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Released: 9-Dec-2016 1:35 PM EST
WashU Expert: Economic stress played role in increasing U.S. death rate
Washington University in St. Louis

Greater stress and anxiety resulting from economic insecurity may be at least partly to blame for the U.S. death rate that the government announced Dec. 8 has increased for the first time in a decade, says an expert on poverty and inequality at Washington University in St. Louis.“For the first time since 1993, the overall life-expectancy rate in the United States last year actually went down, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,” said Mark Rank, the Herbert S.

Released: 30-Nov-2016 8:30 AM EST
Aaron Cooper, PhD, Available to Discuss Healthy Sexting
Family Institute at Northwestern University

Research is pointing to something called healthy sexting — a vehicle for enhancing the amorous dimensions of loving relationships.

Released: 21-Nov-2016 1:05 PM EST
Vanderbilt Expert Predicted Rise of White Nationalism in 2002
Vanderbilt University

Vanderbilt University political scientist Carol Swain predicted the rise of the white nationalism, seen by many as the foundation of the alt-right movement, 14 years ago in her book, The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration. “The alt-right is not a new development. It is an effort to rebrand the white nationalism I described in 2002, as a more intellectual movement that uses social science data, rhetoric and civil rights laws to advance its agenda,” Swain, professor of political science and of law, says.



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