infant health

June 1, 2015

Device would measure pain in premature infants

By Lorraine Nelson, WSU Spokane and Angie Funaiole, Office of Commercialization SPOKANE, Wash. – The ability to measure pain in premature infants could help prevent them from developing tragic disabilities, says a researcher at Washington State University Spokane who just received a $235,000 grant from the state Life Sciences Discovery Fund for his work in […]

developmental disabilities, disabilities, infant health, Nursing, pain, premature infant

January 30, 2014

Saving babies: WSU leads study of health, lactation

By Joanna Steward, College of Arts and Sciences PULLMAN, Wash. – Working with colleagues from 12 institutions around the globe, two Washington State University researchers are leading the first comprehensive international study of human lactation and milk composition.

anthropology, babies, baby, biology, cultural studies, culture, developing world, infant health, infant mortality, interdisciplinary research, Lactation, maternal influence, microbiome, nutrition, society