The Solar Plexus: What It Actually Is (and Why a Blow There Winds You)
The solar plexus, known medically as the celiac plexus, is a dense network of nerves in the upper abdomen behind the stomach, roughly where…
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Acibadem Health Blog
463 plain-language articles across 34 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 Health Library.
The Mediastinum: The Crowded Space in the Middle of Your Chest
The mediastinum is the central compartment of the chest, sitting between the two lungs and stretching from the breastbone back to the spine. It…
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What a Neuropsychologist Does: How Cognitive Testing Answers Questions a Scan Cannot
A neuropsychologist is a doctoral-level psychologist who evaluates how brain health affects thinking, memory, attention, language, and behavior. Instead of imaging, they use standardized…
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Otolaryngology (ENT): What the Specialty Covers, From Hearing to Head-and-Neck Surgery
Otolaryngology is the medical and surgical specialty devoted to the ears, nose, throat, and related structures of the head and neck. Otolaryngologists — commonly…
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What a Nephrologist Does: The Kidney Specialist You Meet Long Before Dialysis
A nephrologist is a physician who specializes in kidney function and kidney disease. Nephrologists diagnose and manage chronic kidney disease, protein or blood in…
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MRCP Scan: The Non-Invasive Look at Bile Ducts That Replaced Diagnostic ERCP
An MRCP (magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography) test is a non-invasive MRI scan that creates detailed pictures of the bile ducts, gallbladder, and pancreatic duct without…
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Parathyroid Hormone: The Calcium Thermostat Behind Bone and Kidney Problems
Parathyroid hormone (PTH) is made by four small glands in the neck and keeps blood calcium within a narrow range by drawing calcium from…
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The BNP Blood Test: How One Number Helps Separate Heart from Lung Breathlessness
A BNP blood test measures B-type natriuretic peptide, a hormone the heart's pumping chambers release when they are stretched by pressure or fluid. In…
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Plastic Surgery for Men: What Is Actually Popular — and What a Daddy Makeover Includes
The most common plastic surgeries for men are gynecomastia (male breast reduction) surgery, liposuction, rhinoplasty, eyelid lifts, and neck or face lifts, with hair…
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Dorsum of the Foot: The Top of the Foot and What Pain There Usually Means
The dorsum of the foot is its top surface — the side you see when you look down, opposite the sole (the plantar side).…
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The Orbital Bone: The Eye Socket and the Fractures That Threaten Vision
The orbital bone is not a single bone but seven bones that together form the eye socket: the frontal, zygomatic, maxilla, ethmoid, sphenoid, lacrimal,…
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Spinal Stenosis: What Narrowing Means and When Surgery Is Considered
Stenosis means abnormal narrowing of a passage in the body. In spinal stenosis, the canal housing the spinal cord and nerves narrows — most…
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Elevated Troponin: Why It Does Not Always Mean a Heart Attack
An elevated troponin level means heart muscle cells have released this protein into the bloodstream, but it does not always signal a heart attack.…
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High Bilirubin: What It Says About the Liver, the Bile Ducts and the Blood
A high bilirubin level means the body is producing more bilirubin than the liver can process, or that processed bilirubin cannot drain through the…
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The Anion Gap: The Quiet Number That Tells Doctors How Your Blood Is Balanced
The anion gap is a calculated value from a routine blood panel that reflects the balance of electrically charged particles in your blood. Most…
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Pallor: What Genuine Paleness Points To — and What It Does Not
Pallor is an unusual lightening of the skin, inner eyelids, nail beds, or lips caused by reduced hemoglobin in the blood or reduced blood…
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Otorrhea (Ear Discharge): What the Colour and Timing Tell an ENT Surgeon
Otorrhea is the medical term for any fluid draining from the ear. Its color and timing help narrow the cause: yellow or green discharge…
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Ecchymosis: When a Bruise Is Ordinary and When It Is a Warning
Ecchymosis is the medical term for a flat bruise larger than about one centimeter, caused by blood leaking from small vessels under the skin.…
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