Bowel Changes That Are (and Are Not) Signs of Colon Cancer
Colon spasms by themselves are not a typical sign of colon cancer. Cramping that comes in waves and eases after passing gas or stool…
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Acibadem Health Blog
4,174 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.
When a Thigh Lift Needs Revision: Scar Migration, Residual Laxity and Timing of a Redo
A thigh lift revision is a second operation to correct problems left after an earlier thigh lift, most often a scar that has drifted…
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Benzoyl Peroxide: How It Works, the Concentration Question and the Bleaching Problem
Benzoyl peroxide is an over-the-counter acne treatment that releases oxygen into the pore, killing acne bacteria without breeding resistance and loosening the plugs that…
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Sun Protection With Vitiligo: Why Depigmented Skin Burns Faster and How to Care for It Daily
People with vitiligo sunburn faster because depigmented patches have lost melanocytes, the cells that make melanin, the pigment that absorbs ultraviolet light before it…
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Methylated Vitamins and MTHFR: What the Gene Variant Means and Whether You Need Special B Vitamins
MTHFR variants are common inherited differences that slow an enzyme involved in folate processing. For most carriers they cause no illness, and large bodies…
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How Orofacial Pain Is Diagnosed: Jaw Movement, Bite, Muscle and Nerve Examination
Orofacial pain is diagnosed mainly through a detailed history and a hands-on examination rather than a single test. Clinicians measure how the jaw opens…
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Water, Coffee and Fasting Before Blood Tests: The Real Rules
Yes, plain water is allowed, and encouraged, before virtually every blood test, including fasting tests for glucose and cholesterol. Fasting means no food and…
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When Dentists Reach for a Laser: Gum Reshaping, Sensitivity and Small Cavity Repair
Dentists use lasers most often for soft-tissue work such as reshaping gum lines, trimming overgrown tissue and cleaning infected gum pockets, and less often…
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Plexr Recovery Day by Day: The Grid of Crusts, Swelling and When Makeup Can Return
Plexr recovery usually follows a predictable arc: a grid of tiny brown carbon crusts forms within hours, swelling peaks around the second or third…
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Health Anxiety: What It Is and How It Is Treated
Health anxiety is a persistent, distressing preoccupation with having or developing a serious illness, even when medical checks find nothing wrong. Ordinary sensations get…
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What Spinal Stenosis Surgery Relieves and What It May Not: Leg Pain vs Back Pain
Spinal stenosis surgery, usually a decompression that widens the narrowed canal, is most reliable at easing leg symptoms caused by pinched nerves: the aching,…
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Lactose Intolerance Over the Years: What Improves, What Persists and How Care Adjusts
Lactose intolerance is usually long term when it comes from the normal, genetically programmed decline in the lactase enzyme after early childhood; that form…
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Compounded Tirzepatide: Why It Exists, Why Regulators Warn and What ‘Compounded’ Really Means
Compounded tirzepatide is a pharmacy-made version of the prescription medicine tirzepatide that has not been reviewed or approved by the US Food and Drug…
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Radioactive Iodine After Thyroid Cancer Surgery: How the Treatment Day Unfolds
Radioactive iodine treatment after thyroid cancer surgery usually means swallowing a single capsule or liquid in a nuclear medicine unit, after one to two…
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Porcelain Crowns for People Who Grind Their Teeth: Night Guards, Materials and Bite Checks
People who grind their teeth can have porcelain crowns, but material choice, design and follow-up matter more than usual. Dentists often favor tougher ceramics…
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The PSA Test: What Levels Mean by Age, and Why Context Is Everything
There is no single normal PSA. Commonly used age-referenced upper limits are roughly 2.5 ng/mL for men in their 40s, 3.5 in their 50s,…
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Bone Marrow Transplant for Aplastic Anemia: Donor Matching, Conditioning and Recovery
A bone marrow transplant for aplastic anemia replaces a failing marrow with healthy blood-forming stem cells from a donor, usually an HLA-matched sibling or…
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Fecal Incontinence Treatment Ladder: Diet and Pelvic Floor Therapy Before Any Surgery
Fecal incontinence treatment options usually follow a stepped ladder. Most people start with diet changes, fiber adjustment, a regular toilet routine and, where needed,…
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