Home Treatment Home treatment for dementia involves teamwork among health professionals and caregivers to create a safe and comfortable environment and to make tasks of daily living as easy as possible. A diagnosis of dementia can create fe...

What Happens How quickly dementia progresses depends on what is causing it and the area of the brain that is affected. Some types of dementia progress slowly over several years. Other types may progress more rapidly. If vascular dementia is...

Is this topic for you? Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. This topic focuses on other conditions that cause dementia. For more information on Alzheimer’s, see the topic Alzheimer's Disease . What is dementia? We a...

Introduction Depression is an illness that makes a person feel sad and hopeless much of the time. It's different than feeling a little sad or down. Depression can be treated with counseling or medicine, or both. Positive thinking also can h...

What Happens Normally, the lining of the uterus (endometrium) builds up and then sheds every month. You know this shedding as menstrual bleeding. In most cases of endometrial cancer , the endometrium has built up, or thickened, and has stay...

Is this topic for you? This topic is for women who want to learn about or have been diagnosed with dysfunctional uterine bleeding (DUB). It is related to changes in hormone levels. If you don't know what kind of bleeding you have, see the t...