SPOKANE, Wash. – Joshua Neumiller, pharmacotherapy associate professor at the Washington State University College of Pharmacy, recently was appointed to serve a two-year term on the American Diabetes Association’s Professional Practice Committee.
By Lori Maricle, College of Pharmacy
SPOKANE, Wash. – Obstetrics (OB) specialist and alumna Alyson Blum is a new clinical assistant professor for the doctor of pharmacy program at Washington State University Health Sciences Spokane.
By Rebecca Phillips, University Communications science writer
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University scientists have shown that berries, grapes and other fruits convert excess white fat into calorie-burning beige fat, providing new strategies for the prevention and treatment of obesity.
By Linda Weiford, WSU News
PULLMAN, Wash. – If you think Thanksgiving dinner can pack on the pounds, consider the grizzly bears at Washington State University that eat the equivalent of three such feasts daily during the weeks leading to hibernation. After nearly doubling their weight, they take a winter-long nap – only to wake up trim and perfectly healthy in early spring.
By E. Kirsten Peters, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
PULLMAN, Wash. – “Eat right and exercise.” It’s good advice. But millions of Americans struggle every day to live up to our hopes regarding diet and activity.
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State University Extension will offer a diabetes prevention program at nine locations throughout the state. And it will team with the state healthcare authority to host three free diabetes screening events: Nov. 4 and 19 at WSU Pullman and Dec. 4 at WSU Vancouver.
By E. Kirsten Peters, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
PULLMAN, Wash. – It’s astonishing to think about, but when my grandfather was born one in five children didn’t live to see their fifth birthday, in large part due to endemic and epidemic diseases. Today that’s all changed.
By Lorraine Nelson, College of Pharmacy
SPOKANE, Wash. – The National Science Foundation has awarded three years of research support to two doctoral students in the College of Pharmacy at the Washington State University health sciences campus in Spokane.
By E. Kirsten Peters, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences
PULLMAN, Wash. – I’ve gained 5 pounds since last summer. My body mass index is still fine, but I need to stop gaining to keep it that way.
SPOKANE, Wash. – A semi-retired professor of pharmacy at Washington State University was presented the 2014 Distinguished Services Award from the Washington Association of Diabetes Educators at their annual meeting in Seattle on March 22.