Insulin resistance: a potential marker and risk factor for active tuberculosis?

abstract：:Calcification is the most characteristic pathologic feature of healed meconium peritonitis. Occurrence of calcification in meconium peritonitis has been reported, but its mechanism has not been discussed. According to our studies, the cause of calcification and giant cell reaction is meconium peritonitis is related to...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Forouhar F

更新日期：1984-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This hypothesis clearly proposes the true and previously undiscovered cause of male homosexuality or bisexuality and in most cases the predictability in infancy of the development of this sexuality in adulthood. It is based on compelling new evidence which has accumulated over many years. The fetal and neonatal period...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Roper WG

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The problem how tumor cells get the metastatic ability is still a hot debate. Based on the premise that the default state of normal cells is quiescent rather than mobile, the classic progression and early metastasis model suggested that tumor metastasis should be an acquired trait contributed by the late or early gene...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zhang LJ,Li H,Zhang LY,Gu Y,Song Y,Li F,Jiang LN,Li Q,Zhang HZ,Zhang F

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease (AD) may be related to nutritional deficiencies from exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) with mal-absorption of essential nutrients, vitamins and minerals. EPI occurs in about twenty percent of the elderly population, sometimes without obvious symptoms, a number similar to the incidence of AD. ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Brenner SR

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Vitamin A is a fat-soluble vitamin required for many physiological functions. The intracellular transport of vitamin A is assisted by proteins called cellular retinol-binding proteins (CRBP I/II). The absorption, storage and usage of vitamin A are regulated by a protein called lecithin:retinol acyltransferase (LRAT), ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Mezaki Y,Fujimi TJ,Senoo H,Matsuura T

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis proposed is that restoration of functional capacity of denervated diaphragm may be achieved by reinervating it with vagus nerve. Following trauma, carcinomatose infiltration, and/or large thoracic surgery and neck surgery, phrenic nerve is frequently injured. Reinervation even in the most favourable con...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Pavlovic D,Wendt M

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The hypothesis is put forward that coronary heart disease (CHD) arises from a chronic imbalance between anabolism and catabolism in the body, induced by the psychosocial environment and mediated through the central nervous system (CNS) and neuroendocrine system. Psychosocial demands increase periods of waking arousal ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： StGeorge DP

更新日期：1983-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been speculated that the rise of the adaptive immune system in jawed vertebrates some 400 million years ago gave them a superior protection to detect and defend against pathogens that became more elusive and/or virulent to the host that had only innate immune system. First, this line of thought implies that ada...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Usharauli D

更新日期：2010-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endometriosis is a common gynaecological disorder causing pain, infertility, and emotional distress. Evidence presented here suggests that abnormal production of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha) is required for the establishment and maintenance of endometriosis and also is responsible for the associated infert...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bullimore DW

更新日期：2003-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The accumulation of fibrin/fibrinogen and other coagulation factors in and around solid tumors and metastatic foci has been recognized for a century as an aspect of cancer pathology. On this basis, anticoagulants and fibrinolytic agents have been deployed as adjuvant anticancer therapies, but they have proved clinical...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Lu DY,Chen XL,Ding J

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Three important issues must be addressed in any attempt to determine whether combination painkillers play a role in analgesic nephropathy. The first issue, namely that of a causal link between the combination itself and nephrotoxicity, has never been adequately documented. On the contrary, there is much evidence that ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Driesens F,Awouters F,Goossens T,Janssen P

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

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：:A hypothesis is presented describing the operation of mammalian brains on the basis of rapid percussion chemical reactions and shock waves generated by such reactions. It is shown that the products of these are various chemical compounds identified as present in the brain. The manner in which the brain deals with vari...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Robertson DS

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modern living standard has imposed upon society a situation of chronic sleep deprivation. This chronic loss of sleep affects women more than it does men. As a result, the postponement of pregnancy has become a common choice due to the priority given to social and domestic activities. For women, pregnancy represent...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Pires GN,Andersen ML,Giovenardi M,Tufik S

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Contrast-induced nephropathy (CIN) is regarded as acute tubular necrosis resulting from the cytotoxicity of contrast media and the medullary hypoxia linking to the interplay of vasoconstriction and vasodilatation. Saline infusion may prevent CIN by inhibiting renin release and thus production of angiotensin II (ANG II...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Wong PC,Guo J,Zhang A

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:At present, researchers are still debating the effect of blue light on the eyes.Studies have shown thatwhile blue lighthelpsto maintain normal biological rhythms,excessive blue light radiation mayinduce fundus lesions. The preliminary survey shows that the incidence of vitreous floaters is high among digital device us...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Chen JT,Wu HJ

更新日期：2020-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A bi-directional association between mood disorders and migraine has been consistently reported. Nevertheless, the neurobiological substrate underlying the association between these disorders remains unknown. In the article herein we review evidence for the role of inflammatory cytokines in the neurobiology of bipolar...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Brietzke E,Mansur RB,Grassi-Oliveira R,Soczynska JK,McIntyre RS

更新日期：2012-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the early postnatal period, intraventricular hemorrhage may develop in infants with extremely low birth weights due to hemodynamic instability. One of the most significant factors in intraventricular hemorrhage development is fluctuations in the cerebral blood flow due to left-to-right shunting as a result of paten...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Tekgündüz KŞ,Tekgündüz SE

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Over-proliferation of SMC (smooth muscle cell) is one characteristics of atherosclerosis. One well accepted mechanism is that the decrease of ECs (endothelial cells) induced by over apoptosis leads to endothelial dysfunction, which in turn results in over-proliferation of SMC. Obviously, the mechanism works after endo...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Qin C,Liu Z

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Natural whole foods contain fats as structural components, and have a balance of polyunsaturated fat, monounsaturated fat, and saturated fat. Since we are still a Paleolithic species, adapted to eating only wild foods, it is difficult to justify the consumption of anything other than an overall balance of triglyceride...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Broadhurst CL

更新日期：1997-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Intra-peritoneal adhesions ensuing from surgery or infection may lead to chronic pelvic pain, bowel obstruction, infertility and additional invasive surgery to resolve adhesion-related complications. As a result adhesions are a major clinical, social and economic concern. The cumulative year-on-year direct costs of ad...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sadek K,Macklon N,Bruce K,Cagampang F,Cheong Y

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For American medical historiography, to borrow from Dickens, these are the best of times and the worst of times. These are the times when rigorous scholarship has been brought to bear on the field (with great improvement in the quality of research) and when medicine is disappearing from its own history. These are the ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Prioreschi P

更新日期：1992-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The structural rearrangement of human sheathed capillaries in congestive splenomegaly has been considered. In abnormal spleens the external diameter and wall thickness were decreased, while the internal diameter was increased. Moreover, the total length and the absolute number of sheathed capillaries were increased, t...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Pallotti C,Pettazzoni P,Slawomirski MR

更新日期：1995-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In view of the limited success of available treatment modalities for metastatic tumor, alternative and complementary strategies need to be developed. Oncolytic viruses are capable of selective replication in malignant cells and therefore offer levels of potency and specificity that are potentially far higher than conv...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Deng W,Jia J

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Information about the etiology of pressure sores has been contradictory and is inconsistent with the idea that pressure sore formation is due extensively to depriving a tissue region of blood. Based on these observations and on studies done in the cooperating laboratories, an hypothesis has been formulated that integr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Krouskop TA

更新日期：1983-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A case-control study was conducted in order to test the hypothesis that a reduced exposure to human seminal factors in the early reproductive life of women is a risk factor in breast cancer. The relative risk of exposure to the hypothetical semen-factor deficiency is 4.7 times greater for breast-cancer patients than f...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Gjorgov AN

更新日期：1978-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The psychological attributes of intelligence and personality are usually seen as being quite distinct in nature: higher intelligence being regarded a 'gift' (bestowed mostly by heredity); while personality or 'character' is morally evaluated by others, on the assumption that it is mostly a consequence of choice? So a ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Charlton BG

更新日期：2009-10-01 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：:Body size and body composition have been suggested as the best explanation for the temporal trend toward early menarche over the last 100 years. There is evidence from human and animal studies that indicates that body size is not the primary factor in influencing the occurrence of menarche. The data actually show that...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sanchez A,Kissinger DG,Phillips RI

更新日期：1981-11-01 00:00:00