As states around the country move to stiffen punishments for animal cruelty, MSU researchers have found a correlation between the types of animal abuse committed and the perpetrator’s relationship to an animal and its owner.  

MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine student Taran Silva has been named the 2019 National Student DO of the Year by the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine, or AACOM.

Peer approval is the best indicator of the tendency for new college students to drink or smoke. This new finding is key to help universities address the problems of underage or binge drinking, said Nancy Rhodes, professor and lead author of the study published in the journal Health Education and Behavior.

From the outside, stuttering seems simple. From the inside, stuttering is vastly more complex. Why some recover from stuttering while others don’t remains a mystery — one that has brought determined and curious researchers to the Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders at MSU.

When it comes to advancing social status, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know – for humans and spotted hyenas alike.

The liver is the only organ in the body that can regenerate. But some patients who undergo a liver resection end up needing a transplant because the renewal process doesn’t work. An MSU study, published in the journal Blood, shows that the blood-clotting protein fibrinogen may hold the key as to why this happens.

Her voice bellows to the other small children across the landscape of the nature-based playground. Her classmates kick at dirt and hop across stumps. With a wide sweep of her arm, she urges them to come and try her McDonald’s hamburgers.

MSU researchers are exploring the role cannabis plays in improving brain health and treating diseases such as HIV/AIDS, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s.

A new study, involving a Michigan State University epidemiologist, has found another healthy benefit to exercising…making better dietary choices.

A Michigan State University researcher is hoping to make a connection between pesticides, olfactory impairment and early symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases among aging farmers using a $5M grant from NIH.