Questions to Ask Before Agreeing to a Cerebrovascular Disease Treatment Plan
Before agreeing to a cerebrovascular disease treatment plan, ask what the imaging showed (clot, bleed, narrowing or small vessel damage), why this option was…
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Acibadem Health Blog
4,129 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.
Failed Hair Transplants: Why They Happen and How Repair Works
A hair transplant can fail when grafts don't survive relocation, when the design ignores future hair loss, or when healing is disrupted by infection…
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Working, Eating and Resting During Lymphoma Treatment: A Practical Guide for Patients
Many people keep some work, meals and routines going during lymphoma treatment, but the pattern usually follows the treatment cycle: a few harder days…
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Why Surgeons Ask You to Stop Smoking Before Rotator Cuff Repair: Tendon Healing Explained
Surgeons ask patients to stop smoking before rotator cuff surgery because nicotine narrows small blood vessels and carbon monoxide displaces oxygen, starving the repaired…
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Food Sensitivity Tests: Why IgG Kits Fail the Evidence Test
Food sensitivity tests that measure IgG antibodies to foods are not supported by current evidence. IgG against a food usually signals normal exposure and…
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Living With Renal Tubular Acidosis: Bone Health, Kidney Stones and Ongoing Follow-Up
Renal tubular acidosis (RTA) is a kidney tubule disorder that leaves the blood mildly but persistently acidic. Over time that acid load draws calcium…
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NHS Hip Replacement Waiting Times: What They Mean and What You Can Do
In England, the NHS aims to start hip replacement treatment within 18 weeks of GP referral, but many patients currently wait longer, often several…
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Can Ovarian Cysts Be Cancerous, Cause Bleeding or Affect Fertility?
Most ovarian cysts are not cancerous. The majority are functional cysts that form during a normal menstrual cycle and usually disappear on their own…
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Spermidine: The Autophagy Supplement: Evidence From Cells, Mice and (Few) Humans
Spermidine is a natural polyamine found in wheat germ, aged cheese, soybeans and mushrooms, and the body also makes it. In yeast, worms, flies…
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Capsular Contracture: Why It Happens, the Four Grades, and When to See Your Surgeon
Capsular contracture occurs when the scar tissue that naturally forms around a breast implant tightens and squeezes it, making the breast feel firm, look…
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Why Is a Night Headband Worn After Prominent Ear Surgery? Duration, Sleep and Sports
After otoplasty, the surgery that sets prominent ears closer to the head, a soft headband is usually worn at night so that rolling over…
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Ketoconazole Shampoo: Dandruff, Fungus and the Hair-Loss Claim Examined
Ketoconazole shampoo is an antifungal medicated shampoo used to treat dandruff, seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp and some fungal skin infections, where randomized trials…
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Why Does Type 1 Diabetes Care Change in the Teenage Years, and How Do Endocrinologists Adapt?
Type 1 diabetes care changes in the teenage years because puberty hormones, especially growth hormone and sex steroids, make the body less sensitive to…
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Doomscrolling and Digital Detox: What Screen Habits Do to Stress, Sleep and Attention
Doomscrolling is the habit of compulsively reading a stream of negative news or posts long after it stops being useful. Observational studies link it…
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Is Body Aesthetics Surgery Right for You? Weight Stability, Skin Quality and Overall Health
A body aesthetics surgery candidate is usually an adult whose weight has held steady for months, who does not smoke, whose long-term conditions are…
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Why Are Vitamins Lifelong After Bariatric Surgery? Supplementation as Part of the Plan
Vitamins are lifelong after bariatric surgery because the operation permanently changes how the stomach and small intestine absorb nutrients, and smaller meals supply less…
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Is a Dental Spa Right for Anxious Patients? Comfort Care Without Cutting Corners
A dental spa can suit many anxious patients when the comfort features sit on top of standard clinical care rather than replacing it. Warm…
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Bruising After a Blood Test: Why It Happens and When It Matters
Bruising after a blood test is common and almost always harmless. It happens when a small amount of blood leaks from the tiny puncture…
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