4,171 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.
DHI hair transplant risks are largely the same as for any follicular unit extraction procedure: temporary forehead and eyelid swelling, folliculitis around new grafts,…
Gynecomastia surgery can be done under local anesthesia with or without sedation, or under general anesthesia. The choice depends mainly on how much glandular…
PRP injections are priced per session. For a knee PRP injection, our guide range is EUR 450-900 per session (Turkey market average EUR 350-700),…
Crohn's disease usually needs surgery when a complication cannot be managed with medicines alone: a scarred narrowing (stricture) that blocks the bowel, a fistula…
Persistently cold hands usually reflect normal physiology: blood vessels in the fingers narrow to protect core body temperature. But cold hands can also signal…
Doctors choose blocked tear duct treatment by age, cause and where the blockage sits. In babies, most blockages open on their own, so gentle…
Living with pulmonary hypertension usually means combining three things under medical supervision: a structured exercise program adapted to your limits, oxygen when tests show…
Preparing for robotic lung surgery usually means several weeks of assessment and conditioning before the operation. Breathing tests such as spirometry and a gas…
There is no single best age for a hair transplant, but most surgeons prefer patients roughly between their late 20s and mid-40s, once the…
Microsurgical varicocelectomy ties off the enlarged testicular veins through a small groin incision under an operating microscope, sparing the artery and lymph channels; laparoscopic…
No, hives are not contagious. Urticaria is an immune reaction inside your own skin: histamine released from mast cells makes small blood vessels leak,…
A neurological rehabilitation assessment is the structured first evaluation a rehabilitation team makes after a stroke, brain or spinal cord injury, or a progressive…
A typical LASIK candidate is an adult whose glasses or contact lens prescription has stayed stable for at least a year, whose cornea is…
Targeted therapy is given in one of several ways, depending on the medicine: as daily tablets or capsules taken at home, as infusions through…
External beam radiation therapy does not make you radioactive. The machine delivers a beam only while it is switched on, and nothing radioactive is…
Gum disease usually begins as gums that look red or dusky rather than pale pink, appear puffy along the tooth edge, and bleed when…
Polyphenols are natural plant compounds found in coffee, tea, berries, cocoa, olive oil, herbs, nuts and legumes. Most of them are not absorbed in…
Radioactive iodine and thyroid surgery are both definitive treatments for hyperthyroidism, meaning each aims to permanently reduce or remove overactive thyroid tissue. Radioactive iodine…
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