Alternative medicine in ancient and medieval history.

abstract：:Juvenile nasopharyngeal angiofibroma (JNA) is the most common benign tumor of the nasopharynx. For reasons unknown, this tumor is found almost always in male population. However, site of origin of JNA is still an enigma. Previously, JNA was considered to arise from the superior aspect of sphenopalatine foramen. Over l...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kairo AK,Kumar R,Sharma SC

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A wide range of hyperimmune-associated diseases plague post-industrial society, with a prevalence and impact that is staggering. Strong evidence points towards a loss of helminths from the ecosystem of the human body (the human biome) as the most important factor in this epidemic. Helminths, intestinal worms which are...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bilbo SD,Wray GA,Perkins SE,Parker W

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A meniscal graft extrusion is still an unresolved problem that affects most patients after a meniscal transplantation. Despite the advances in surgical techniques, together with the improved methods for a meniscal allograft sizing, success is only observed in up to 75% of patients after they experience a meniscal allo...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Łuczkiewicz P,Daszkiewicz K,Chróścielewski J,Witkowski W,Kuik L

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A primary goal in antimicrobial drug design is to find molecules which inhibit key proteins in bacteria without affecting mammalian homologues. To this aim, structural differences between eukaryotic and prokaryotic enzyme proteins involved in life processes are widely exploited. The membrane-bound enzyme complex ATP s...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Nesci S,Ventrella V,Trombetti F,Pirini M,Pagliarani A

更新日期：2014-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early detection of mycoplasma infection is crucial for saving precious often irreplaceable data from the tissues of patients. Mycoplasma infections cause diseases in the upper and lower respiratory tracts, urethritis in men resulting in painful dysuria, urgency and urethral discharge. Cough, fever, headache, urethriti...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Talas L,Banfalvi G,Fidrus E,Szigeti ZM,Nagy G

更新日期：2017-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The exact nature of the mechanism that triggers initiation of chromosome replication in the best understood of all organisms, Escherichia coli, remains mysterious. Here, I suggest that this mechanism evolved in response to the problems that arise if chromosome replication does not occur. E. coli is now known to be hig...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Norris V

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trypanosomiasis is common in Africa and South America. The surface of trypanosomes is covered by glycosyl phosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) that contains the fatty acid myristate (14:0) as its lipid moiety that is essential for its survival. Myristic acid, being a saturated fatty a...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Das UN

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) represents the largest current health challenge for the society. At the moment, the therapeutic strategies to deal with this disease are only supportive. It is well known that zinc (Zn) possesses a variety of dir...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kumar A,Kubota Y,Chernov M,Kasuya H

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:'Electrohypersensitivity' is often explained as a psychological syndrome. Our modern environment contains a lot of different substances and some of them are toxic. Mycotoxins are types of toxins that are biologically very active and that affect living organisms. Mycotoxins and fungi capable of producing toxins have be...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Anttila K

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Silicone may, like any other adjuvant, induce an inflammatory reaction and diseases. There is no data about its use in renal transplant recipients. Increased immunogenicity of silicon may manifest by activation of both the innate and the adaptive immune system cells what promotes a chronic pro-inflammatory response. D...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Basic-Jukic N,Ratkovic M,Radunovic D,Kastelan Z

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Infection of the lymphatic system by Wuchereria bancrofti microfilaria is the most common cause of elephantiasis, a disease that affects over 100 million people. The nightly release of microfilaria into the circulation coincides with the feeding activity of its mosquito vector, a synchronization that is presumably an ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sack RL

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The SARS-CoV-2 virus has spread around the world. At this time, there is no vaccine that can help people prevent the spread of coronavirus. We are proposing amantadine as a drug that can be used to mitigate the effects of the virus. It is demonstrated by docking models how amantadine can exert its action on Coronaviru...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Abreu GEA,Aguilar MEH,Covarrubias DH,Durán FR

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For some patients with radiculopathy a source of nerve root compression cannot be identified despite positive electromyography (EMG) evidence. This discrepancy hampers the effective clinical management for these individuals. Although it has been well-established that tissues in the cervical spine move in a three-dimen...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Jaumard NV,Udupa JK,Siegler S,Schuster JM,Hilibrand AS,Hirsch BE,Borthakur A,Winkelstein BA

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Huachansu, a Chinese medicine that comes from dried toad venom from the skin glands of Bufo bufo gargarizans Cantor or Bufo melanostictus Schneider, has been used in treatment of cancers. We conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the efficacy and safety of Huachansu combined with chemotherapy for advanced gas...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Xie X,Huang X,Li J,Lv X,Huang J,Tang S,Sun Y

更新日期：2013-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Solutes concentration in the aqueous humor of the eye is highest near the ciliary processes in the posterior chamber (p.c.) and lowest near the trabecular meshwork in the anterior chamber (a.c.). The high osmotic gradient across the semipermeable iris causes it to easily move forward at this location and occasionally ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Mark HH

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) serum levels in man have long been utilized as a tumor marker and as a birth defect screening agent in the clinical laboratory. Although the physiological role of AFP has remained obscure, the stereotypic carrier/transport function of a fetal counterpart to albumin has been attributed to this o...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Dauphinée MJ,Mizejewski GJ

更新日期：2002-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of intra-abdominal adhesions is explained by hydrolysis of the peritoneal phospholipid layer caused by phospholipase A2 activity. This view could unify the pre-existing hypotheses that intra-abdominal adhesions are due to ischemia or increased plasminogen activator activity. New therapeutic approaches are...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Snoj M

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:On the nature of wellness, stress, netting and the radical gas nitric oxide (NO). The multi-complex role of NO resulted in its discoverers receiving a Nobel award, its presence everywhere and volatility makes it a suitable candidate to be a main signal in an instantaneous communication network. Such network, with the ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ralt D

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is a complex and heterogeneous disease characterized by central obesity, impaired glucose metabolism, dyslipidemia, arterial hypertension, insulin resistance and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein. In 2006, a neurotrophic hypothesis of the etiopathogenesis of MetS was launched. This hypothes...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hristova MG

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In attempts to develop a rational anticancer strategy the same homologous tissue in 3 conditions were used side by side as targets: normal epidermis of the mouse back. Tween 60R-provoked benign epidermal hyperplasia, and carcinogen-provoked malignant condition. In contrast to the highest tolerated doses of the cytosta...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Setälä K

更新日期：1982-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder that according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) affects 1 in 150 children in the United States. Autism is characterized by impairments in social relatedness and communication, repetitive behaviors, abnormal movements, and sensory dysfunction. Recently emer...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Geier MR,Geier DA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is a rare form of neuropathic pain that results in sudden, unilateral and recurrent pains in the distribution of one or more branches of the trigeminal nerve. The aetiology of TN remains unclear and several theories have been proposed. Many medical and surgical methods have been applied with ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Collet C,Haen P,Laversanne S,Brignol L,Thiéry G

更新日期：2013-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Both human cell lines HL-60 and AML-193 exhibit a myeloblastic and promyelocytic morphology, respectively, but may be regarded as bipotent leukemic precursors. They can be triggered to differentiate to either granulocytes or monocytes upon retinoic acid (RA) or 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D (D3) addition, respectively. We h...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Camagna A,Testa U,Masciulli R,Barberi T,Samoggia P,Tritarelli E,Pustorino E,Cipollone L,Ciancio L,del Duca P,Dionisi S,del Vecchio LR,Misasi G,de Martinis C,Peschle C

更新日期：1998-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The amino acid threonine contains two chiral carbons and thus can exist in four possible conformations. However, only a single conformation (2S, 3R) of threonine is incorporated in proteins by the cellular translation material. The conformation at the alpha carbon (carbon 2) is the same as that of the other amino acid...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Altschuler EL

更新日期：2001-04-01 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：: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：:Lipid peroxidation has been shown to both enhance carcinogenesis and to have an anticarcinogenic effect. This paradox is of great relevance to the fields of free radical biology, biochemistry, pathology, nutrition and oncology among others and needs to be addressed. A proper understanding of this issue can be a key to...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： González MJ,Riordan NH

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:N-acetylaspartate (NAA) is an intermediary metabolite that is found in relatively high concentrations in the human brain. More specifically, NAA is so concentrated in the neurons that it generates one of the most visible peaks in nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra, thus allowing NAA to serve as "a neuronal marke...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Clark JF,Doepke A,Filosa JA,Wardle RL,Lu A,Meeker TJ,Pyne-Geithman GJ

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare disease, it has very serious consequences for both mother and child. No single cause has been held responsible for the pathogenesis. Recent studies have indicated that increased proteolytic cathepsin D activity in cardiomyocytes results in16kDa prolactin fragments wi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Reuwer AQ,Reuwer PJ,van der Post JA,Cramer MJ,Kastelein JJ,Twickler MT

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present no good method of assisting the right ventricle of the heart exists. This paper presents a new and effective approach to assisting the right ventricle of the heart which can be utilized independently or during cardiac surgery. Through implementation of this method, and timed inflation and deflation of sever...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Gordon RT,Gordon D

更新日期：1979-11-01 00:00:00