Placental umbilical cord blood transfusion in acute ischaemic stroke.

abstract：:The right timing of surgical intervention in patients with aortic insufficiency is the crucial precondition for optimal postoperative course. To meet this demand, it is essential to have precise knowledge of the pathogenesis of this disease. Within the rabbit model of aortic insufficiency, four periods of adaptational...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Simko F

更新日期：1995-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness worldwide, which is now viewed as a disease of brain with pathogenesis not fully understood. The main diagnostic methods are examining the retinal nerve fiber layer through optical coherence tomography and investigating visual field defect, but these methods pres...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sun Y,Huang W,Li F,Li H,Wang L,Huang Y,Zhang X

更新日期：2019-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Helical bundles are found in all the known structures of peanut allergens. The peptide fragments, which survive gastrointestinal digestion of the allergens and are absorbed intact, are hypothesized to reassociate and form stable helical bundles in the circulation, which could elicit a specific IgE response resulting i...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Mikita CP,Padlan EA

更新日期：2012-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vasogenic brain edema occurs as a result of a diverse spectrum of central nervous system pathology. The fundamental physiologic abnormality of vasogenic brain edema is an increase in cerebral capillary permeability. It is hypothesized that the recent development of new, potent, synthetic vasopressin antagonists will m...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Weinand ME

更新日期：1988-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamins are indispensable nutrients for metabolism. Adequate vitamin intake plays vital role in physiological processes including embryonic development, cellular and immunity proliferation and differentiation, DNA synthesis and oxidative response. In contrast, insufficient vitamin levels usually lead to a large numbe...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Huang Y,Liu A,Liu L,Wang B,Liang G

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of ozone on earth is controversial, as in the stratosphere it is protective against excessive ultra violet irradiation, and in the troposphere it is toxic for animals and plants. The effectiveness of ozone against pathogens is well recognized and ozone appears to be the best agent for sterilization of water. ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bocci V

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ischaemic stroke ranks among the most important causes of death and disability in developed countries. Abnormal lipid metabolism is among the several factors that have a role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis. We hypothesize that the decreased resistance of low-density lipoproteins against oxidative stress is an ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bereczki D,Balla G,Csiba L,Jeney V,Valikovics A,Magyar T,Balla J

更新日期：2001-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A hypothesis is presented concerning the origin of the action of muscles in the human and animal bodies It is advanced that muscle action originates with very rapid chemical reactions known as percussion reactions. These give rise to the temporary precipitation of solids in muscle cells. The accompanying volume change...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Robertson DS

更新日期：2002-08-01 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：: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 title enzyme, peptidylglycine alpha-hydroxylating monooxygenase (PHM), is essential to the in vivo generation of a wide variety of physiologically significant alpha-amidated peptide hormones from the corresponding C-terminal glycine-extended prohormones. Over a 20-year period of time a massive amount of experiment...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Owen TC,Merkler DJ

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Herbs and minerals are the integral parts of traditional systems of medicine in many countries. Kushta is a form of herbo-mineral preparations used in traditional systems of medicine (Unani and Ayurvedic) of Indo-Pak subcontinent. These preparations have long been used and claimed to be the most effective and potent d...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Aziz N,Gilani AH,Rindh MA

更新日期：2002-10-01 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：:Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) surgery is one of the most effective treatments for obesity and type II diabetes. RYGB was originally believed to work by mechanically restricting caloric intake or causing macronutrient malabsorption. However, such mechanical effects play no role in the remarkable efficacy of gastric b...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Celiker H

更新日期：2017-09-01 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：:Skin cells produce endogenous opioids in response to light. This results in increased skin and plasma levels of endogenous opioids. Increased plasma levels of endogenous opioids may improve mood and affect behavior. The author suggests that improvement in mood after exposure to light may be related to the light-induce...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sher L

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this work a new theory of acoustic signal detection in the inner ear and an experimental explanation of the causes of bifilar cochlear structure was presented. Our innovative approach describes sound detection in a completely different way from the one currently adopted. It requires analyzing the inner ear system i...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Dora J,Wojcieszak D,Kaczmarek D,Mazur M,Aksenczuk A

更新日期：2020-02-18 00:00:00

abstract：:Interventions focusing on the prevention and treatment of chronic non-communicable diseases are on rise. In the current article, we propose that dysfunction of the mesocortico-limbic reward system contributes to the emergence of the WHO-identified risk behaviors (tobacco use, unhealthy diet, physical inactivity and ha...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zsuga J,Tajti G,Papp C,Juhasz B,Gesztelyi R

更新日期：2016-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:An aldehyde-dehydrogenase (ALDH2) deficiency is a biological curb on excess alcohol-drinking. This enzyme deficiency is very common amongst Oriental people while it is relatively rare for most other populations. We observe that there is good geographical correlation between the prevalence of the mutant ALDH2*2 alleles...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Lin YP,Cheng TJ

更新日期：2002-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Foster found areas with the highest incidence of SIDS in USA in 1983-1984 coincided with the highest areas recorded with the highest incidence of goitre in First World War troops (1). Reid compared the two populations described as having the highest incidence of SIDS worldwide. Both were selenium deficient areas (King...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Reid G,Tervit H

更新日期：1994-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For many years there was a general belief that the enzyme renin, having been secreted into the circulation by the kidney in response to appropriate stimuli, initially generates the inactive decapeptide angiotensin I in the bloodstream. This is then converted to the biologically active octapeptide angiotensin II by ang...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Duckworth AJ,Goodship AE,Kendall HJ,Osborn EC

更新日期：2001-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Anorexia nervosa was explored as the possible expression of an aberration of the processing of information which ordinarily has value in life protection or extension. Each of 6 areas was briefly reviewed, and noted to have the potential for failure to balance 2 or more factors. Anorexia nervosa may prove to be a psych...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Spencer RP

更新日期：1990-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Random connection weight disturbances within an assembly of artificial neural networks (ANN) drive a progression of activation patterns that are tantamount to the memories and ideas nucleating within the brain's cortex. The numerical evaluation of these pattern-based notions by another, more placid system of ANNs gove...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Thaler SL

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intractable epilepsy has always posed a challenge to management; conventional, surgical and alternative techniques available so far (e.g., vagal nerve stimulation, i.e. VNS). The author has attempted to search for a novel alternative (drug-regime) approach to its management to minimise any invasive technique or surger...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Jaseja H

更新日期：2003-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We propose that in any acid-base disturbance there is a predictable mathematical relationship between the changes in the individual serum anionic concentrations of chloride, bicarbonate and the unmeasured anion gap. Two indices were developed, from the ratios of the changes in these anionic concentrations, that are us...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Lee SM

更新日期：1989-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Exercise-induced hypoalgesia is characterised by a reduction in pain sensitivity following exercise. Recently, low intensity exercise performed with blood flow restriction has been shown to induce hypoalgesia. The purpose of this manuscript is to discuss the mechanisms of exercise-induced hypoalgesia and provide ratio...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hughes L,Patterson SD

更新日期：2019-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis is proposed that: 1. Aflatoxin B1 and polycyclic hydrocarbon carcinogens cause the deletion of genes necessary for the production of a substance required for differentiation of the cell and activated by a steroid hormone possibly a corticosteroid. 2. Such genes could include genes for production of: glu...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Money-Kyrle AF

更新日期：1979-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The new prion diseases that have emerged in the last 15 years are bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) and variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (variant CJD). Although initially confined to the UK, these diseases have recently emerged in other European countries. The accepted cause of the human disease is that BSE spre...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Brown DR

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Melatonin is well recognized for its role as a potent antioxidant and is directly implicated in the free radical theory of aging [1] [Reiter RJ, Pablos MI, Agapito TT, Guerrero JM. Melatonin in the context of the free radical theory of aging. Ann N Y Acad Sci 1996;786:362-78]. Moreover, melatonin has been shown to ret...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Yeager RL,Oleske DA,Sanders RA,Watkins JB 3rd,Eells JT,Henshel DS

更新日期：2007-01-01 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