Rahul Shrivastav, professor and chair of MSU’s Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, is working on a way to detect the disease earlier in patients by measuring a lesser known symptom: a change in speech.

Parkinson’s disease is a neurological disorder that affects a half million people in the United States, with about 50,000 newly diagnosed cases each year. There is no cure and, until now, no reliable method for detecting the disease. But an MSU research team has developed an innovative detection method that is a major breakthrough in diagnosing Parkinson’s in early stages—the point at which treatment to control symptoms is most effective.

The U.S. Army has put an MSU physician in charge of its efforts to keep soldiers and civilians healthy.

The announcement by actress Angelina Jolie that she had a double mastectomy has put a spotlight on the genetics behind breast cancer, and could even have implications for a pending Supreme Court case. MSU experts are available to sort out the science behind Jolie’s decision, what it has to do with coming high court ruling and what women need to know about their genes and breast cancer.

“She was fine yesterday,” the mother repeats in a state of shock and disbelief.

Mosquitoes are deadly efficient disease transmitters. Research conducted at MSU, however, demonstrates that they also can be equally adept in curing diseases such as malaria.

The journey of six women from the state of Michigan who decided to swim the English Channel in effort to raise money and awareness for ALS research (Lou Gehrig's Disease). The team, comprised of Spartans, Wolverines, and others, swam for Bob Schoeni, a professor at U of M, who was diagnosed with ALS in 2008.

Men who experience high levels of sexual harassment are much more likely than women to induce vomiting and take laxatives and diuretics in an attempt to control their weight, according to a surprising finding by MSU researchers.

Researchers at MSU have identified a test that can determine which children with malaria are likely to develop cerebral malaria, a much more life-threatening form of the disease.

Just days after her May 3 graduation from the MSU College of Veterinary Medicine, Erica Ward will be on a plane, heading for the Elephant Nature Park in Thailand’s Chiang Mai province where she’s been hired as a veterinarian.