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If you want to know how to stop school shootings, ask the Secret Service

  • Written by Jeff Daniels, Professor of Counseling, West Virginia University
The U.S. Secret Service released a study of school shootings in 2002.David Stuart Productions/Shutterstock.com

While President Donald Trump has not shied away from offering suggestions on how to prevent school shootings – including one controversial idea to arm teachers – what often gets overlooked in the conversation is research on the...

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How your brain is wired to just say ‘yes’ to opioids

  • Written by Paul R. Sanberg, Senior Vice President for Research, Innovation & Knowledge Enterprise, University of South Florida
A Philadelphia man, who struggles with opioid addiction, in 2017.AP Photo/Matt Rourke

The mid-1980s was the era of cocaine and marijuana, when “Just Say No” was the centerpiece of the war on drugs and the government’s efforts to stem drug use and addiction. Since then, prescription opioids have become the nation’s drug...

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How Olympic athletes grapple with life once the thrill is gone

  • Written by Edward Etzel, Professor of Sport and Exercise Psychology, West Virginia University

Hundreds of Winter Olympians around the world are saying farewell to the thrill of a lifetime. While a handful will leave as delighted medal winners, the majority leave empty-handed.

Whether they won the medal or not, some find themselves navigating uncharted waters into an uncertain future. In many cases, they’ve trained and devoted...

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Loneliness is bad for your health

  • Written by Jed Magen, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, Michigan State University
Social isolation is linked to increased blood pressure and depression.Mindmo/shutterstock.com

Imagine a 65-year-old woman who sees her physician frequently for a variety of aches and pains. She might complain of back pain on one visit, headaches another time, and feeling weak on the next. Each time, her physician does a physical exam and runs the...

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Understanding the US political divide, one word cloud at a time

  • Written by Michael Carolan, Professor of Sociology and Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Affairs, College of Liberal Arts, Colorado State University
In a divided United States, how can we describe who is on each side?from www.shutterstock.com

America’s political divide goes by many names – rural-urban, blue-red, metro-non-metro and left-right. We are told it is bad and that it is only getting worse, thanks to phenomena like fake news, economic uncertainty and the migration of young...

Read more: Understanding the US political divide, one word cloud at a time

Why Trump's idea to arm teachers may miss the mark

  • Written by Aimee Huff, Assistant Professor, Marketing , Oregon State University
Research shows that carrying a gun for self-defense comes with a host of risks.Shutterstock.com

President Donald Trump’s proposal to arm teachers has sparked substantial public debate.

As researchers of consumer culture and lead authors of a recent study of how Americans use and view firearms for self-defense, we argue that while carrying a...

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Mental illness and gun laws: What you may not know about the complexities

  • Written by Arash Javanbakht, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Wayne State University
Students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School visiting the Florida Legislature on Feb. 21, 2018, to discuss gun control and mental illness. AP Photo/Gerald Strong

Every time the country is shaken by a tragic mass shooting and the loss of innocent lives, the same debates are repeated. Besides sending thoughts and prayers for the victims, a...

Read more: Mental illness and gun laws: What you may not know about the complexities

Plague bacteria may be hiding in common soil or water microbes, waiting to emerge

  • Written by David Markman, PhD Candidate, Colorado State University
Children at a school in Antananarivo, Madagascar, during a plague outbreak, Oct. 3, 2017. AP Photo/Alexander Joe, File

Plague is a highly contagious disease that has killed millions of people over the past 1,400 years. Outbreaks still sporadically occur in as many as 36 countries worldwide. Perhaps one of the greatest remaining mysteries...

Read more: Plague bacteria may be hiding in common soil or water microbes, waiting to emerge

Here's how we can make going to college smoother for students who've been in foster care

  • Written by John R. Seita, Associate Professor of Social Work, Michigan State University
Can campus-based support programs boost to graduation rates for former foster youth?Shutterstock.com

Young people who’ve been in foster care face some challenging circumstances, but they still hope to go to college just like their peers.

For example, 84 percent of the 17- and 18-year-olds in foster care in one survey indicated that they wanted...

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Washington has meddled in elections before

  • Written by William M. LeoGrande, Professor of Government, American University
Violeta Chamorro President of Nicaragua meets with former President Bush in the Oval Office at the White House in 1992.AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite

“They have no damn right,” former Vice President Joe Biden said on Feb. 16, denouncing Russia’s interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

“It’s our sovereign...

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