Health & Medicine

An internet discovery led a longtime Italian critical care nurse to visit Spokane to work with Marian Wilson, College of Nursing, to research the effects of therapeutic touch on patients.

WSU researchers have created more than a dozen drugs with the potential to curb smokers’ desire for nicotine by slowing how it is broken down in the body.

The air quality got significantly worse over the weekend on the Pullman and Spokane campuses. To help, some HVAC systems have been switched to recirculate.

John Stark, Puyallup Research & Extension Center, is working with the CDC to tackle diseases like West Nile Virus, Zika and Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever.

Foot and mouth disease is a highly infectious disease of cattle that is responsible for causing considerable nutritional and economic insecurity in many developing countries.

A military veteran pays tribute to the nurses with whom he worked during the Korean War with $1 million in commitments to WSU College of Nursing.

With temperatures shooting up to 110 degrees in parts of Washington state, people are at increased risk of suffering from heatstroke – the most serious of heat-related illnesses.

Zach Smith, a bedside nurse for six years and a WSU graduate, now is helping nurses keep track of their schedules, swap shifts, and share their availability.

A podcast exploring the intersection of healthcare and the environment is drawing national accolades.

How do people with chronic pain move from appropriate use of opioids to addiction? And what prompts them to seek addiction treatment?

WSU researchers have developed for the first time a machine-learning computer model to predict how cancer patients will fare from their treatment.

If you’re hoping to get the new shingles vaccine shot, join the crowd.

Overweight adults are more likely to suffer from chronic pain, according to a recent Washington State University study.

Adequate sanitation, clean water, and animals raised for food that are free from disease, provide a formula for healthier people, higher income, better education and overall well-being.

Engineers at WSU’s Laboratory for Atmospheric Research are using a computer modeling system to predict air pollution levels for the Pacific Northwest, including wildfire smoke.

WSU nursing graduate serves on world’s largest civilian hospital ship where more than 2,700 surgeries were performed during her time on board.