The Echocardiogram: What Heart Ultrasound Shows and What to Expect
An echocardiogram is a painless ultrasound scan that shows the heart's size, pumping strength, valve function, and blood flow in real time. Doctors order…
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Acibadem Health Blog
3,115 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.
Vitamin K2: The Bone-and-Artery Vitamin, Explained
Vitamin K2 activates proteins that bind calcium into bone and help keep it out of artery walls. Observational studies link higher K2 intake with…
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eGFR: The Kidney Percentage Everyone Over 40 Should Know
eGFR (estimated glomerular filtration rate) is a calculation from a routine blood test that estimates how well your kidneys filter waste, reported in mL/min/1.73…
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Lactose Intolerance and Hydrogen Breath Tests: How Diagnosis Really Works
Lactose intolerance is usually confirmed with a hydrogen breath test: you drink a measured lactose solution, then breathe into a device every 15 to…
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How to Detox Your Body: Meet the Organs Already Doing It
You do not need a cleanse to detox your body. Your liver, kidneys, lungs, skin, and gut already filter and remove waste and foreign…
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Can You Die from Pancreatitis? How Serious It Is
Yes, pancreatitis can be fatal, though most cases are not. Around 4 in 5 episodes of acute pancreatitis are mild and settle within about…
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What Endometriosis Looks and Feels Like: Symptoms, Pain Patterns and Warning Signs
Endometriosis is tissue similar to the womb lining growing outside the uterus, most often on the ovaries, pelvic lining, bowel or bladder. Inside the…
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Can You Get Chickenpox Twice? Reinfection, Shingles and Who Is at Risk
Yes, but it is uncommon. One bout of chickenpox usually leaves lasting immunity, and many reported second cases were actually misdiagnoses or shingles, which…
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Prostate Health: The Habits and Checks That Matter by Age
Prostate health depends largely on habits that also protect the heart: regular physical activity, a plant-forward diet, a healthy weight, and not smoking. Because…
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Sleep Stages: The 90-Minute Architecture of Your Night
Sleep unfolds in four stages, three non-REM stages (N1 light sleep, N2, and N3 deep sleep) plus REM, that repeat in cycles…
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Why Antibiotics Make You Tired: Common Causes and How to Recover Faster
Antibiotics can leave some people feeling tired, but fatigue is not a common direct effect of most antibiotics. The exhaustion usually comes from the…
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Pulse Oximeter: What Your Reading Means and Its Limits
A pulse oximeter estimates the oxygen saturation of your blood (SpO2) and shows your pulse rate. For most healthy adults, a normal SpO2 falls…
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Tumor Markers (CEA, CA-125, AFP): What They Screen and What They Cannot Prove
Tumor markers such as CEA, CA-125, and AFP are substances, usually proteins, measured in blood that can rise with certain cancers. Doctors use them…
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Why Do People Go to Turkey for Hair Transplants? The Real Reasons, Without the Hype
People travel to Turkey for hair transplants mainly because of price: all-inclusive packages often cost 50 to 80 percent less than comparable procedures in…
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What Sciatica Feels Like: Leg, Groin, Knee and Both Legs
Sciatica usually feels like a sharp, burning or electric pain that starts in the lower back or buttock and travels down the back of…
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Sprain vs Strain: Which One You Have and What to Do First
A sprain injures a ligament, the tough tissue that connects bones at a joint; a strain injures a muscle or the tendon that anchors…
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Hip Replacement Cost: The Honest Breakdown, Market by Market
A total hip replacement typically costs EUR 7,000-13,000 on the Turkish private market (our guide range for international patients is EUR 9,100-16,900), around GBP…
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Anxiety and the Gut: Diarrhoea, Nausea and Stomach Pain
Yes, anxiety can cause diarrhea. When the brain senses a threat, it signals the gut through the nervous system and stress hormones, which speeds…
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