Health & Medicine

Affirming statements like ‘eat your lentils if you want to grow bigger and run faster’ are more effective at getting kids to make healthy food choices than simply presenting foods repeatedly without conversation.

The College of Veterinary Medicine has become the first in the nation with an accredited simulation training program developed for and devoted to veterinary care.

Celestina Barbosa-Leiker shared early results from an ongoing study investigating how opioid use disorder affects men and women differently at WSU Health Sciences’ Inland Northwest Research Symposium on April 23.

A new study led by a team of WSU neuroscientists has brought scientists closer to identifying the causes of disturbed sleep in autism.

In the first study of its kind, the researchers saw descendants of rats exposed to glyphosate developing prostate, kidney and ovarian diseases, obesity and birth abnormalities.

The approximately $2.3 million research effort is expected to radically improve dog vaccination delivery to address human rabies deaths in East Africa.

A new class developed by WSU faculty teaches health sciences students how to tackle some of the biggest problems in treating patients with opioid use disorder.

The researchers identified an important step in the progression of the body’s inflammatory response that may soon lead to effective management and treatments.

Experts have published a special issue of the international scientific journal Industrial Health focused on shift work and working time arrangements, providing information and practical guidance on key topics.

Largest‑ever study of children with Duarte galactosemia helps clear up conflicting findings from two earlier, smaller studies.  

With help from WSU, youth programs statewide are developing strategies for getting kids outdoors and away from their screens.

The director of Native American Health Sciences at WSU has strengthened partnerships between the university and regional tribes.

Treatment options for a rare, inherited disease are close to being available thanks to researchers at WSU’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences.

Molecular bioscience students often cannot see what they are studying. But, Erika Offerdahl is teaching them to overcome that challenge using graphs, cartoons, artist renderings, and visual literacy skills.

The Department of Nutrition and Exercise Physiology at WSU has received initial accreditation, meeting the standards of education in exercise science developed by leading professionals and organizations.

McKeirnan has made extraordinary contributions toward improving vaccination rates in communities — an issue very current in Washington state news.