Clinical medicine

Turkish man cheats death one more time

A Turkish man, whose heart has stopped several times in the past four years, has cheated death one more time.

Cihat Çengelo?lu, a 27-year-old cameraman who has filmed Turkish dramas, fell down on the set one day. Doctors discovered he suffered from heart failure. Only 10 percent of his heart was working properly. It was four years ago.

Model unfazed after leg amputated due to TSS

What started out as an “urban legend” in the ’80s or earlier, namely, toxic shock syndrome through the use (or overuse) of tampons, is now a well-chronicled ailment.

One shapely model, in fact, is missing her right leg, allegedly to TSS.

Lauren Wasser almost lost her life in 2012 in a severe illness she blames on a tampon, with a lawsuit now pending.

S Korea says MERS outbreak shows signs of subsiding

South Korea said June 19 that the MERS outbreak that has killed 24 people appears to have begun subsiding, as it reported one new case - the lowest rate of new infections in two weeks.

This brought to 166 the total number of confirmed cases of the disease in the country since the first was confirmed on May 20, the health ministry said.

Turkey Gives 100,000 Vaccines to Bulgaria

Turkey will be donating 100,000 vaccines to Bulgaria in order to ensure that the preventative procedures will b uphold according to the schedule outlined by the Healthcare Ministry.

The announcement was made by healthcare Minister Petar Moskov at a news conference Wednesday.

In return, Bulgaria will be supplying Turkey with anti-tuberculosis vaccines.

Dr. David Samadi: ‘Wizard’ of robotic surgery — from New York to Cyprus

Renowned urologist and healthcare advocate David Samadi, considered one of the world’s top robotic surgeons in dealing with prostate cancer, will bring his and his team’s expertise to Cyprus next month.

With more than 5,600 robotic prostate operations under his belt, Dr. Samadi ranks in a very exclusive category of physicians worldwide.

Bulgarian Customs Seize 2.7 kg Cocaine from Venezuelan Citizen

Bulgarian customs officers have seized 2.7 kg of cocaine at Sofia International Airport being smuggled by a female citizen of Venezuela, the National Customs Agency (NCA) announced on Thursday.

The drug was discovered in the luggage of the traveller who had arrived on a flight from Brazil via Doha, Qatar.

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