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A study in mice shows how a breakdown of the brain’s blood vessels may amplify or cause problems associated with Alzheimer’s disease. The results suggest that blood vessel cells called pericytes may provide novel targets for treatments and diagnoses.

Skepticism about repressed traumatic memories has increased over time, but new research shows that psychology researchers and practitioners still tend to hold different beliefs about whether such memories occur and whether they can be accurately retrie…

Children get plenty of benefits from music lessons- learning to play an instrument can be a great outlet for a child’s creativity, and the repeated practice can teach much-needed focus and discipline. What’s more, the payoff, whether it’s learning a ne…

Repeated blows to the head during a season of contact sports may cause changes in the brain’s white matter and affect cognitive abilities even if none of the impacts resulted in a concussion, according to a study published in the journal Neurology.

A new book by Murray Straus, founder and co-director of the Family Research Lab and professor emeritus of sociology at the University of New Hampshire, brings together more than four decades of research that makes the definitive case against spanking, …

Poverty may have direct implications for important, early steps in the development of the brain, saddling children of low-income families with slower rates of growth in two key brain structures, according to researchers from the University of Wisconsin…

An international team has identified a new disease related to NKH, a finding that resolves previously baffling cases, including the death of a Colorado girl.

The rate of residents gaining health coverage is greatest in the states embracing the federal health care law than in those whose leaders have resisted it.

Up to a fifth of U.S. service members who served in Iraq and Afghanistan have come home with a blast-related concussion or post-traumatic stress disorder, or both.

Cumulative hits to the head during one season of football or hockey could leave a lasting impact on the brain and cognitive abilities, a new study suggests.