Food insecurity risk related to diabetes later in life
Young adults who were at risk of food insecurity had increased incidence of diabetes 10 years later, according to a WSU study.
Health & Medicine
Intense exercise while dieting may reduce cravings for fatty food
In a study that offers hope for human dieters, laboratory rats on a 30‑day diet who exercised intensely resisted cues for favored, high‑fat food pellets.
WSU pharmacy students training to fill rural health care gap
A $2.2 million gift to the College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will help support the inaugural class of pharmacists in a rural health care track.
Life-saving Narcan Nasal Spray available at Cougar Health Services pharmacy
The spray is designed to counteract the effects of an opioid overdose. The kits are free and available to everyone at the CHS pharmacy in Pullman.
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy helps treat opioid addiction
The therapy may help people being treated for opioid addiction reduce their methadone dose and better manage pain and withdrawal symptoms, according to two WSU‑led studies.
From computer to benchtop: WSU researchers find clues to new mechanisms for coronaviruses infections
New WSU research shows that a group of bat viruses related to SARS-CoV-2 can also infect human cells but uses a different and unknown entryway.
Nurses’ communication and driving skills suffer after 12‑hour night shifts
The WSU study found that night‑shift nurses got less sleep and were more fatigued by the end of their back-to-back shifts than were the day‑shift nurses.
Gift helps launch Rural Health Initiative at WSU
The $2.2 million gift to Washington State University’s College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences will help students focus on the health care needs of residents in rural Washington.
About 16% of couples are divided on vaccination
A small but significant portion of couples contain one partner who is vaccinated against COVID‑19 and another who is not, a WSU survey found.
Natural gas flares likely source of respiratory illness spike
WSU researchers found evidence of a causal link between natural gas flaring and increases in hospital visits for respiratory health in North Dakota up to 60 miles away from oil drilling sites.
