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Fatime Sağlam had a stomach ache two years ago. When the symptoms were getting worse, she went to the hospital. After the examinations, Fatime was first given drug treatment and then an endoscopy was recommended. However, she did not because she was afraid of the procedure. She took her medication for 2 years, but had stomach pain and burn again at the end of that time. Fatime, who applied to Yeditepe University Hospital this time, was convinced for an endoscopy. After the investigation, a tumor was found in Fatime. Laparoscopic gastric cancer surgery was performed and the tumor was...

Stating that 5 to 10 percent of cancer is caused by "familial inheritance", Medical Genetics Specialist Assoc. Prof. Ayşegül Kuşkucu, MD. stated that it is possible to investigate the susceptibility of these people to cancer. Reminding that breast and colon cancers, which are common cancers today, can also show genetic transition, Assoc. Prof. Kuşkucu, MD. said that the risks of each family are different from each other, and thus the suggestions presented have changed accordingly. Pointing out that cancer is a genetic disease, Yeditepe University Genetic...

With their research on the relationship of university students with feminism in collaboration with Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ayşe Akalın of Istanbul Technical University, Prof. Dr. Demet Lüküslü, Head of Sociology Department of Yeditepe University, has been awarded with the Şirin Tekeli Research Award presented by Sabancı University Center of Excellence on Social Identity and Women’s Studies (SU Gender). Presented in honor of Şirin Tekeli, who was a pioneer in the fields of democracy, social gender equality and feminism and passed in 2012, the award has been presented to Ayşe Akalın, Demet Lüküslü and...

Saying that leaky bowel syndrome, which has been mentioned frequently recently, is shown as one of the biggest underlying causes of autoimmune diseases. Dyt. Exp. Clinic Psk. Merve Öz said that many factors, from nutritional errors, unnecessary drugs such as stress, antibiotics, antidepressants to pathogens such as bacteria and / or viruses, predispose to diseases by affecting the intestinal permeability. Leaky Gut, or as it is known by the public, is a digestive problem that occurs for different reasons. Under normal conditions, the tight bonds in the intestine allow only...