From 1995 to 1999, he was cochair of the Duke Law School Center for the Study of the Congress.

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The disease has been found in the brains of 33 of 34 former NFL players, including Duerson, studied at the Boston University School of Medicine Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy as of last May.

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Just under a third of students ages 12-18 reported being bullied in school in a recent study by the National Center for Education statistics.

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Fred Volkmar, director of the Child Study Center at the Yale University School of Medicine, who wasn't involved in the recent study, described one former patient who has a master's degree, goes to work and lives on his own, but every night he eats the same meal, canned fish, reads on the computer about software and then goes to bed.

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"This is a very exciting but preliminary study, " said Robert Stern, co-founder of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy at the Boston University School of Medicine.

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According to a 2004 study by the Center on Wrongful Convictions, at Northwestern University Law School, lying police and jailhouse informants are the leading cause of wrongful convictions in capital cases in the United States.

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Between 1972 and 2003, the number of students who jumped straight from high school to college increased to 64% from 49%, according to a 2005 study by the National Center for Education Statistics.

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