How to Lower Cortisol: The Evidence-Backed Levers, From Sleep to Strength Training
To lower cortisol, work the levers with the strongest evidence: sleep seven or more hours on a regular schedule, exercise most days (including strength…
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Acibadem Health Blog
4,147 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.
What a CT Scan Shows, and Why Doctors Order One
A CT scan shows detailed cross-sectional images of bones, organs, blood vessels and soft tissue by combining many X-ray views into slices. Doctors most…
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Full-Body vs Push-Pull-Legs: Choosing a Training Split by How Often You Can Train
Choose a training split by how many days you can reliably lift. With two or three sessions a week, a full body workout lets…
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Living With Hashimoto Thyroiditis: Monitoring Routines, Fatigue and Symptoms to Report
Living with Hashimoto thyroiditis usually means a steady routine rather than a crisis: taking thyroid hormone replacement consistently if your clinician prescribes it, having…
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How to Find a Good Plastic Surgeon: Credentials, Questions and Red Flags
To find a good plastic surgeon, verify certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery through the American Board of Medical Specialties directory, confirm…
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Eating After Pancreatic Cancer Surgery: Enzyme Replacement, Blood Sugar and Small Meals
After pancreatic cancer surgery, many people need enzyme replacement because the remaining pancreas cannot release enough digestive enzymes; the capsules are taken with food…
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Medication, Injections, Traction or Surgery: How a Peyronie’s Disease Plan Is Chosen
A Peyronie's disease plan is chosen mainly by timing and severity. During the active phase, when pain and curvature are still changing, clinicians usually…
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Are Veneers Bad for Your Teeth? What Preparation Really Involves
Veneers are not inherently bad for teeth, but traditional porcelain veneers require permanently removing a thin layer of enamel, often around half a millimeter,…
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How to Read a Smile Makeover Plan: Questions About Each Step and Temporary Teeth
A smile makeover treatment plan is a written, sequenced document that lists each proposed procedure, the order it will happen in, what temporary teeth…
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Upper Stomach Pain: Causes and When It Needs a Doctor
To ease upper stomach pain quickly, sit upright, loosen tight clothing, and sip water or a warm non-caffeinated drink; gentle warmth on the abdomen…
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Hip Flexor Pain: Tight, Strained or Something Else, and the Exercises That Help
Hip flexor pain is soreness at the front of the hip or groin where the iliopsoas and rectus femoris muscles lift the thigh. Most…
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Who Is Referred to Cardiac Rehab After a Heart Attack, Stent, Surgery or Heart Failure
Cardiac rehab is routinely recommended for anyone who has had a heart attack, a coronary stent, bypass or heart valve surgery, a heart transplant,…
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Does the Robot Operate on Its Own? Robotic Knee Replacement Myths, Corrected
No. In robotic knee replacement, the surgeon performs the operation and the robotic arm acts as a precision tool. The surgeon plans the implant…
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Breast Fat Transfer vs Implants: Volume, Feel, Scars and Which Goals Each Option Suits
Fat transfer moves your own fat, taken by liposuction, into the breast for a modest, soft increase with only tiny needle-entry scars, but part…
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Infection Prevention During Lymphocytic Leukemia Treatment: Vaccines, Habits, Warning Signs
CLL infection prevention during treatment rests on four layers: non-live vaccines timed around therapy (ideally before B-cell-depleting drugs, then again once the immune system…
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How Do You Get Used to a Prosthesis? Wearing Schedules, Skin Checks and Early Training
Getting used to a prosthetic leg is gradual and supervised. Most rehabilitation programs begin with short wearing sessions of an hour or two, a…
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Seborrheic Keratosis and Cherry Angiomas: The Harmless Growths of Adult Skin
Seborrheic keratosis and cherry angiomas are two of the most common benign skin growths in adults, and neither is cancer nor a sign of…
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How Laparoscopic Myomectomy Removes Fibroids: The Procedure and Time in Hospital
A laparoscopic myomectomy removes uterine fibroids through several small abdominal incisions while leaving the uterus in place. Under general anesthesia, a surgeon uses a…
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