Summer 2024
Outdoor workers feeling the heat
WSU researchers seek ways to safeguard outdoor workers as the temperatures rise. » More ...
Health Sciences
Spring 2024
Cougs for Recovery: By light and by darkness
Cougs for Recovery is a harm reduction recovery program where Washington State University students come together to discuss sobriety and recovery issues.
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Cougs for Recovery (WSU Dean of Students)
Cougs for Recovery allows students to find recovery-education balance (Daily Evergreen, November 17, 2022)
Grant focuses on helping students in recovery (WSU Insider, February 21, 2021)
By Light & By Darkness: Cougs for Recovery Art Exhibition (October 2022)
Spring 2024
Treating with empathy
WSU faculty, alumni, and staff use empathy as they help with addiction, rural health care, and more. » More ...
Spring 2024
Rx care next door
Tyler Young takes care of his neighbors as owner of Vashon Pharmacy. » More ...
Spring 2024
A prescription for rural pharmacy
Washington State University’s Rural Health Initiative is a prescription to providing Rx care next door. » More ...
Spring 2024
Contingency management works, so why isn’t it being widely used?
A program that rewards people to avoid the behaviors they’re trying to quit has great potential for addiction. » More ...
Spring 2024
Understanding pain
WSU educates students from health sciences programs so that they have a common, basic understanding of chronic pain and opioid use. » More ...
Spring 2024
Substance use and addiction
Substance use disorders and addiction touch everyone’s life, and Washington State University researchers are treating the problems with empathy. » More ...
Spring 2024
How to talk about substance use
Messages to prevent and combat substance misuse must be crafted correctly. » More ...
Spring 2024
TikTok Rx: Youth turn to social media for health advice
Young people have lots of questions about diet, exercise, and sexual health. TikTok is one of their most trusted venues for finding out information.
“They’ll go to TikTok and ask questions,” says Nicole O’Donnell, assistant professor at Washington State University’s Edward R. Murrow College of Communication. “They’re learning about health mostly through other people’s stories rather than some of the traditional health information you might get online.”
But are they getting good health advice? In a recent study, O’Donnell analyzed health content on TikTok. Influencers with motivational stories were prevalent, while content from credentialed health providers was lacking.
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