A new right ventricular cardiac assist device.

abstract：:Fibromyalgia (FM) is a debilitating, widespread pain disorder that is assumed to originate from inappropriate pain processing in the central nervous system. Psychological and behavioral factors are both believed to underlie the pathogenesis and complicate the treatment. This hypothesis, however, has not yet been suffi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hulens M,Dankaerts W,Stalmans I,Somers A,Vansant G,Rasschaert R,Bruyninckx F

更新日期：2018-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Although all multicellular organisms undergo structural and functional deterioration with age, senescence is not a uniform process. Rather, each organism experiences a constellation of changes that reflect the heterogeneous effects of age on molecules, cells, organs and systems, an idiosyncratic pattern that we refer ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Walker LC,Herndon JG

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Recurrent aphthous ulcer (RAU) is the most common ulcer of oral non-keratinized mucosa, but the treatment is always limited at present. Considering the multifactorial etiology of RAU, a novel therapeutic agent with multi-bioactivties should be presented. Garlic has been recognized as a favorable natural medicine again...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Jiang XW,Hu J,Mian FI

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We tested the hypothesis that if SPECT/CT-detected volumes of active and inactive parts of brain tissue present correlation with the results of hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) of ischemic stroke, SPECT imaging may serve as a selective tool for post-stroke patients to indicate cases that may significantly benefit from...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Golan H,Makogon B,Volkov O,Smolyakov Y,Hadanny A,Efrati S

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dizziness is one of the most common hemodialysis-associated symptoms, and has been thought to be caused by cerebral edema or intravascular hypovolemia. However, the possibility of a peripheral vestibular disturbance due to hemodialysis has not been addressed as a cause of hemodialysis-associated dizziness. In the pres...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kim CH,Shin JE,Park JH

更新日期：2019-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A mechanism of action for Panax ginseng (PG) and Eleutherococcus senticosus (ES) is proposed which explains how they could produce the paradoxical effect of sometimes increasing and sometimes decreasing the stress response. The mechanism suggests that this biphasic effect results from increased occupancy of positive a...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Gaffney BT,Hügel HM,Rich PA

更新日期：2001-05-01 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

abstract：:Abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) have traditionally been attributed to atherosclerosis, although there is increasing epidemiological, biochemical and genetic evidence that aneurysmal arterial disease is different from occlusive atherosclerosis. One of the most consistent biochemical findings in the aneurysmal aorta i...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Norman PE,Wysocki SJ,Lamawansa MD

更新日期：1995-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Currently, drug repurposing is an alternative to novel drug development for the treatment of COVID-19 patients. The antimalarial drug chloroquine (CQ) and its metabolite hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) are currently being tested in several clinical studies as potential candidates to limit SARS-CoV-2-mediated morbidity and mo...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Derwand R,Scholz M

更新日期：2020-09-01 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：: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：:Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP) is a disease of the immature retina and is the leading global cause of blindness in children. Two postnatal phases of the disease are distinguished, the first phase is thought to be caused by hyperoxia. One of the most relevant ROP risk factor in routine clinical practice is blood tran...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Podraza W

更新日期：2020-04-01 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：:Incidental pituitary adenoma is the common finding during brain imaging. According to multistep model of pituitary tumourigenesis genetic alterations provide the initiating event that transforms cells while hormones play a role in promoting cell proliferation. Development of pituitary adenoma in a case of excessive hy...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kastelan D,Korsic M

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a six-month-old girl with microcephaly, developmental delay, truncal hypotonia, left pyramidal signs, partial seizures and myoclonic spasms, born to a feverish mother. MRI showed bilateral vascular lesions in the territory of the middle cerebral arteries, prevalent in the right hemisphere, together with hy...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Spalice A,Del Balzo F,Papetti L,Nicita F,Ursitti F,Salvatori G,Iannetti P

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a phenomenon expressed by many tumors affecting the chemotherapy efficacy, treatment decision, and the disease prognosis. Considering its great implication, non-invasive approaches are needed to identify this phenomenon in early stages of the disease. This article discusses the potential ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Elkadi OA,Abdelbasset M

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Alzheimer's disease is a debilitating age-related disorder characterized by distinct pathological hallmarks, such as progressive memory loss and cognitive impairment. During the last few years, several cellular signaling pathways have been associated with the pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease, such as Notch, mTOR an...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bastías-Candia S,Braidy N,Zolezzi JM,Inestrosa NC

更新日期：2015-04-01 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：:Growing evidence has indicated the existence of deleterious networks in the brains of neurodegenerative disorders, including Alzheimer's disease. Parkinson's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and Huntington's disease. The deleterious networks are formed on the basis of the intimate interactions among the key path...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ying W

更新日期：1996-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The paradigm of an immune system presumes that a system arose specifically to combat infection -- hence its name. This paradigm gained credibility with the discovery of antibodies and anamnestic immunity, even though these are relatively late arrivals in evolution. Another presumption has been that thymus-dependent T ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Cunliffe J

更新日期：1999-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Migraine is a highly prevalent, disabling, and costly disorder worldwide. From a long time ago, headaches have been known to be associated with gastrointestinal (GI) disorders. Headaches originating from gastric complaints were appreciated by Persian Medicine (PM) scholars. Today, functional GI disorders are...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Talafi Noghani M,Namdar H

更新日期：2019-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This paper describes a presumptive mechanism for the development of changes in respiratory function due to chronic neck pain. The patient with neck pain presents a number of factors that could constitute a predisposition of leading to a respiratory dysfunction: (a) the decreased strength of deep neck flexors and exten...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kapreli E,Vourazanis E,Strimpakos N

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Reversing chronic conditions remains an elusive goal of medicine. The modern medical paradigm based on blocking overactive pathways or augmenting deficient pathways offers symptomatic benefit, but tolerance to therapy can develop and treatment cessation can produce rebound symptoms due to compensatory mechanisms. We p...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Yun AJ,Lee PY,Bazar KA

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Dental caries, a bacterial process that results in the acidic destruction of tooth structure, has historically been managed by the mechanical excavation of diseased tooth structure and then restoration with a synthetic material. The mechanical excavation of the infected site is most commonly achieved by a dental handp...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Quock RL,Patel SA,Falcao FA,Barros JA

更新日期：2011-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:There are differences in male and female height throughout the growth period. Utilising reference standard height charts we calculated the difference in male and female height as a function of age. A triphasic relationship was observed with statistically significant peaks (males greater than females) at 8 months and 1...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Schreiber G,Baron B

更新日期：1984-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Arrhythmias is one of the leading causes of death in the world. Current antiarrhythmic drugs are limited by unsatisfactory efficacy and adverse effects such as proarrhythmias. Reentry mechanism plays an important role in persistence of arrhythmias. Reentry can only continue when reentry path-length is longer than card...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Li LD,Zhang CT,Ruan L,Ni MK,Quan XQ

更新日期：2011-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The prevalence of autism has increased dramatically over the last 60 years, and the cause of this increase is unclear. In this paradigm-shift paper, I propose an explanatory paradigm for the cause of autism and its increased prevalence in the general population. I also discuss how social and historical contexts may ha...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： McDonald TAM

更新日期：2021-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Periodontitis significantly decreases survival in hemodialysed patients with end stage renal disease (ESRD). Periodontitis-related microorganisms spreading into the bloodstream are thought to impair blood rheological parameters - for example, increasing whole blood viscosity, aggregating blood elements, and decreasing...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Sedý J,Horká E,Foltán R,Spacková J,Dusková J

更新日期：2010-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:For diagnosis of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection by the recently developed Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR), the two commonly used clinical samples are either the peripheral blood monocytes (PBMC) or the plasma of the infected individuals. In the former instance, DNA is extracted from PBMC. The integrated ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Nandi J,Banerjee K

更新日期：1993-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In early synovitides the tissue inflammatory cell reaction is often weak and sometimes absent, many alterations being consistent with nonvasculitic exudation (I). Increased permeability to protein may require little, if any, endothelial damage. In rheumatoid arthritis (RA) increased transfer of fluid and protein from ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Ahlqvist J

更新日期：1982-07-01 00:00:00