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Is it just me, or has there been some strange health stories in the news lately? Health reporters have provided quite a few entertaining stories during the last week or so. […]

Are you happy with your weight? Nearly three-quarters of Americans aren’t. Fitness Magazine and Yahoo! Shine asked 2,000 men and women a variety of questions related to weight perceptions and body image. The […]

Last month, I wrote a story about a 70-year-old Vancouver man, Jim Scheer, who had completed more than 330 marathons. The marathon man ran his first race, a 4.8-miler through the […]

Bad news for those still searching and hoping for a magic pill to make body fat disappear: It doesn’t exist. Melinda Manore, an Oregon State University researcher, reviewed the evidence surrounding […]

The Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research released a study this week examining the side effects of the HPV vaccine. Researchers surveyed about 900 girls and young women, ages 11 to […]

Would you ever travel outside of the United States for medical treatment? If the answer is yes, you’re among the ¼ of the U.S. population who said they would consider crossing […]

Spring has sprung and what better way to celebrate than with a fun run? Here are some of the upcoming runs in Clark County and Portland: April 1: Race for the Roses, 5K, […]

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention isn’t pulling any punches when it comes to smoking. The CDC recently launched a series of powerful public service announcements warning of the […]