When Uremia Means Dialysis Cannot Wait: How Nephrologists Make the Call
Uremia requires dialysis when the buildup of waste products that failing kidneys can no longer clear starts to cause harm that medicines and diet…
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Acibadem Health Blog
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.
Proximal Fibular Osteotomy Recovery: From Crutches to Walking Unaided
Proximal fibular osteotomy recovery is usually shorter than recovery from high tibial osteotomy or knee replacement, because the knee joint itself is not cut.…
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Sudden Ringing in the Ear: What It Can Mean
Sudden ringing in the ear, called tinnitus, is most often triggered by loud noise, a blocked ear canal, a cold or sinus congestion, stress,…
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How to Prepare for a PET-CT Scan: Fasting, Blood Sugar Checks and What to Wear
To prepare for a PET-CT scan, most people are asked to stop eating for about six hours beforehand, drink only plain water, avoid sugar,…
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Living After Prostate Cancer Treatment: Urinary Control, Intimacy and Follow-Up Visits
Life after prostate cancer treatment usually settles into a new routine: regular PSA blood tests, gradual return of bladder control over weeks to months,…
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How to Tape a Knee: Step-By-Step Methods for Support, Pain Relief and Sport
To tape a knee, clean and dry the skin and bend the knee slightly. For front-of-knee pain, anchor rigid tape on the outer edge…
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How Facial Implants Are Placed: Chin, Cheek and Jaw Incision Sites, Pockets and Fixation
Facial implants are placed through short incisions hidden inside the mouth or under the chin, then slid into a precisely sized space, called a…
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Surgery or Dental Work With Hemophilia: How the Hematology Team Prepares in Advance
Before surgery or dental work, a person with hemophilia is usually seen by a hematology team weeks ahead of the date. The team measures…
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Can Type 1 Diabetes Be Reversed? What Research Shows and What Treatment Can Do
Type 1 diabetes cannot currently be reversed. It is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system destroys the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas,…
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Why Teeth Shift After Orthodontics and What Retreatment Involves
Teeth shifting after braces is common and usually gradual. The ligament and bone around each tooth take months to settle, gum fibers retain a…
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Living With Adrenal Insufficiency: Medical Alert ID, Sick-Day Plans and Endocrine Follow-Up
Living with adrenal insufficiency means replacing the cortisol the adrenal glands can no longer make, every day, and preparing for the days when the…
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H. pylori Testing: Breath, Stool and Blood Options Compared
Three noninvasive tests can detect H. pylori. The urea breath test and the stool antigen test both identify an active infection with roughly 95…
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Preparing for a Urology CT or MRI: Creatinine Checks, Contrast Allergies and Implants
Preparing for a urology CT or MRI usually means three things: a recent creatinine blood test to confirm your kidneys can handle contrast dye,…
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Dental Bone Graft Cost: When Grafting Is Needed and How It Changes Your Budget
In our guide range for international patients, a dental bone graft costs EUR 130-600 per site, compared with roughly GBP 200-1500 in the UK…
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Brown Noise: Why Half the Internet Sleeps to Static Now
Brown noise is a deep, steady sound whose energy is concentrated in low frequencies, so it rumbles like distant thunder or a waterfall rather…
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The Four Types of Renal Tubular Acidosis: How Each One Changes the Treatment Plan
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is grouped into four types by where the kidney tubule fails: type 1 (distal) cannot pump acid into urine, type…
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How Fibromyalgia Is Diagnosed (Is There a Test?)
Fibromyalgia is diagnosed clinically: there is no single blood test, scan, or biopsy that confirms it. A doctor takes a detailed history, checks that…
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Muscle Loss on GLP-1 Medicines: How Much Is Lean Mass and How to Protect It
On GLP-1 medicines such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, roughly 25 to 40 percent of the weight lost in trial body-composition substudies was lean mass,…
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