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Premera Blue Cross is working to improve patient safety, one brown paper bag at a time. Ten years ago, Premera launched it’s “polypharmacy” brown bag medication review program. The program is […]

Dr. Larry Kuhl of Delta Dental Service joined us last week for a live chat on Live Well about keeping teeth healthy during Halloween season. He offered some great tips, […]

Next Monday (Oct. 24) is national Food Day. Several local groups are celebrating the event by hosting events that promote healthy, affordable and sustainably produced food. Only one of those events […]

Women throughout the metro area will converge Wednesday for the seventh annual Go Red for Women luncheon. The event is from 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Wednesday at the Governor Hotel, […]

Live Well advisory board member James Welch (of One Team Kids) came up with a great idea in our bimonthly meeting at The Columbian yesterday. To inspire each other to […]

Camas High School football coach and area resident Dale Rule will walk for 24 consecutive hours to demonstrate the benefits of walking in combating childhood obesity and multiple sclerosis. Rule will […]

Cherry City Electric held its Third Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Sept. 26 at Royal Oaks Country Club. The proceeds from the tournament again benefited the PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center Foundation. […]

As part of The Columbian's new focus on health news, we've started to feature local bloggers on the Live Well site who are writing about health and fitness. Valerie Fender […]

This summer, The Columbian shared the story of Vancouver resident Chrisetta Mosley – the 39-year-old mother who was “turning childhood obesity upside-down” and had shed more than 150 pounds. The story […]