4,080 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.
Testosterone responds modestly to lifestyle. The strongest evidence supports losing excess body fat, sleeping seven to nine hours, resistance training several times a week,…
Chronic pain treatment usually proceeds in steps: first, rehabilitation and self-management (graded exercise, physical therapy, sleep and stress work, pain-focused psychological therapy); next, non-opioid…
A brain injury rehabilitation program is a coordinated course of therapy that helps a person relearn movement, thinking, communication and everyday skills after a…
Fibromyalgia is a recognized chronic pain condition, not an imaginary or purely psychological one. Research points to altered pain processing in the brain and…
Most children are asked to stop solid food and formula about six hours before dental sedation, breast milk about four hours before, and clear…
In a masseter botox procedure, a clinician first asks you to clench your teeth so the masseter, the thick chewing muscle at the back…
No. Most gallstones cause no symptoms and are usually left alone under watchful waiting, with no routine treatment needed. Gallbladder removal, called cholecystectomy, is…
A lung abscess after aspiration is a pus-filled cavity that forms when food, saliva or stomach contents slip into the lungs and infection destroys…
Several small randomized trials in men who were overweight, infertile, or starting resistance training found that standardized ashwagandha root extract raised testosterone modestly, about…
Fibroid surgery recovery time depends mainly on the route the surgeon used. Hysteroscopic removal through the cervix usually needs a few days; laparoscopic or…
Echocardiogram results are usually not final on the day of the scan. The sonographer records the images, a cardiologist or trained physician reviews and…
Clear aligners candidates are usually adults and teenagers with healthy gums, no untreated tooth decay, and mild to moderate problems such as crowding, gaps…
A vagus nerve stimulator works by sending mild, timed electrical pulses from a small battery-powered generator implanted under the skin of the chest, along…
Yes, laser hair removal usually causes brief, tolerable discomfort, most people compare each pulse to a rubber band snapping against warm skin. Pain varies…
Exercise during hormone therapy for cancer is generally encouraged because these treatments lower estrogen or testosterone, which speeds bone loss, muscle loss and fat…
Surgeons usually choose Mohs surgery over standard excision when a basal cell or squamous cell skin cancer sits in a cosmetically or functionally sensitive…
Before agreeing to strabismus surgery, ask why non-surgical steps such as glasses, patching, prisms or botulinum toxin injections are or are not enough for…
Yes, a smear test (Pap smear) can be done safely at any stage of pregnancy. The sample is taken from the surface of the…
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