Vitamin E: What It Does and Why More Is Not Better
Vitamin E is a fat-soluble antioxidant that protects cell membranes, supports immune function, and helps keep blood vessels healthy. Adults need about 15 mg…
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Acibadem Health Blog
4,191 plain-language articles across 62 topics, symptoms explained, nutrition, lab results, medical technology and everyday wellbeing, written by Dr. Şule Eren, published daily by the group behind 45 hospitals and clinics in Türkiye, Bulgaria, Serbia, Netherlands and North Macedonia. For clinical guidance on a condition or procedure, see the Patient Guides.
Surgery or Targeted Radiotherapy for Early-Stage Lung Cancer: How the Choice Is Weighed
For early-stage non-small cell lung cancer, surgery to remove the affected lobe or segment is the standard first option for people who are fit…
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Why Do Most Eye Surgeries Share the Same Rules? Drops, No Rubbing, No Swimming, No Lifting
Most eye surgeries share the same recovery rules because they protect the same three vulnerabilities: a fresh wound in or on the eye, a…
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Fever, Pain or Low Urine Output After Hydronephrosis Treatment: When to Call Your Team
A mild, short-lived temperature in the first day after a ureteral stent or nephrostomy can occur, but a fever of 38°C (100.4°F) or higher,…
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Is Swelling After Ankle Arthroscopy Normal? What Helps and When to Call Your Team
Some swelling after ankle arthroscopy is expected and usually peaks in the first few days before easing over several weeks, because the joint is…
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Lifting, Bending and Sitting After Herniated Disc Surgery: Habits That Protect the Repair
After herniated disc surgery, most surgical teams ask patients to avoid lifting anything heavier than a light grocery bag, roughly 5 to 10 pounds,…
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What an Asthma Attack Feels Like, and How Dangerous It Is
An asthma attack usually feels like a tightening band around the chest, breathlessness that makes finishing a sentence hard, a whistling wheeze on the…
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Preparing for ESS: Treating Active Infection and Allergies Before Endoscopic Sinus Surgery
Preparing for endoscopic sinus surgery usually means arriving with the nose as calm as it can be. Surgeons commonly ask patients to settle any…
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Psoriasis and New Joint Pain: When It Is Time to See a Rheumatologist
People with psoriasis who develop new joint pain should ask for a rheumatology referral when the pain comes with joint swelling, morning stiffness lasting…
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Why Surgeons Wait a Year Before Revision Rhinoplasty: Swelling, Healing and the Right Timing
Most surgeons ask patients to wait roughly 12 months before revision rhinoplasty because that is how long the nose typically takes to finish healing.…
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Gynaecomastia Treatment as an International Patient: Stay Length, Garments and Flying Home
After gynaecomastia surgery abroad, most surgical teams ask patients to remain nearby for at least one to two weeks so wounds, drains and early…
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The Prolactin Test: Why Levels Fluctuate and How Testing Is Done Properly
Prolactin levels swing naturally with sleep, stress, meals, exercise, and nipple stimulation, so a single mildly elevated result often means little by itself. Proper…
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Electrolyte Powders: Who Needs Them, Who Does Not, and What to Look For on the Label
Most healthy adults eating regular meals do not need an electrolyte powder; water and food replace what they lose. A powder earns its place…
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Fecal Incontinence After Childbirth: Why It Happens and How Pelvic Floor Specialists Help
Fecal incontinence after childbirth usually happens because delivery stretches or tears the anal sphincter muscles or the nerves that control them, most often after…
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Why Neurologists Ask a Family Member to Attend Cognitive Disorder Visits, and How to Prepare
Neurologists ask a family member to attend cognitive disorder visits because memory or thinking problems can make it hard for a person to describe…
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Correlation vs Causation: The Health-Headline Trap, Explained
Correlation means two things tend to occur together; causation means one actually produces the other. Health headlines often blur the two because observational studies…
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Akkermansia: The ‘Next-Generation Probiotic’: What Human Data Show
Akkermansia muciniphila is a mucus-dwelling gut bacterium that is less abundant in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes. In mice it improves metabolism;…
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Oil Pulling: The Ancient Practice vs the Actual Evidence
Oil pulling, swishing edible oil in the mouth for 10 to 20 minutes, may modestly reduce plaque and mouth bacteria, according to a handful…
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