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Hair loss: causes, tests and when to see a doctor
Gradual thinning, diffuse shedding and bald patches can have different causes. Examining the scalp helps establish which tests are useful and which treatment makes sense.
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Ghiduri pentru pacienți
Health insurance in Romania without income: documents, cost and steps in 2026
With no salary, pension or other income, you insure yourself through the Declarația unică. Which documents you need, what you pay in 2026, when cover starts and what you get if you are uninsured.
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Medicină generală
Low blood pressure: why it happens, what to do right away, and when not to wait
Under 90/60 with no symptoms isn't a disease. With dizziness and fainting, it is. The common causes, the steps that actually raise blood pressure within minutes, what doesn't help, and the short checklist for calling 112.
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Boli cronice
How to lower blood pressure quickly: safe steps and when to call 112
There is no quick fix that is safe for everyone. Learn how to check a high reading, when to call 112 and why not to take extra captopril or another dose without a personal plan.
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Boli cronice
Normal blood pressure: a practical guide by age, without misleading tables
Which readings are genuinely normal in adults, why advancing age does not create a different ‘normal’, and when repeated high blood pressure should be discussed with a doctor.
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Ghiduri pentru pacienți
The medical letter in Romania: who issues it, what it contains and what it is for
The scrisoare medicală is how a specialist tells your family doctor the diagnosis and the plan. Who may issue it, what it must contain, how long it stays valid and what to do when the one you were handed is incomplete.
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Chronic disease and Romania's national health programmes: how it works
The curative national health programmes cover treatment for serious chronic conditions: diabetes, oncology, cardiovascular and endocrine disease, rare diseases. How inclusion actually happens, which documents are involved, and what can be monitored online.
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Endocrinologie
Diabetes: The Silent Disease
Diabetes mellitus is one of the most widespread chronic diseases in Romania and one of the most underestimated. With the correct diagnosis, appropriate treatment and regular monitoring, people with diabetes can live full, healthy lives, especially thanks to recent advances such as GLP-1 receptor agonists and SGLT2 inhibitors.
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