4,177 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.
Endoscopic sinus surgery is usually considered for adults with chronic rhinosinusitis, meaning sinus inflammation lasting 12 weeks or more, whose symptoms persist despite an…
Silent reflux, known clinically as laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR), happens when stomach contents travel up past the esophagus and irritate the throat and voice box,…
Most flat feet, bunions and cavus (high-arched) feet are managed without surgery first. Typical flat feet treatment options include supportive footwear, over-the-counter or custom…
Most sprains and strains do not need an MRI. Clinicians usually diagnose them by asking how the injury happened and examining the joint or…
Cataracts develop when proteins inside the eye's lens slowly break down and clump together over decades, usually beginning after about age 40 and becoming…
A PEG tube usually needs replacing when it blocks and cannot be cleared by flushing, when the material cracks, kinks or discolors, when a…
A hepatitis B viral load test measures how much hepatitis B virus DNA is circulating in a set volume of blood, usually reported in…
Dandruff treatment usually takes several weeks to show a clear difference, because medicated shampoos slow the yeast and skin-cell buildup that create flakes rather…
For neurosarcoidosis, corticosteroids are usually the first treatment because they calm inflammation within days. Steroid-sparing drugs such as methotrexate, azathioprine or mycophenolate are added…
Stress hives are real. Emotional stress can prompt mast cells in the skin to release histamine, producing raised, itchy welts (urticaria) on the chest,…
Space maintainer care comes down to three habits: brush twice a day with fluoride toothpaste, angling the bristles to sweep plaque from where the…
Cryolipolysis, the fat-freezing treatment sold under the CoolSculpting name, can reduce small, pinchable fat pockets that persist after pregnancy, but it does not tighten…
After a neck dissection, most people go home within a few days with a drain, a long incision, a stiff and often numb neck,…
With metal braces you can eat most foods once they are cut small and cooked soft: pasta, rice, eggs, fish, yogurt, soft fruit, steamed…
Foot surgery recovery time depends on whether bone was cut or only soft tissue was repaired. Soft-tissue procedures often allow protected walking within days,…
It is usually time to see a movement disorders neurologist when tremor or stiffness is new and slowly progressive, appears while the hand is…
A cystectomy removes only the cyst and leaves the ovary in place; an oophorectomy removes the whole ovary, sometimes with the fallopian tube. Surgeons…
Yes, bursitis can come back. Most flares settle within a few weeks with rest, ice and reduced pressure on the area, but recurrence is…
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