Cleansing or curse? Menstruation in our lifetime has been commonly called ‘The Curse’. Our sisters in the 16th century, however, welcomed this cleansing as a fertility sign from God, through the moon that determined the tides of all that flowed on the earth. These tides included the four humorous fluids that made up each of us and determined, by balance, the health of an individual. Ancient med...

There are several S3-guidelines that focus on the treatment of patients after cardiac surgery published by the German Medical Association (AWMF). These high quality guidelines cover the areas of haemodynamic monitoring and postoperative cardiovascular therapy (S3), the management of analgesia, sedation and delirium in intensive care and prevention (S3), diagnoses and therapy of sepsis (S2k). Al...