Chamomile Tea Benefits: What the Calming Cup Can and Can’t Do
Chamomile tea may modestly ease mild anxiety, help you unwind before bed, and calm an unsettled stomach, based mostly on small clinical studies of…
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Acibadem Health Blog
830 plain-language articles across 59 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.
Spirulina Benefits: Algae Under the Microscope of Evidence
Spirulina is a nutrient-dense blue-green alga with genuine but modest evidence behind it. Small human trials suggest it may help lower total cholesterol, LDL,…
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Metacarpal Bones: The Hand Fractures Surgeons See Most
Metacarpals are the five long bones of the palm, linking the wrist to the fingers, and they account for roughly a third of all…
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Travel Insurance for Surgery Abroad: What Policies Cover — and Exclude
Standard travel insurance does not cover planned surgery abroad; nearly every policy excludes treatment you traveled specifically to receive. Specialist medical-travel or complication policies…
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The Sacral Region: The Base of the Spine and the Pain That Starts There
The sacral region is the base of the spine: the sacrum, a triangular bone formed by five vertebrae (S1–S5) that fuse in early adulthood.…
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How Many Ribs Do Humans Have? The Anatomy and the Myths
Nearly all humans — women and men alike — have 24 ribs, arranged in 12 pairs. The idea that men have one fewer rib…
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The Sagittal Plane: How Doctors Describe Movement and Imaging Slices
The sagittal plane is a vertical plane that divides the body into left and right portions. Movements within it travel forward and backward —…
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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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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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