Effects of electrostatic potentials generated on the surface of the skin by wearing synthetic and semisynthetic fabrics on physical condition, mood and behavior: role of acupuncture points.

abstract：:Despite extensive research, a link between the assumed mechanisms of death and known risk factors for sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) has not yet been established. Modifiable risk factors such as prone sleeping position, nicotine exposure and thermal stress and non-avoidable risk factors like male gender and some ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Flaig C

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cerebral ischemia is still one of the most confusing and enigmatic neurological disorders with least understood injuries. The EEG measures have been traditionally used to detect residual neural dysfunctions after cerebral ischemia although having several shortcomings, yielding controversial and inconsistent results. I...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bhattacharya P,Pandey AK,Paul S,Patnaik R

更新日期：2013-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A method for fast nucleotide sequencing is described. It is based in the selection of well-known small oligomers able to be hybridized with the unknown target. The selected oligomers are afterwards ordered following a simple statistical approach. The use of capillary electrophoresis for the analysis is emphasized. ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Figureau A,Soto MA,Tohá J

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prostate cancer incidence increases with age; along with many other cancers, it could be considered a disease of aging. Prostate cancer screening has led to a significant proportion of men diagnosed with low-grade, low-stage prostate cancer who are now more likely to choose an active surveillance strategy rather than ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Liss MA,Rickborn L,DiGiovanni J,Bacich D,DeGraffenried LA,Parihar M,Thompson IM,Sharp ZD

更新日期：2018-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meditation is used worldwide by millions of people for relaxation and stress relief. Given sufficient practice, meditators may also experience a variety of altered states of consciousness. These states can lead to a variety of unusual experiences, including physical, emotional and psychic disturbances. This paper high...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Lindsay S

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A high incidence of sudden unexplained nocturnal deaths has been reported among young Asian males. These deaths are known as Pokkuri in Japan, Bangungut in the Philippines and Sudden Unexplained Nocturnal Death in the United States. Post mortem analysis has demonstrated cardiac conduction defects in many of the victim...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Melles RB,Katz B

更新日期：1988-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is an autoimmune disease with multiple organs involved. Kidney damage is common among SLE patients. In lupus nephritis, extracellular DNA accumulation from necrosis cells and activated cells is perceived as initial step of inflammation. The up-regulated type I IFN is one pivotal cyto...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zheng L,Zhang H,Tang Y

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This hypothesis named Salerian Addictive Potential (SAP) suggests that the addictive potency of any substance may be calculated with an algebraic equation of A=E/T(max)xt(1/2), where A is the addictive potency, E represents the euphoric potency, T(max) is the time to reach peak plasma concentration, and t(1/2) is the ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Salerian AJ

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The inverse association between maternal folate status and incidence of infants born with neural tube defects (NTD's) was recognized over twenty years ago and led the US health agencies in the early 1990s to recommend that women of childbearing age consume 400 microg of folic acid each day. The FDA followed by mandati...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Rogers EJ

更新日期：2008-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cause and therapy of neurodegenerative diseases remain unsolved puzzles. These diseases are correlated with presence of beta sheet-rich amyloid assemblies. Here, I derive and assemble puzzle pieces to obtain a loose end-tying hypothesis for cause with direct implications for therapy. I use the following extrapolat...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Serwer P

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Plantar fasciitis has been and remains one of the most common pathologic conditions of the lower extremity. Patients diagnosed with plantar fasciitis are treated conservatively with various degrees of success. This article presents a review of the literature pertaining to treatment of plantar fasciitis as well as intr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Dmitri Luke BS

更新日期：2002-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biology of natural selection is an enduring mystery, as is the nature of Charles Darwin's chronic illness. Of the theories advanced to explain the latter, Oedipal conflicts and Chagas' disease are preeminent. Hypomania, however, propelled Darwin to the pinnacle of scientific achievement and good health, the depres...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Lieb J

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Neuroleptic-induced tardive dyskinesia represents a major serious side-effect of chronic therapy with neuroleptic drugs. The pathomechanisms underlying this disorder are not well understood. Although the dopaminergic supersensitivity theory has gained most attention, there is evidence to suggest involvement of other t...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sandyk R

更新日期：1986-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of atopic diseases (atopic dermatitis, bronchial asthma, allergic rhinitis) has considerably increased for the last 40 years. This tendency has coincided with the beginning of the epoch of the use of the topical corticosteroids, which have a potent immunomodulation action. This fact itself as well as a ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Pampura AN

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Can consciousness be understood as the ongoing active creation of information (of meaning)? 'Emergence', the central concept in this hypothesis, plays an essentially different role in it than in theories previously proposed. ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Atkin A

更新日期：1992-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Daily disturbances of the earth's magnetic field produce variations in geomagnetic activity (GMA) that are reportedly associated with widespread effects on human health and behaviour. Some of these effects could be mediated by an established influence of GMA on the secretion of melatonin. There is evidence from unrela...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Lipnicki DM

更新日期：2009-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study investigated whether or not the anesthetic effect of ketamine in rats is dependent on adrenal gland hormones. The study was performed on two main rat groups, intact and adrenalectomized. Rat were divided into subgroups and given appropriate doses of ketamine, metyrapone or metyrosine. Durations of anesthesi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Aksoy M,Ince I,Ahiskalioglu A,Dostbil A,Celik M,Turan MI,Cetin N,Suleyman B,Alp HH,Suleyman H

更新日期：2014-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The present paper hypothesizes that the top positions in academic medicine are generally occupied by less talented and skilled physicians who find more time to spare for administrative activities as compared to physicians who are successful in their research projects or enjoy their skills as practicing clinicians. A p...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sonnenberg A

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Depression is often associated with insulin resistance, owing to cortisol overproduction; conversely, many studies suggest that diabetics are at increased risk for depression. Recent evidence indicates that insulin is transported through the blood-brain barrier and influences brain function via widely distributed insu...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： McCarty MF

更新日期：1994-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cannabis use has often been associated with various forms of psychosis. Today it is well established that everyone produces marijuana-like compounds known as endocannabinoids. The endocannabinoid system is a homeostatic regulator of all body systems including the nervous system. As a result, imbalances in the endocann...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Melamede R

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomiasis (whether African sleeping sickness, or American Chaga's disease) is caused by an infection with a protozoan parasite, i.e. the trypanosome. This carries fatal sequences in the untreated host. Currently available chemotherapeutic drugs (some of which cure by involving reactive oxygen species (ROS] are n...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Eze MO

更新日期：1991-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Since 1960, the incidence of melanoma has increased dramatically in Caucasians worldwide, and during the past decade has risen at a rate of 6% a year in the USA. A hypothesis regarding this increased incidence suggests that the prevalent use of antibacterial soaps that contain photosensitizing compounds may be a risk ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Arbesman H

更新日期：1999-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The existence of homosexuality in humans poses a problem for evolutionary theory. Exclusive male homosexuality has a catastrophic effect on reproduction and yet inherited factors appear to contribute to it. Previous attempts to resolve this conundrum are inconsistent with aspects of evolutionary theory. Additional lim...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Dewar CS

更新日期：2003-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In a previous paper, I have proposed that the deficiency of an endogenous caffeine-like substance is the underlying pathogenic mechanism in schizophrenia (1). In the present paper, my new concept is used to explain many of the clinical, biochemical, radiologic and pharmacologic facts about schizophrenia. ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Missak SS

更新日期：1991-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The terminology relating to 'psychological stress' is so confused and ambiguous that research in this field - and application of its results - must surely be hampered. Relevant words with conflicting usages and scientific definitions include 'stress' itself, 'stressor', 'strain', 'challenge', 'demand', 'threat', 'reso...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Burton RF,Hinton JW

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Circumstantial evidence links neuropathological changes in postencephalitic Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis on Guam to the 1918 influenza pandemic. Postencephalitic Parkinson's disease and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis have neuronal neurofibrillary tangles that anatomically correlate with clinica...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Maurizi CP

更新日期：2002-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Atherosclerosis is a common disease whose complications, such as myocardial infarction, are a leading cause of mortality worldwide. Therefore, ideas which try to explain the circumstances of atherosclerotic plaque initiation and progression are warranted. We hypothesize that low-grade inflammation in early life (espec...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kowara M,Kasarełło K,Czarzasta K,Opolski G,Cudnoch-Jędrzejewska A

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Growing evidences suggest a link between normal tension glaucoma (NTG) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). Both of them are progressive neurodegenerative disorders. Recently researches provide a clue that optineurin may be a new common underlying risk factor involved in NTG and AD. OPTINEURIN (OPTN) gene coding for "optineu...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Liu YH,Tian T

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiovascular diseases like myocardial infarction, complex congenital heart disease, and subsequent heart failure are a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Recent advances in tissue engineering arise to address the lack of available tissues and organs for transplantation because cells alone are not capable of r...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Wu KH,Cui B,Yu CT,Liu YL

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00