1,881 plain-language articles across 61 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.
Gum disease and diabetes affect each other in both directions. High blood sugar weakens the gums' defenses and feeds bacteria, so periodontitis develops more…
Bronchitis treatment for the common acute form is mostly about comfort and time: rest, fluids, and relief of cough and aches while the airway…
To improve REM sleep, protect total sleep time: REM concentrates in the final hours before waking, so sleeping seven to nine hours matters most.…
Limb lengthening recovery time is measured in months. Bone is separated at roughly one millimeter a day, so five centimeters takes about seven weeks…
During ankle arthroscopy, a surgeon makes two or three small incisions called portals around the ankle, fills the joint with sterile fluid, and inserts…
Laser lithotripsy recovery time is usually short in the sense that most people go home the same day and return to light routines within…
Skin prick tests and blood tests both look for IgE antibodies to specific foods, but neither confirms a food allergy by itself. Skin tests…
Doctors decide between lifestyle care and testosterone replacement by first confirming low testosterone on at least two morning blood tests, then matching the result…
Ozempic (semaglutide) does not appear to harm bone directly; randomized trials and pooled analyses of GLP-1 medicines show no clear rise in fractures. The…
Full mouth reconstruction usually unfolds over several months to more than a year rather than in a single procedure. Planning takes weeks, gum and…
Yes, a hemorrhoid can burst, but only a specific kind: an external hemorrhoid in which a blood clot has formed (a thrombosed hemorrhoid). The…
A fever during leukemia treatment is treated as urgent because chemotherapy and the disease itself lower neutrophils, the white blood cells that fight bacteria,…
Pancreatic cancer treatment by stage is decided less by the stage number than by whether a surgeon can remove the tumor completely. Resectable tumors…
Hand fillers and fat transfer both restore lost volume on the back of the hand, but they suit different people. Fillers are an office…
Decades of research and repeated regulatory reviews indicate aspartame is safe for most people at typical intakes. In 2023, one WHO agency labeled it…
Most epilepsy myths do not survive contact with the evidence. Flashing lights trigger seizures in only a small minority of people with epilepsy, roughly…
Scoliosis surgery in adults usually aims to relieve nerve pain, restore balance and stop a wearing spine from worsening, while surgery in teens aims…
A full eye examination usually moves through a set order: a conversation about your health and symptoms, a letter-chart test of sharpness, refraction to…
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