Is cutaneous malignant melanoma associated with the use of antibacterial soaps?

abstract：:A wealth of research data points to increased oxidative stress as a key driver of the cardiac remodeling triggered by chronic pressure overload, loss of functional myocardial tissue, or atrial fibrillation. Oxidative stress is a mediator of the cardiomyocyte hypertrophy and apoptosis, the cardiac fibrosis, and the def...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： McCarty MF

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary hyperparathyroidism is one of the most common causes of hypercalcemia. Most cases result from sporadic benign monoclonal adenomas or hyperplasia. Increased body weight is consistently present in cohorts of patients with primary hyperparathyroidism. It has been shown that fat mass is the major determinant of se...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Cheng SP,Doherty GM,Chang YC,Liu CL

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The assumption is introduced that there are two types of adaptive responses in central neurons in response to significantly changed circuit activity. Morphological synaptic modifications and synapse turnover are thought to be involved in both of these responses, in such a way that in the first case they are to restore...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Benusková L

更新日期：1991-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The levator ani muscles in women are overloaded by constant supporting abdominal contents, and counteracting rises of abdominal pressure at the level of the urethra. The excessive load leads to a decrease in their type II fibers. This results in stress urinary incontinence due to loss of the fibers responsible for add...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Jóźwik M

更新日期：1993-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accepted paradigms of mainstream neuropsychiatry appear to be incompletely adequate and in various cases offer equivocal analyses. However, a growing number of new approaches are being proposed that suggest the emergence of paradigm shifts in this area. In particular, quantum theories of mind, brain and consciousn...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Tonello L,Cocchi M,Gabrielli F,Tuszynski JA

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Immune panels of many autism-spectrum children reveal signs of atypical infections and shifted cell counts. In conjunction with trait-related cerebral hypometabolism and hypoperfusion, these findings suggest a hypothesis: Several autism-spectrum subgroups derive from intra-monocyte pathogens such as measles virus, cyt...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Binstock T

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The molecular similarity between certain human antigenic determinants with those of HIV has been already described. In this matter, we have previously demonstrated, by a chromatographic method, the cross reactivity of human serum albumin with HIV gp 120. The hypothesis that this similarity could be one of the reasons ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Berger G

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Hypertension is the leading cause of cardiovascular diseases, and an estimated 972 million people in the world are suffering from this problem. Indubitably, hypertension is an important worldwide public-health challenge. In recent years many efforts have been made to devise novel therapies involving new targets implic...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Li YF,Xiao CS,Hui RT

更新日期：2009-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental caries, a bacterial process that results in the acidic destruction of tooth structure, has historically been managed by the mechanical excavation of diseased tooth structure and then restoration with a synthetic material. The mechanical excavation of the infected site is most commonly achieved by a dental handp...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Quock RL,Patel SA,Falcao FA,Barros JA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Primary headaches include migraine, tension, cluster headaches, paroxysmal hemicrania and miscellaneous headaches unassociated with structural lesions. A putative role of the retino-hypothalamic-pineal (RHP) axis in the pathophysiology of primary headaches is reviewed in terms of (1) retinal dysfunction, (2) hypothala...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Deshmukh VD

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It is suggested that apart from aflatoxins, plant medicinal preparations containing active compounds imperatorin, dictamine, marmesin and heraclenin may be responsible for some human cancers in Nigeria and perhaps other parts of Africa. Therefore, in this paper, a hypothesis is put forward that these compounds or thei...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Adekunle AA,Adekunle LV

更新日期：1983-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Corona virus disease 2019 (Covid-19), a pandemia emerged recently, caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome corona virus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The receptor for corona virus and influenza A is the mucosal cell membrane protein angiotensin converting enzyme 2 (ACE2), which is abundant on the membrane of alveolar cells and ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Niv Y

更新日期：2020-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Narcolepsy type 1 is a lifelong sleep disorder characterized by the loss of hypocretin-producing neurons in the brain. Environmental agents, including influenza, neurotoxic metals, and combustion smoke, have been implicated in the pathogenesis, especially in carriers of the human leukocyte antigen class II DQB1*06:02 ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Mori I

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oral glucosamine has anti-inflammatory activity in rodents, and anecdotal evidence suggests that it may be clinically useful in inflammatory bowel disorders. A possible explanation is that supplemental glucosamine increases production of heparan sulfate (HS) proteoglycans by the vascular endothelium, thereby improving...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： McCarty MF

更新日期：1998-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:No survival profit has been achieved for patients with disseminated prostate cancer since hormonal therapy was introduced. It is proposed that dissemination of rare prostatic cancer stem cells may lead to metastatic disease and that resistance of these cells to androgen ablation makes them responsible for failure of c...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Drewa T,Styczynski J

更新日期：2008-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Being born in the winter and spring significantly increases one's risk for developing schizophrenia. This birth seasonality may account for as many as 10% of all cases of schizophrenia. Maternal third trimester infections or vitamin D deficiencies are hypothesized to be the most likely cause and can account for many o...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Schwartz PJ

更新日期：2011-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are many published studies about the epigenetic effects of the prenatal and infant periods on health outcomes. However, there is very little knowledge regarding the effects of the intrapartum period (labor and birth) on health and epigenetic remodeling. Although the intrapartum period is relatively short compare...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Dahlen HG,Kennedy HP,Anderson CM,Bell AF,Clark A,Foureur M,Ohm JE,Shearman AM,Taylor JY,Wright ML,Downe S

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Traditional wisdom and empirical observation unite in recommending a 7 year unit for measuring human life - including individual and institutional science. But, because of astronomy and the decimal system, things tend to be measured either in years, five years or in decades. A year is too short while a decade is too l...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Charlton BG

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The function of the gallbladder is questioned in a hypothesis postulating that all bile which enters this reservoir is totally absorbed to the liver and none of it flows back to the cystic duct and duodenum. Cholecystokinesis is believed to increase and maintain a gradient of intravesical pressure which increases the ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Al-Hilli F

更新日期：1986-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intrauterine Contraceptive Devices with multifaceted application potential is a need of an hour. Although, copper-based IUDs exert an effective contraceptive as well as anticancer effects in a long-term basis, but also results in multiple complications. In this regard, RISUG® a polymer based contraceptive device has b...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Subramanian B,Agarwal T,Basak P,Maiti TK,Guha SK

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emerging evidences indicate that elevated cholesterol and triglyceride levels precede Alzheimer's disease (AD) pathology. High caloric intake based on saturated fat raises hyperlipidaemia and also promotes AD pathology. As a result, strategy that limits the absorption of dietary fat and attenuates hyperlipidemia could...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Du J,Wang Z

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Yawning continues to pose as a scientist's conundrum. Evidence is presented of yawning and contagious yawning in a number of different neurological disorders. Explanations are discussed in the context of disparate neurological disorders together with proposals for how theses findings may be linked. Thus, greater under...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Thompson SB

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Auer rods are cytoplasmic inclusions found only in the leukaemic cells of some cases of acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). The ultrastructure of Auer rods is different in different sub-types of the disease and it is suggested here that this may be a consequence of the Auer rods consisting of different crystalline forms of...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Pearson EC

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of patients with diabetes has been expected around 300 million by 2025 and 366 million by 2030 by WHO. On the other hand, diabetic wounds as one of the common complications of diabetes represent major health challenges. Recently, wound care biological products have been proposed for treatment of chronic wou...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Larijani B,Ghahari A,Warnock GL,Aghayan HR,Goodarzi P,Falahzadeh K,Arjmand B

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endogenous lectins of normal tissues can play a functional role in recognition processes and cell adhesion. These functions are areas of particular relevance to tumor growth and metastasis. Our initial results on endogenous lectins of different tumors lead to the working hypothesis that the pattern of endogenous lecti...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Gabius HJ,Engelhardt R,Cramer F

更新日期：1985-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Interleukin (IL)-1, an established mediator of inflammation, is also a mediator of ovulation (a cyclic inflammatory-like process). We have shown that IL-1 beta induces the in vitro expression of genes believed to play important role in ovulation (IL-1 beta itself, its receptors, IL-1 beta receptor antagonist, glucose ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kol S,Kehat I,Adashi EY

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Superficial fraying, splitting and fibrillation of articular cartilage as a consequence of ageing or mechanical injury is not always associated with joint pain. However, similar cartilage lesions accompanied by synovitis and engorgement of the subchondral vasculature generally is; the disorder being known as osteoarth...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ghosh P,Smith M

更新日期：1993-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors support the hypothesis that a causative agent in Parkinson's disease (PD) might be either fungus or bacteria with fungus-like properties - Actinobacteria, and that their spores may serve as 'infectious agents'. Updated research and the epidemiology of PD suggest that the disease might be induced by environ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Berstad K,Berstad JER

更新日期：2017-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fulminant hepatitis is associated with an 80% mortality rate. Surviving patients do not develop chronic liver disease. Failure to produce adequate amounts of interferon and to achieve an antiviral state seem to be the basic defects in this condition. Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) has been shown to be induced by viruses....

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Aderka D,Levo Y

更新日期：1988-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are large amounts of zinc in muscle and zinc ions can enhance the degree of muscle contraction in response to direct stimulation while at the same time inhibiting neuromuscular transmission. The opposites of these effects would lead to myotonia and muscle weakness. There are many parallels between the non-muscul...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Horrobin DF,Morgan RO

更新日期：1980-04-01 00:00:00