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By : semper May 19, 2019May 20, 2019

From the Pit to the Pinnacle – 100 years of fighting death [Part 2]

Author: Valdis Ģībietis Previously on Semper Anticus blog… We are time-traveling 100 years back to 1919. It turns out that getting ill during such a trip is a very life-threatening experience. We have already covered two pessimistic scenarios – pneumonia with no antibiotics and myocardial infarction with no real treatment at all (link here). Let’s move

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By : semper May 13, 2019May 13, 2019

From the Pit to the Pinnacle – 100 years of fighting death

Author: Valdis Ģībietis Have you ever dreamed of being able to time-travel back to some historic moment in time? To see beyond the static black-and-white photograph frame that may be our only way of taking a glimpse into the long-gone times. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a few days off, say, 100 years ago, in

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By : semper April 28, 2019April 28, 2019

Can’t sleep? Could be because of your genes

Author: Daira Trušinska What is insomnia? Sleep is one of the basic human needs required for good health and quality of life. Every now and then many of us experience restless nights when the events of the day or the anticipation of what’s to come keeps us from drifting into a peaceful sleep. According to data,

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By : semper November 10, 2018April 28, 2019

Neuroendocrine tumors- zebras of the cancer world

Author: Artūrs Truškovs What animal comes to mind when You hear hoofbeats? Probably a horse, right? Of course, it is so simple! Well, not exactly. In the medical world it’s not so black and white. Not all diagnoses are horses, or the most likely possibility. Sometimes when You hear hoofbeats, it’s a zebra- the less

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By : semper October 28, 2018April 28, 2019

Breaking the stigma behind mental illness

Author: Rajlakshmi Sohini Mukhopadhyay It’s raining cats and dogs outside, but we don’t care. My friend and I are all cosied up, drinking cups of tea and having a good old heart-to-heart about times gone by. “You know, I just didn’t know where to go. I knew what I was feeling wasn’t right but I

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By : semper February 6, 2018February 11, 2018

Man-flu: Myth or Fact?

Article by Rajlakshmi Sohini Mukhopadhyay What is Man-flu? It’s winter and the time of year for the flu and colds to hit our immune systems with a vengeance.

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By : semperanticussa December 6, 2017February 6, 2018

A Caffeinated Heart, a Healthy Heart?

Our worlds are busy and, more often than not, we turn to caffeine as a way of keeping us going through our hectic day. The buzz of a morning coffee, or lack of it, can often feel like it can make or break a day.

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