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A. new study published in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging demonstrates that physical punishment disrupts brain activity and neurodevelopment.

Previous studies examined only male veterans for stroke occurrence.

While well tolerated, intravenous crenezumab did not reduce clinical decline in patients with early AD.

Melatonin shows promise, but hard evidence supporting its use overall is scarce.

Self-reported poor sleep quality is associated with greater Alzheimer disease biomarkers in adults older than 50 years without cognitive impairment, according to study findings published online in Brain Communications.

Anxiety, poor sleep, and pain catastrophizing are more common in women with migraine than in healthy women, according to a study published in The Journal of Headache and Pain.

Nonprescribed use of methamphetamine and alprazolam "more concerning" and less acceptable than nonprescribed use of psilocybin and ketamine.

The APOE4 gene, considered the strongest risk factor for Alzheimer disease (AD), alters the way cholesterol moves around the brain, which likely contributes to cognitive impairment associated with the disease.

A childhood diagnosis of ADHD may not improve quality of life in adolescence, suggest study findings published online in JAMA Network Open.