Could there be any merit in lumping primary open-angle glaucoma, idiopathic intracranial hypertension and Meniere's disease into a novel and discrete category of fluid tension disorders?

abstract：:Historically, cluster reports have been considered to be only marginally productive and generally discouraged as statistical artifacts. This report presents the results of a three year study involving in excess of 100 cancer cluster reports. The majority of these investigations represented statistical events; there we...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Aldrich TE,Garcia N,Ziechner S,Berger S

更新日期：1983-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For reasons that are not known, the incidence of stomach cancer is declining in most countries. In contrast, cancer of the gastric remnant after partial gastrectomy for peptic ulcer disease seems to be increasing. "Stump cancer" has been claimed to be a separate disease entity and has recently been mentioned as an iat...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Domellöf L

更新日期：1979-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recent studies confirm that dietary methionine restriction increases both mean and maximal lifespan in rats and mice, achieving "aging retardant" effects very similar to those of caloric restriction, including a suppression of mitochondrial superoxide generation. Although voluntary caloric restriction is never likely ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： McCarty MF,Barroso-Aranda J,Contreras F

更新日期：2009-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:I have previously assumed that stem tumour cells are 'para-embryonal cells' (PECs) poor or missing in major histocompatibility complex (MHC) antigens. PECs might induce adjoining differentiated hyperplastic cells to also express tumoral phenotype and properties, thus transforming them into 'differentiated para-embryon...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Manzo G

更新日期：1998-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is a lethal muscle wasting disease caused by a lack of dystrophin, which eventually leads to apoptosis of muscle cells and impaired muscle contractility. Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats/CRISPR associated protein 9 (CRISPR/Cas9) gene editing of induced pluripo...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hagan M,Ashraf M,Kim IM,Weintraub NL,Tang Y

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Pregnancy is characterized by multiple metabolic processes to allow proper foetal development and ensure adequate stores. Little is known about the interactions between maternal and foetal metabolism during the last phase of pregnancy. Metabolomic offers potential to discover changes in maternal metabolism i...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Perrone S,Laschi E,De Bernardo G,Giordano M,Vanacore F,Tassini M,Calderisi M,Toni AL,Buonocore G,Longini M

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A new hypothesis concerning the association of low levels of steroid hormones and hypercholesterolemia is proposed. This study presents data that concurrent restoration to youthful levels of multiple normally found steroid hormones is able to normalize or improve serum total cholesterol (TC). We evaluated 20 patients ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Dzugan SA,Arnold Smith R

更新日期：2002-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The biophysical processes during electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) are discussed. The multilayer head structure causes a shunting and spreading of the major portions of the current all over the extracranial tissues. The final effect is that only a small percentage of the injected current passes into the brain. The secon...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zyss T

更新日期：1994-08-01 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：: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：:Traumatic iris sphincter tear has been thought to occur secondary to anteroposterior compression of the globe with defined forces lead to equatorial expansion and active pull along the corneoscleral junction and sphincter tear. However, here in this report, we elaborate the additional forces involved in the traumatic ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Pujari A,Agarwal D,Kumar Behera A,Bhaskaran K,Sharma N

更新日期：2019-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Damaged DNA can lead to aneuploidy and/or chromosomal instability, which is believed to be major contributor to tumor progression. Genotoxic and oncogenic stresses-induced DNA damage activate the tumor suppressor pathways initiate DNA damage response (DDR). One of the cellular fates in response to DDR is permanent gro...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Erol A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson's disease (PD) is the second most common neurodegenerative disease after Alzheimer's disease. The hallmark pathologic feature of PD is dopamine deficiency, caused by the degeneration of nigrostriatal dopaminergic neurons. Current treatments for PD mainly address the dopaminergic features of the disease; howe...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Tsai SJ

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:CML, a myeloproliferative clonal disorder of myeloid stem cells, is characterized by the consistent presence of a bcr-c-abl fusion gene which is formed as a result of a translocation of the c-abl gene from chromosome 9 to downstream of the bcr gene on chromosome 22 (ph'). Current approaches to the treatment of CML are...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Nadkarni KS,Datar RH,Rao SG

更新日期：1991-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parathyroid hormone (PTH) acts as a controller of bone remodeling and has influence on periodontal tissues. In addition to the well-established catabolic effects (activation of bone resorption) of PTH, it is recognized that the PTH intermittent administration has anabolic effects (promotion of bone formation). However...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Vasconcelos DF,Vasconcelos AC

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Gastroesophageal reflux (GER) and asthma have been linked, but the true nature of this relationship is incompletely understood. Most of the literature examining this association has implicated GER as the factor contributing to asthma. GER has also been linked to conditions of the upper airway like sinusitis and obstru...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Turbyville JC

更新日期：2010-06-01 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：:The paper discusses the unifying concept that cell hydration is the primary factor in the mechanism of carcinogenesis. The concept includes the following hypotheses: (1) Increased cell hydration causes cancer not only by promoting cell division and oncogene expression, but also by inactivating genes inducing cell diff...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： McIntyre GI

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:The largely empirical dopamine theory has limited value in clarifying the pathogenesis of schizophrenia, due to its inability to explain consistent imaging findings, such as cortical grey matter loss, reduced frontal and thalamic activity, and, reduced D1 receptor load. Furthermore, the most effective drug for treatin...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： McDermott E,de Silva P

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：UNLABELLED:T helper (Th) lymphocytes have been classified into distinct subsets, Th1 and Th2 on the basis of the cytokines they produce. According to the cross-regulatory properties of Th1 and Th2 cells, one would assume that to be affected by a Th1 type disease increases susceptibility to a Th1 type disease and inhibi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Shahabi S,Hassan ZM,Jazani NH,Ebtekar M

更新日期：2006-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The DSM is not brain-related and is thus unable to relate clinical assessments to putative brain disturbances. 'Clinical brain profiling' (CBP) involves the rearrangement of clinical findings to assess the relevant disturbances in brain dynamics. CBP has three major pathological dimensions, (1) disorders of basic brai...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Peled A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The modified base 5-methylcytidine has been found in the DNA of a number of different eukaryotic cells where it occurs principally in the dinucleotide sequence -CmpG- which is present as a palindrome in double-strand nucleic acid molecules. There is considerable evidence to indicate and suggest that 5-methylcytosine s...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hawtrey AO,Ariatti M

更新日期：1984-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Numerous studies have shown that opioids and cannabinoids share some pharmacological properties. Accordingly, similarly to opioids, tolerance and dependence develops after chronic use of cannabinoids. Nitric oxide (NO) has been shown to play important roles both in opioid- and cannabinoid-induced tolerance and depende...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ulugol A

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Most of the evidence of formation of amblyopia is derived traditionally from electrophysiological studies. Recently, there have been many discoveries from genetics, histopathology, biochemistry, immunology and interventional studies. On the basis of evidence gathered in the last five years, the various types of amblyo...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Tong LM

更新日期：1997-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Parkinson disease (PD) is a chronic progressive degenerative disorder that affects over 6 million people worldwide. It is manifested by motor and psychiatric signs. The latter inflicts up to 88% of PD patients. With the prolongation of life expectancy, it is presumed that the prevalence of PD will further rise, togeth...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Raskin S,Durst R

更新日期：2010-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Metastases from unknown primary tumours (MUP) are not an uncommon clinical problem. A hypothesis that discusses the plausible role of neoangiogenesis, as a central theme in the development of MUPs, is presented. Invasive cancers, which cannot or do not switch to the angiogenic phenotype, remain subclinical. In situati...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Naresh KN

更新日期：2002-09-01 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：:Several experiments show that there is a cell to cell communication by light in different cell types. This article describes theoretical mechanisms and subcellular structures that could be involved in this phenomenon. Special consideration is given to the nervous system, since it would have excellent conditions for su...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Grass F,Klima H,Kasper S

更新日期：2004-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The cumulative incidence of uterine leiomyoma at age 50 is ≈ 70% in White women and >80% in Black women. Although risk factor research is limited, increasing age, and being premenopausal, nulliparous or Black are risk factors for leiomyomas. Black women tend to have larger leiomyomas and be younger at diagnosis. Surpr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Wegienka G

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00