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WSU researchers see popular herbicide affecting health across generations

By Eric Sorensen, WSU News PULLMAN, Wash. – First, the good news. Washington State University researchers have found that a rat exposed to a popular herbicide while in the womb developed no diseases and showed no apparent health effects aside from lower weight.

Reducing opioid use via online pain management focus of $2.5M study

 By Addy Hatch, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – Marian Wilson, an assistant professor at the WSU College of Nursing, is joining a team of scientists who’ll lead a federally funded, $2.5 million study investigating whether an online pain management program can help patients with chronic pain reduce or eliminate the amount of prescription opioids they […]

$1.77M NIH grant funds WSU professors’ smart-home technology research

By Addy Hatch, WSU Nursing SPOKANE, Wash. – An interprofessional team of scientists from Washington State University has landed a $1.77 million grant to research how “smart-home” technology can monitor the health and safety of senior citizens from afar.

New study to investigate role of sleep in chronic pain

By Judith Van Dongen, WSU Spokane SPOKANE, Wash. – Washington State University will lead a study to understand the relationship between sleep and chronic pain, part of a nationwide effort to address the rising abuse of opioid pain relievers and expand the arsenal of non-drug treatment options.

$10 million grant to study disease in native populations

By Doug Nadvornick, Elson S. Floyd College of Medicine SPOKANE, Wash. – A Washington State University researcher has received a $10 million grant to work with American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities to reduce health risks related to high blood pressure.