health

Programs benefit as health management joins nursing

By Alli Benjamin, College of Nursing SPOKANE, Wash. – Enhanced graduate education and collaboration in nursing and health management will result now that the Department of Health Policy & Administration (HPA) at Washington State University is part of the WSU College of Nursing.

Vaccine skeptics aren’t swayed by emotional scare tactics

By Darin Watkins, Edward R. Murrow College of Communicaton PULLMAN, Wash. – On the heels of a nationwide measles outbreak comes a report that campaigns aimed at scaring people about the consequences of non-vaccination might not be as effective as many think. An upcoming article in the journal Communication Research challenges the popular assumption that […]

Oct. 13: Health careers focus of WSU expo

By Steve Nakata, Administrative Services PULLMAN, Wash. – Representatives will talk with students and others interested in health careers at the free, public Health Careers EXPO 4-6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 13, in the CUB junior ballroom at Washington State University. Refreshments will be available.

Rock Doc: A light fast twice per week

By E. Kirsten Peters, College of Agricultural, Human & Natural Resource Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – It certainly sounded like a fad to me. A while ago I caught a program on public television about a medical doctor in Great Britain. Dr. Michael Mosley, like millions in both that country and in the U.S., found that […]