Addiction

What happens to your liver when you quit alcohol

According to Greek mythology, Zeus punished Prometheus for giving fire to humans. He chained Prometheus up and set an eagle to feast on his liver. Each night, the liver grew back and each day, the eagle returned for his feast. ...

Health

Holiday meals mean safety first in your kitchen

Knives, vegetable peelers, blenders: There are plenty of ways to injure yourself in the kitchen during the holidays. To keep things merry, cheery and safe, experts at Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSH (MOR) in Chicago say there ...

Health

Is turkey healthy for you?

Since before Americans officially celebrated Thanksgiving, turkey has had a place at the holiday table. Lately, it also has developed a reputation as a relatively healthy part of the big meal.

Vaccination

Turkey to start administering Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots

Turkey's health minister announced Wednesday that the country will start administering booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to people who received their second doses at least six months ago.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Turkey daily COVID cases top 14,000

Turkey's daily COVID-19 cases surged past 14,000 on Sunday, marking the highest toll since May.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Turkey lifts most pandemic restrictions as new cases plateau

Men are playing cards and backgammon at their local coffeehouses again, movie theaters are being cleaned before their first evening screening and bars are serving beer and chips in Istanbul's famous pedestrian avenue.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

Pfizer-BioNTech to send 60 million doses to Turkey

Pfizer-BioNTech on Thursday announced a deal to deliver an additional 60 million doses of its vaccine to Turkey that could revive the tourism-dependent country's stalled innoculation drive.

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