Health & Medicine

New WSU research shows women who are pregnant or breastfeeding are getting information on using cannabis from the retail marijuana workers known as budtenders.

The Spokane Native American Health Sciences program is steadily increasing the number of Native students and programs.

New technology being developed at WSU could improve the lives of people with disabilities who rely on smart technology for everyday tasks.

The WSU discovery could enable doctors to quickly determine which antibiotics will or won’t work for a patient’s life-threatening infection.

Relaxing limits on take‑home doses of the medication used to treat opioid addiction does not appear to lead to worse treatment outcomes, according to a WSU‑led study.

WSU Regents Professor of Pathology and Infectious Diseases Guy Palmer serves as chair of the national committee.

The public affairs network delved into the origins and mission of the College of Medicine in a segment that also is available for viewing online.

In a WSU survey of new college students leaving pets at home, 75% experienced some level of pet separation anxiety—with one in four reporting moderate to severe symptoms.

College students tended to minimize grief they felt from missing out on life experiences because they were not as big a loss as a death.

In the days leading up to National First-Generation Day on Nov. 8, the WSU Insider is featuring first-generation students, faculty, and staff on each of the university’s campuses.