Glutathione sodium salt as a novel adjunctive treatment for acute myocardial infarction.

abstract：:Genetic linkage studies and genome wide analysis have provided insights into complex medical diseases. Mycobacterium avium ss. paratuberculosis (MAP) causes Johne's disease, an important enteric inflammatory disease mostly studied in ruminant animals. MAP is also the putative cause of Crohn's disease. Moreover, MAP ha...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Dow CT

更新日期：2014-12-01 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：:Atherosclerosis and its fatal complications, such as myocardial infarction or stroke, represent the most common cause of morbidity or mortality in modern world. It was observed that an excess of reactive oxygen species (ROS) accompanies atherosclerosis. Under physiological circumstances, intracellular H+ accumulates a...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zheng Z,Zhang Z,Wang M

更新日期：2020-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pellagra is a curable dietary illness that unchecked leads to dementia, diarrhoea, dermatitis and death due to lack of the precursors for NAD(H). In addition it caused a wide range of monosyndromic degenerative and functional neurological disorders as well as profound developmental, premature aging and metabolic syndr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Williams AC,Ramsden DB

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper treats evidence for an increasing recognition of a force with intangible properties in biosystems with special reference to its ability to transport electrons at near 0 degree Kelvin. It is implied that such force, whose demonstration at these temperatures is an experimental contrivance to emphasise its str...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Reid BL

更新日期：1995-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:As known, gamma-interferon-induced cell death in HeLa cells can be mediated via the recently identified protein kinase, death associated protein (DAP) kinase which is localized to the microfilament system of the cytoskeleton. However, the downstream or upstream effectors of DAP kinase remain uncertain. In the present ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Gerashchenko BI,Murata-Hori M,Hosoya H

更新日期：2000-05-01 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：:Complex spinal reconstructive procedures are invariably associated with excessive intraoperative blood loss that significantly increases the risk of severe perioperative complications. In some cases, excessive hemorrhage is equivalent to estimated total blood volume. Unfortunately, widely exposed bony surfaces are not...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Block JE

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcendental mediation (TM) is a stylized form of physical and mental relaxation which is associated with changes in the secretion and release of several pituitary hormones. The hormonal changes induced by TM mimic the effects of the inhibitory neurotransmitter gamma aminobutyric acid (GABA). It is hypothesized that...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Elias AN,Wilson AF

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Optic neuropathy is an invaliding pathology with diverse clinical manifestation and varying causes. Current understanding of etiopathological aspects of optical neuropathy does not provide an effective treatment protocol. In this article we discuss existing treatment methods, and their effectiveness, evaluated dependi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Shkarubo AN,Nikolenko VN,Velichko AY,Sinelnikov MY

更新日期：2020-10-01 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：:Some genes such as those for histones and RNAs are conserved unchanged through much of evolution and have numerous tandem repeat copies in the genome. It is proposed that as yet undetected 'polystrand' enzymes use such multiple copies as a means of conserving their sequence by comparing the copies and eliminating erro...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Frei JV

更新日期：1990-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many embryonic genes may be sets of repeated genes. Processes of differentiation where the quantity of gene activity changes during embryogenesis may not reflect the transcription rate per se but instead be a result of the state of expression of constitutive repeated genes. Such repeated genes (in fact or theory) is d...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hancock RL

更新日期：1991-03-01 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：: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：:Stress, in its many forms, is long associated with the etiology and course of schizophrenia. The mechanisms mediating the impacts of stress are not fully elucidated. Here it is proposed that stress induced cortisol alters kynurenic acid (KA) and quinolinic acid (QA) in the cortex and amygdala/striatum, respectively. T...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Anderson G

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute stroke, including acute ischemic stroke (AIS) and acute hemorrhagic stroke, (AHS) is a common medical problem with particular relevance to the demographic changes in industrialized societies. In recent years, treatments for AIS have emerged, including thrombolysis with tissue plasminogen activator (t-PA). Althou...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kikuchi K,Kawahara K,Miyagi N,Uchikado H,Kuramoto T,Morimoto Y,Tancharoen S,Miura N,Takenouchi K,Oyama Y,Shrestha B,Matsuda F,Yoshida Y,Arimura S,Mera K,Tada K,Yoshinaga N,Maenosono R,Ohno Y,Hashiguchi T,Maruyama

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The hypotheses of autoimmune, allergic or infectious etiology of severe mental illness have been reported in the scientific literature repeatedly. The main objective of this work is to study the relationship of inflammatory, autoimmunity or recent infection markers with the fact of suffering Severe Mental Di...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Olcina Rodríguez JF,Díaz Fernández J,Orta Mira N,López-Briz E,Gómez-Pajares F

更新日期：2019-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The number of deaths per year from hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) exceeds 250000, placing it sixth as the cause of death from cancer worldwide. The primary etiology of most cases of HCC in the US is hepatitis B and/or C. Extensive research has demonstrated that the relationship between hepatitis B infection and the pr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Steel J,Carney M,Carr BI,Baum A

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) experience co-morbid illnesses, including cardiovascular disease and retinopathy. Sevelamer hydrochloride (Renagel®); a non-calcium phosphate binder reduces coronary artery and aortic calcification as compared to calcium containing phosphate binders and additionally effects i...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Draca N,Lazic R,Simic P,Dumic-Cule I,Luetic AT,Gabric N

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cameron and Pauling have reported large survival increases in terminal cancer patients treated with Vitamin C. Their trials, which have been criticised because not based on random, double-blind principles, are reviewed here using a broad inductive method that relies on diverse data of varying quality. Conclusions are ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Jaffey M

更新日期：1982-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Mood expressions encompassing positive scales like "activity, elation, contemplation, calmness" and negative scales like "anger, excitement, depression, fatigue" were applied for introducing a new tool to assess the effects of acupuncture on brain structures. Traditional acupuncture points defined in the literature fo...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Acker H,Schmidt-Rathjens C,Acker T,Fandrey J,Ehleben W

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ampligen, a mismatched double stranded RNA, is hypothesized to be an ideal base therapy for HIV disease to which other agents, such as the nucleoside analogue, AZT, can be advantageously added. The unique properties of Ampligen which support this hypothesis include activation of immune cells, inhibition of virus repli...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Gillespie D,Carter WA

更新日期：1992-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Epidemiological studies reveal that chronic alcoholics exhibiting liver disease are generally malnourished. Experimental studies unequivocally demonstrate that incidence of malnutrition cannot be avoided in animals fed liquid diets containing high concentrations of alcohol. Furthermore, ingestion of additional amounts...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sankaran H,Larkin EC,Rao GA

更新日期：1994-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Essential hypertension is a heterogeneous multifactorial syndrome associated with a high cardiovascular risk. A multiple choice of antihypertensive drugs is available; however, a high individual variability to the antihypertensive therapy is still responsible for a modest reduction of the CV risk and not satisfactory ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ferrari P,Ferrandi M,Valentini G,Manunta P,Bianchi G

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Along with oxygen, glucose is an essential macronutrient for most cells, a source of carbons for biosynthesis and energy. However, alongside this indispensable role for cell survival and growth, glucose is intrinsically toxic by reacting with primary amines such as lysine in proteins in a non-enzymatic glycation proce...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Szwergold BS

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma can cause erosion of the dense labyrinthine bone overlying the inner ear organs, and this labyrinthine fistula allows pressure or mass-induced motion of the underlying perilymphatic and endolymphatic compartment, evoking vestibular symptoms. While the mechanism of a positive fis...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Jeong H,Lee DH,Shin JE,Kim CH

更新日期：2020-11-01 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：:Amyloid beta-protein is a major focus in efforts to understand the etiology of Alzheimer disease yet there is little known about the mechanism of its deposition in plaques. I propose deposition of amyloid in neuritic plaques depends on the remains of neurofibrillary tangles after neuronal death. The interaction of the...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Perry G

更新日期：1993-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recompression and oxygen breathing constitute the primary treatments for decompression sickness (DCS). Increasing the volume of distribution of dissolved gas with high-volume liquid therapy represents an alternative strategy to prevent or treat DCS. Furthermore, degassing of ingested and infused liquids would increase...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Watenpaugh DE

更新日期：2003-05-01 00:00:00