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Updates every hour. Last Updated: 11-Dec-2025 19:12 ET (12-Dec-2025 00:12 GMT/UTC)

Trigger warnings fall flat, but safe spaces build trust in the classroom

Flinders University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

A new study involving more than 700 university students found that trigger warnings do not make students feel more supported or positive toward instructors, despite being widely endorsed. Students who received trigger warnings before trauma-related lectures did not rate instructors as more trustworthy, caring, or open to controversial discussions.In contrast, 'in a safe space' messages had a clear positive impact.

Journal: Journal of Experimental Psychology
Funder: Harvard University

A new path for history graduates

Texas A&M University

A Texas A&M University professor emeritus believes adding a policy option to history programs would benefit graduate students and policymakers alike.

Rates of sports betting and problem gambling increased among monthly gamblers in Massachusetts in 2024

University of Massachusetts Amherst
Reports and Proceedings

In the latest online gambling surveys conducted by the University of Massachusetts Amherst, monthly gamblers in Massachusetts reported ongoing higher levels of sports betting, gambling intensity and gambling harms, with their attitudes toward gambling continuing to be more negative.

Funder: Massachusetts Gaming Commission

Los Angeles school district principals’ views on teacher hiring system vary widely

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, News Bureau
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Interviews with school principals in the L.A. Unified School District indicate that despite the centralized recruitment and screening process for teacher hiring, many principals use their own methods as well, such as word of mouth through teachers' networks, to recruit prospective applicants.

Journal: AERA Open
Funder: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The clinical practice guideline update on adult sinusitis emphasizes patient education, shared decision-making, and evidence-based treatment options

American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery
Peer-Reviewed Publication

The American Academy of Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) published the Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG): Adult Sinusitis Update today in Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery. The purpose of this multidisciplinary guideline is to identify quality improvement opportunities in managing adult sinusitis and to provide explicit and actionable guidance that can be implemented across all clinical practices.

Most US adults have hearts older than their actual age. How old is yours?

Northwestern University
Peer-Reviewed Publication

Most U.S. adults have a “heart age” several years older than their chronological age — sometimes by more than a decade. And that gap is wider among men and among those with lower incomes or education or who identify as Black or Hispanic, according to a new study led by Northwestern Medicine.

Journal: JAMA Cardiology

Mortality among surgeons in the United States

JAMA Network
Peer-Reviewed Publication

About The Study: Although nonsurgeon physicians have lower mortality rates than other highly educated professionals, this mortality benefit does not extend to surgeons. Because surgeons and nonsurgeon physicians have similar levels of health care knowledge and resources, higher mortality rates among surgeons might reflect differences related to work environment, professional demands, and lifestyle. The results of this study indicate that several causes of death (e.g., motor vehicle collisions), disproportionately affect surgeons, aligning with evidence that hazardous driving events associated with extended work hours are especially pronounced among surgeons.

Journal: JAMA Surgery

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