 22
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Hospice hearing draws a crowd | February 22
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Several arrested at local protest of state home-care service cuts
A dozen protesters affiliated with the Service Employees International Union occupied the state Office of Administrative Hearings in Vancouver Tuesday ...
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Care providers clash at hearing on proposed hospice center | February 21
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County approves additional loans to Lifeline
County's largest inpatient substance abuse facility to remain open.
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Live chat Friday: Should teen athletes be screened for heart conditions? | February 21
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State denies Medicaid provider’s appeal | February 21
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Nonprofits feel squeezed by rent at county building
The Board of Clark County Commissioners’ emergency loan to Lifeline Connections didn’t just save a private nonprofit that offers essential ...
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Public hearing set for proposed hospice center | February 20
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Camas School District offers free screenings | February 20
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Bj Babcock, a woman born with a congenital heart defect, is local coordinator for WomenHeart in Clark County. She and co-coordinator, Felida resident Leslea Steffel-Dennis, a senior citizen, who in 2010 became a heart disease survivor, work within our community through monthly support meetings, presentations, health fairs and collaboration with Vancouver clinics and community organizations.
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Health News
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State denies Medicaid provider’s appeal
The state Health Care Authority has declined Columbia United Providers’ appeal to continue serving 47,000 Clark County Medicaid patients.
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Nonprofits feel squeezed by rent at county building
The Board of Clark County Commissioners’ emergency loan to Lifeline Connections didn’t just save a private nonprofit that offers essential public services, a specific finding made by commissioners to justify the loan.
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Public hearing set for proposed hospice center
A public hearing Tuesday will help the Department of Health weigh whether a second hospice center is needed in Clark County.
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Camas School District offers free screenings
The Camas School District is offering free screening tests Wednesday for children between the ages of 3 and 5 who live inside the district.
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Sherri McMillan's New Year, new you: Week five
Week five of an eight-week fitness program from Sherri McMillan, owner of Vancouver-based Northwest Personal Training.
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Doctors taking steps to ensure health instructions are clear
What a physician says and what a patient hears can be two different things, especially for those among the nearly half of the U.S. adult population with low health literacy.
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Heart screenings increasingly vital for student athletes
As the PeaceHealth Southwest Heart & Vascular Center and the Quinn Driscoll Foundation prepare to host our fourth “Young Champions” Student Athlete Screening Clinic, recent cases of sudden cardiac arrest weigh heavy on our hearts and minds.
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Effort to change drug take-back program falls short
Efforts to require pharmaceutical companies to pay for safe medicine disposal in Washington have fallen short.
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Health Worker Report
The Health Professions Quality Assurance office of the state Department of Health recently took disciplinary actions or has withdrawn charges against these Clark County health care providers.
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