Mia McDermott is no stranger to isolation. Abandoned as an infant in China, she lived in an orphanage until a
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Peer support can help curb acute care for persons with depression and diabetes
A new study published by University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers shows that community health workers and peer support can
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Infants are more likely to learn when with a peer
Infants are more likely to learn from on-screen instruction when paired with another infant as opposed to viewing the lesson
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Parents’ explanations of peer interactions affect how children interpret peers’ behavior
Young children are more likely to behave aggressively if they think other children want to hurt them—for example, when they
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Researchers peer inside cells to spy on cancer’s on-off switch
Forty years after researchers first discovered it in fruit flies, a once-obscure cluster of proteins called PRC2 has become a
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Team leads study on peer recovery coaches for opioid use disorder
Boston Medical Center (BMC)’s Grayken Center for Addiction is leading a study on the impact of peer recovery coaches on
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