December 3, 2018
Paid maternity leave improves the psychological well‑being of working mothers and their children, study indicates.
Health & Medicine
November 29, 2018
The solution to insomnia may be easier and safer than sleep medications, which can have serious side effects including addiction, daytime sleepiness, depression, memory loss.
November 28, 2018
Genes and other genetic variations that appear to be involved in cancerous tumors shrinking in Tasmanian devils have been discovered by WSU scientists.
November 9, 2018
Tech. Sgt. Angela Brown, Washington Air National Guard 141st Medical Group, is on track to get her nursing degree from WSU in December.
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November 7, 2018
A new study by WSU researchers suggests that a protein called CDK2 plays a critical role in heart damage caused by doxorubicin, a commonly used chemotherapy drug.
November 5, 2018
WSU researchers examine effects of cannabis use during pregnancy.
November 2, 2018
Andra Davis, assistant professor at WSU College of Nursing in Vancouver, seeks to measure nursing students’ understanding of palliative care.
October 31, 2018
Star-shaped brain cells called astrocytes appear to play an essential role in sleep, scientists with the WSU Sleep and Performance Research Center are finding.
October 31, 2018
Leroy Hood, co‑founder of the Institute for Systems Biology, will give a presentation titled “Systems Medicine, Personalized Health Care and Community Health.”
October 30, 2018
Greater emphasis on focused therapy and walk‑in counseling, along with the availability of an after-hours crisis support hotline, has helped reduce wait lists even as student need continues growing.
October 25, 2018
Funding for the new Native Alzheimer’s Disease-Related Resource Center in Minority Aging comes from a $2.8 million five‑year grant from the National Institute on Aging.
October 24, 2018
Project aims to shift long-term care of mental illness away from Washington’s two state hospitals into smaller regional facilities.
October 15, 2018
Initial accreditation allows the college to begin developing and sponsoring residency and fellowship training programs.
October 10, 2018
In many global regions, when a cow or sheep gets sick, it can severely affect a farm family’s herd, human health, education and finances for years.
October 5, 2018
New research suggests that even a small exposure to cocaine can fundamentally alter a delicate molecular net that surrounds brain cells associated with addiction.
October 4, 2018
Get your flu shot early, says Cougar Health Services, because it will take up to two weeks for antibodies to develop.
September 28, 2018
A College of Nursing graduate student has helped bring the first needle-exchange program to Grant County, Washington.
September 27, 2018
Researchers have developed an implantable, biofuel-powered sensor that runs on sugar and can monitor a body’s biological signals.
September 21, 2018
National Institutes of Health awards WSU a $1.2 million, five-year grant to increase rural Washington students entering biomedical careers.
September 12, 2018
The discovery marks a new way to fight sepsis, a systemic inflammatory response that can cause organ failure.