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Making use of medical knowledge

 

Have you ever wondered why there are hardly any recommendations at Informed Health Online? In our in-depth feature we explain why we prefer to not give specific advice. We instead see our role as looking at the available evidence to provide you with medical knowledge so that you can make your own decisions. But we'll let you be the judge.

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Bowel cancer screening

What different methods can do

 

Campaigns regularly draw attention to bowel cancer screening. But how big is the risk of getting bowel cancer and even dying of it? And how can screening change it? You can now find detailed information on the advantages and disadvantages of the tests and how they are done on Informed Health Online.

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The tongue and our sense of taste

How they work



Many people still believe that we taste “sweet” on the tip of the tongue, and “bitter” in the area close to the throat – but this is wrong. We know today that our sense of taste is spread rather evenly over the tongue.

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Feature: Depression

More than just “in a bad mood”



Heading to work in the dark and getting home at dusk can get you feeling a bit down. But it is not always just changes in mood that can make people feel listless. Depression might also be the reason. You can read here about typical signs and what can help.

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By the way . . .

Did you know . . .



. . . that many different medical terms are explained in our dictionary? You can find the complete list of words by selecting “all entries”.

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