Anesthesia is a risk factor for drug and alcohol craving and relapse in ex-abusers.

abstract：:Except for a few diseases of molecular mimicry such as rheumatic fever, post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis in children, and gluten-sensitive enteropathy, the cause of autoimmune diseases is unknown. Most autoimmune diseases are remitting-relapsing and the pathophysiology of either the initial attack or subsequent r...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Eggers AE

更新日期：2013-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Results from a recent study showed that the risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality was higher in patients who received febuxostat, a potent urate-lowering agent, than that in patients who received allopurinol. Therefore, we hypothesized that an abrupt change in serum urate levels caused by urate-lowe...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Lee JS,Oh JS,Kim YG,Lee CK,Yoo B,Hong S

更新日期：2020-08-01 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

abstract：:Metformin, a drug widely used in the treatment of type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM), has been the focus of interest as a potential therapeutic agent for certain types of malignancies, including gynaecological cancers [i.e. endometrial cancer (EC)]. Although the exact mechanism behind the potential anticancer activity o...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Karadeniz Z,Aynacıoğlu AŞ,Bilir A,Tuna MY

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, several prominent researchers are investigating the role of reactive oxygen and free radicals in the activation of latent HIV in infected individuals. Early clinical applications of free radical scavengers and plant-based antioxidant systems have shown promise of efficacy in altering this process. This manu...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Greenspan HC

更新日期：1993-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a model which puts together three key elements of cancer theory: the analogies between embryogenesis and carcinogenesis, the role played in both processes by morphogens and related pathways, and the recently emerged paradigm of cancer stem cells. The model is called Epigenetic Tracking. Originally...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Fontana A,Wróbel B

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The morphological changes used to confirm a diagnosis of coeliac disease (CD) are precisely those predicted if the surface energy of the interface between duodenal epithelium and the luminal contents were raised to levels comparable to those demonstrated by the hydrophobic nature of the stomach wall. This hypothesis p...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hills BA,Godwin IR

更新日期：1990-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Based on a logic of balance mechanisms influencing information processing in tripartite synapses are proposed. It is hypothesized that the number of expressed astrocytic receptors determines balanced and imbalanced synaptic states. Synaptic information processing in mental disorders is underbalanced in depression, ove...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Mitterauer BJ

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aetiology of multiple sclerosis suggests that its occurrence depends on a combination of factors, including viral infection in early childhood, genotype and an initiating event within the central nervous system. The resulting damage may be caused by events initiated by free radicals. Free radicals themselves may c...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Cooper RL

更新日期：1997-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) acts as a controller of bone remodeling and has influence on periodontal tissues. In addition to the well-established catabolic effects (activation of bone resorption) of PTH, it is recognized that the PTH intermittent administration has anabolic effects (promotion of bone formation). However...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Vasconcelos DF,Vasconcelos AC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intestinal dysbiosis refers to an imbalance in the intestinal flora. The concept of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO), a condition of abnormal proliferation of the small intestine microbiota, has been proposed as a form of small intestine dysbiosis. In Parkinson's disease patients, weight loss and metabolic...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hasuike Y,Endo T,Koroyasu M,Matsui M,Mori C,Yamadera M,Fujimura H,Sakoda S

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) have traditionally been attributed to atherosclerosis, although there is increasing epidemiological, biochemical and genetic evidence that aneurysmal arterial disease is different from occlusive atherosclerosis. One of the most consistent biochemical findings in the aneurysmal aorta i...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Norman PE,Wysocki SJ,Lamawansa MD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Despite the widespread use of antidepressant medication, there are no signs that the burden of depression and suicide is decreasing in the industrialised world. This is generating mounting scepticism on the effectiveness of this class of drugs as an approach for the treatment of mood disorders. These doubts are also f...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Procopio M

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have observed a distinct difference in the alpha-fetoprotein production of Sprague-Dawley rats and Swiss white mice. When both animals are fed a 1% D/L-ethionine diet, only the rat responds with increased levels of hepatic alpha-fetoprotein synthesis as shown by radioimmunoassay studies. Also, hybridization studies...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Payette R,Hancock RL

更新日期：1982-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased chemotactic activity of peripheral polymorphonuclear (PMN) cells has been described in disease states of different etiology and may represent a common pathway in the generation of an inflammatory reaction. The suppressive effect of colchicine on PMN chemotaxis may explain its effect in apparently unrelated d...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Levy M,Ehrenfeld M,Gallily R,Eliakim M

更新日期：1981-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The authors sought to establish whether maternal dietary methanol during pregnancy was a factor in the etiology of autism spectrum disorders. A seven item questionnaire was given to women who had given birth to at least one child after 1984. The subjects were solicited from a large primary care practice and several in...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Walton RG,Monte WC

更新日期：2015-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental tissues contains stem cells or progenitors that have high proliferative capacity, are clonogenic in vitro and demonstrate the ability to differentiate to multiple type cells involving neurons, bone, cartilage, fat and smooth muscle. Numerous experiments have demonstrated that the multipotent stem cells are not ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Xin LZ,Govindasamy V,Musa S,Abu Kasim NH

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Developmental alcohol exposure adversely influences the developing brain. Alcohol exposure during rapid brain growth causes cell loss, alters connections between brain regions, and lowers the production of biological substances responsible for the communication among neurons. It is reasonable to suggest that alcohol m...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sher L

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating age-related disorder characterized by distinct pathological hallmarks, such as progressive memory loss and cognitive impairment. During the last few years, several cellular signaling pathways have been associated with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, such as Notch, mTOR an...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bastías-Candia S,Braidy N,Zolezzi JM,Inestrosa NC

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The available epidemiological data for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) support an infectious etiology and lead us to propose a new hypothesis. We examined older epidemiological data concerning categories of the population with increased incidence (aged people, people living in rural areas, farmers, breeders), more...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Stipa G,Taiuti R,de Scisciolo G,Arnetoli G,Tredici MR,Biondi N,Barsanti L,Lolli F

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The first conjugate vaccine was approved for use in the US in 1988 to protect infants and young children against the capsular bacteria Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib). Since its introduction in the US, this vaccine has been approved in most developed countries, including Denmark and Israel where the vaccine was ad...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Richmand BJ

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ample intakes of fruit and vegetables have been linked epidemiologically with reduced risk for coronary disease, stroke, hypertension, obesity, many types of cancer, chronic pulmonary disease, osteoporosis, and various ocular disorders. The favorable impact of diets rich in fruit and vegetables on coronary risk has be...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： McCarty MF

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herein it is hypothesized that M2-like macrophages or pre-macrophages of fetal origin might play a central role in development and closure of the neural tube. Early in embryonic development, pre-macrophages arise from the fetal yolk sac and track through the bloodstream to reach diverse embryonic tissues, where they m...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Block J

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed a severe threat to global health management system since it has been detected in the human body. This pandemic was prompted by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and rapidly developed into a public emergency with an alarming incr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Tao H,Bai J,Zhang W,Zheng K,Guan P,Ge G,Li M,Geng D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This hypothesized reflex relates the vertical direction of gaze to the amount of tension exerted by the ciliary muscle. Based on simple observations the following is assumed. When looking downwards a tendency for closer focusing (near searching) exists even without a specific visual stimulus, whereas looking up favors...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Blumenthal EZ

更新日期：1991-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder, with increasing incidence and prevalence in the last one-half century. IBD patients suffer from autonomic vagal neuropathy and nerve dysfunction, with deficiency of acetylcholine in inflamed mucosa. Recent studies showed that death of enteric neuron ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Guo Y,Lu N,Bai A

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) is responsible for the death of 10,000 infants annually in the U.S.A. The cause of these deaths is not known; all SIDS infants studied died during sleep in a silent fashion and there are no specific lesions observable post mortem. It may be of significance, however, that nearly ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Reid GM

更新日期：1987-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For reasons that are not known, the incidence of stomach cancer is declining in most countries. In contrast, cancer of the gastric remnant after partial gastrectomy for peptic ulcer disease seems to be increasing. "Stump cancer" has been claimed to be a separate disease entity and has recently been mentioned as an iat...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Domellöf L

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this review, tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is identified as the uniting principle linking the pathogenesis of insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM), non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) and carcinoma. Elevated TNF-alpha initially increases, and then inhibits, the activity of a number of ke...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Holden RJ,Pakula IS,Mooney PA

更新日期：1999-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cholesterol efflux from macrophage foam cells, the initial step of reverse cholesterol transport, is assumed to be the most relevant step with respect to atherosclerosis. As one of the ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABC) family members, ABCG1 plays a critical role in the process of cholesterol efflux. It has been r...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ni ZL,Zhao SP,Wu Z

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00