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SPOKANE, Wash.— Ruth Bindler, professor for the College of Nursing at Washington State University, will now have additional time to focus on her research on childhood obesity thanks to the receipt of WSU’s Cougar Gold Scholar Award. The new award program, established by the Office of the Provost, gives leading scholars the opportunity for extended and concentrated scholarly work over a period of three academic years.
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PULLMAN, Wash. -- College of Pharmacy Professors R. Keith Campbell and John R. White are co-authors of a new book for the American Diabetes Association titled, “Medications for the Treatment of Diabetes.”
The ADA calls the 548-page book “The Most Authoritative Guide to Diabetes Therapeutics Available.” It was printed by the publishers of the Physicians’ Desk Reference – Thomson Reuters of Montvale, New Jersey.
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PULLMAN, Wash.—Washington State University professors Bruce Becker and Kasee Hildenbrand have established the nation’s first institute for aquatics and sports medicine at the WSU Pullman campus.
Temporarily located in Bohler Gym, the National Aquatics & Sports Medicine Institute hopes to blaze a trail in aquatic activity research and its effects on health maintenance and recovery. It also will provide research opportunities for both graduate and undergraduate students as well as support for athletes and students in general.
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SPOKANE , Wash.– Two Washington State University researchers will receive $300,000 over three years to test a novel system for empowering nurses to quickly and accurately identify and resolve medication-related problems for patients transferring from hospital to home care.
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Has it spread? That has been one of the questions cancer patients most fear to ask—and one their doctors find most difficult to answer. It can be very hard to tell whether cancerous cells have spread from a tumor into other tissues; and once a cancer spreads from its original site, the patient’s odds of survival go way down.
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PULLMAN, Wash.—A team of Washington State University scientists has devised a method that could lead to the development of vaccines against some of the most troubling infectious diseases we face—diseases that have so far been difficult or impossible to vaccinate against.
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Human beings have faced new diseases, and more deadly forms of old diseases, all through history. Today fears of an epidemic are on the rise, fueled by reports of exotic infections and antibiotic-resistant "super bugs." Despite sophisticated modern techniques for tracking killer pathogens, figuring out where the next deadly disease will come from--and how to stop it--is not a simple task.
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Researchers have long observed significant differences in normal people’s sleep. Some are light sleepers, whereas others sleep deeply. Some fall asleep right away, while others take their time.
