Dementia is a mental disorder that includes memory impairment and at least one of the following: difficulty speaking, impaired movement, and inability to plan and initiate appropriate behaviors socially or at work. Dementia usually occurs in elderly people. It is rare in children. Approximately 2 to 4 percent of the population over age 65 has [...]

St. John’s Wort is often used as a herbal treatment for depression. Numerous studies report St. John’s Wort to be more effective than placebo and equally effective as tricyclic antidepressant drugs in the short-term treatment of mild-to-moderate major depression (1-3 months). It is not clear if St. John’s wort is as effective as selective serotonin [...]

Diabetes mellitus results when your body doesn’t adequately regulate the sugar levels in your blood. More than a half million new cases are diagnosed in the U.S. each year. Up to 50 percent of the people who have diabetes do not know it. It affects people of all ages, races, and income levels. There are [...]

Depression, also called unipolar mood disorder, is characterized by depression symptoms that last at least two weeks. It affects emotions, thinking, behavior, and physical well-being. It occurs most often in people between the ages of 25 and 44. Depression is rated in terms of severity (mild, moderate, severe) and is classified by how frequently it [...]