In the case of Coronavirus’s actions, unfortunately we have not been able to create stronger forces of reaction. Therefore the actions of Coronavirus will continue unabated, until we discover an effective vaccine and/or proper antiviral medications.

Viruses are the most devious pathogens to invade the immune responses’ of their host. Once inside the cell, Coronavirus uses the genetic materials of the host cell to produce a special protein to keep host’s immune defenses at bay. How does our immune system work?

The President of the United States is more concerned about upcoming elections than the devastating COVID-19 pandemic on human life. He is using the pulpit of daily press briefings to campaign for his reelection and acts like daily press briefing are his reality TV show.

Why are new drugs so rare and so expensive? 9 out of 10 experimental drugs fail the clinical trial stage. Studies have shown that it takes 10 to 12 years to bring a new drug from laboratory to the market, and it costs about $2 billion dollars.

How is fever related to your overall health? One out of four infected Coronavirus cases remains contagious without any fever symptoms. Checking for a fever isn’t enough.Read on for more temperature measurements and its relationships to health from a historical perspective.

Why were we not ready for the devastating Coronavirus pandemic? What can be done?

We as doctors sometimes pay more attention to the physical aspects of health than the mental aspect of health.

Physical exercise improves the function and the performance of every organ in our body. Recent scientific studies have also shown that our brain benefits a great deal by generating new nerve cells from the demand of physical exercise.

The only alternative we have to unavoidable aging is to learn how age successfully and remain healthy. We all age differently. Why?

Doctors are not born with medical intuitions. The only way to acquire them is hard work, medical practice and experience, practical associated knowledge and mentoring. It takes a long time and much experience until medical knowledge enters our subconscious mind and become medical intuitions.

I knew honor killing was a real problem in Turkey, especially in rural communities. What is a doctor’s role to help prevent honor killings?

We need friends, because as social creatures we can’t live alone. We need friends to create our own livable social environment. Yet, we don’t really know that much on how to make friends, how to choose our friends or how to be a better friend.

Social skills are just as important as reading, writing and arithmetic to learn in our early childhood for the future success in our social and professional life. I believe social skill education should start at home, in early childhood, by our parents. Why?

Scientific studies have shown that about 20% of people have genetic predisposition to be naturally shy. But shyness is not a fixed trait. Everyone with genetic predisposition doesn’t remain shy.

“Gurbet” is a Turkish word for how an immigrant feelswhile living in a place far from his/her homeland. It is a sad but pleasurable immense longing for their place of birth. I know this feeling very well, because I am an immigrant too. 

“We have a medical emergency. Is there a doctor on board? We need your help.” I hesitated to respond. But when the announcement repeated a few minutes later, this time I felt very uneasy, a nagging anduncomfortable feeling started to spread all over my body and mind. An inner voice was telling and forcing me to help a fellow human being in need.

Why should we make resolutions only for the New Year? And why do they almost always fail?

As we approach the holiday season, some words of wisdom from me to my readers

Critical Thinking (CT) became my unwavering guide in my 40 years of medical practice. What is exactly critical thinking and why is it so important?