4,110 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.
Amputee rehabilitation usually moves through overlapping stages: wound healing in the first weeks, shaping the residual limb with compression, a prosthetic fitting once the…
Sjogren's syndrome reduces saliva, and saliva is the mouth's built-in defense against decay, so people with the condition face a higher risk of cavities,…
Blood thinners after a coronary stent, usually aspirin plus a second antiplatelet medicine, stop platelets from clumping on the stent while the artery lining…
After vulvar cancer surgery, mild swelling, bruising, thin pinkish drainage, numbness and soreness that eases week by week are usually part of normal healing.…
HUS diagnosis tests center on three findings that appear together: a complete blood count and blood smear showing red cells being destroyed and a…
A congenital nevus needs removal only when a specific reason outweighs the scar and anesthesia involved: a suspicious change on examination, a lesion too…
People with hemophilia protect their joints by combining three things: bleed prevention prescribed by a hemophilia treatment team, regular low-impact exercise that strengthens the…
Surgery for a sagging "turkey neck" usually means a neck lift (lower rhytidectomy), often combined with platysmaplasty to tighten the paired neck muscles, or…
Dimple surgery, or dimpleplasty, carries mostly local and cosmetic risks rather than life-threatening ones. The problems patients most often report are uneven or mismatched…
For a female hair transplant, FUE and DHI use the same method of harvesting follicles one by one from the back of the scalp;…
Myocarditis, pericarditis and endocarditis affect different layers of the heart and are treated on different principles. Myocarditis is managed with rest, monitoring and heart-support…
Lymphedema after breast cancer treatment is persistent swelling of the arm, hand, breast or chest wall caused by damage to lymph nodes and vessels…
Herniated disc surgery, usually a discectomy, most reliably relieves the shooting leg pain caused by a nerve root under pressure; many people notice that…
No, a dental robot does not operate alone. In robot-assisted implant surgery, the surgeon plans the implant position on a 3D scan, then holds…
Book a dementia assessment when memory or behavior changes are new, have persisted for weeks to months, and are starting to affect everyday tasks…
Most teeth whitening myths collapse under evidence. Dentist-supervised peroxide whitening does not dissolve or thin healthy enamel; it oxidizes stain molecules inside the tooth.…
Knee revision surgery removes a failed knee implant and replaces some or all of its parts. It is a bigger operation than a first…
People with diabetes insipidus can usually travel safely, including by air and to hot climates, when the trip is planned with their endocrine team.…
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