Focal irradiation of the brain: an alternative to temporal lobe resection in intractable focal epilepsy?

abstract：:Gas formed in tissues and the circulating blood due to decompression is thought to be a significant factor in the progression of decompression illness (DCI). DCI is a potential problem for a growing population of professional and recreational divers. We hypothesise that these gas bubbles are not the causative agent in...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Madden LA,Laden G

更新日期：2009-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Many experimental evidences indicate that infection with Trypanosoma cruzi delays or inhibits the growth of malignant tumors in different strains of mice and in rats. These facts were verified by different workers. Although earlier workers proposed that this effect would be due to a toxin of T. cruzi, most of the accu...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Cabral HR

更新日期：2000-01-01 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：:Epoxides as reactive intermediates of estrogen metabolism have been considered to be potential precursors of the 2- and 4-hydroxy, catechol estrogens and even to be mutagenic/carcinogenic agents themselves. The labile nature of the intermediates has made proof of their existence difficult in natural biological conditi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Raeside JI

更新日期：2016-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug biotransformations are controlled in the body by tissue-differentiated choice of a selection of the induced and constitutive 57 isoforms of the human cytochromes P450 (CYP). CYP are the mixed function oxidase enzyme family (EC 1.14.14.1: mono-oxygenases that contain iron-dependent protohaematin IX). Many of the m...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Wiseman A

更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Insulin seems to have the ability to suppress the production of tumor necrosis factor-alpha and superoxide anion, enhance the synthesis of nitric oxide and inhibit the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) through stimulation of nitric oxide. This suggests that insulin can behave as an anti-inflamma...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Das UN

更新日期：2001-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Persistently infecting DNA viruses depend heavily on host cell DNA synthesis machinery. Replication of cellular and viral DNA is inhibited by mutagenic stress. It is hypothesized that diurnal regulation of viral DNA replication may occur at the level of cell cycle checkpoints and DNA repair, to protect DNA from exposu...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Shadan FF

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The malignant cell, in vivo, metabolizes and respires anaerobically. For a good many years scientists have been aware of anaerobia being present in malignant growths. The prevailing opinion is that the malignant cell is able to remain viable in an anaerobic medium. This assumption is incorrect and is actually misleadi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： White MW

更新日期：1992-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The theory presented herewith provides a unified explanation for neoplasia and teratogenesis, both regarded here as stem cell disorders. Proliferating cells in the organism form two mutually exclusive classes, immortal stem cells and transitional cells whose life span is limited. Any lasting change in the organism e.g...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Zajicek G

更新日期：1985-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The etiology of intra-abdominal adhesions is explained by hydrolysis of the peritoneal phospholipid layer caused by phospholipase A2 activity. This view could unify the pre-existing hypotheses that intra-abdominal adhesions are due to ischemia or increased plasminogen activator activity. New therapeutic approaches are...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Snoj M

更新日期：1993-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Chemo- and radio-resistant cancer cells within solid tumors undermine the effectiveness of these approaches to achieving oncolysis. These resistant cells and clusters of cells typically thrive at low oxygen tensions and are reliant on anaerobic metabolic pathways that churn out lactate. This hypoxic state is one that ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Payne AG

更新日期：2007-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A consistent accumulation of experimental evidence, most of it published long ago, clearly shows that a constant consequence of the immune response elicited by the Koch bacillus is that the individual becomes susceptible to be injured or killed by the tuberculous antigen, which is totally innocuous to the virgin subje...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Rivarola AJ

更新日期：1987-08-01 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：:The outbreak of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has posed a severe threat to global health management system since it has been detected in the human body. This pandemic was prompted by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronaviruses 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and rapidly developed into a public emergency with an alarming incr...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Tao H,Bai J,Zhang W,Zheng K,Guan P,Ge G,Li M,Geng D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Meditation is a complex mental process involving changes in cognition, sensory perception, affect, hormones, and autonomic activity. Meditation has also become widely used in psychological and medical practices for stress management as well as a variety of physical and mental disorders. However, until now, there has b...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Newberg AB,Iversen J

更新日期：2003-08-01 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：:Endothelial dysfunction due to reduced bioavailability of nitric oxide (NO) is an early step in the course of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (CVD). NO is synthesized from L-arginine via the action of NO synthase (NOS), which is known to be blocked by endogenous L-arginine analogues such as asymmetric dimethyla...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Yamagishi S,Ueda S,Okuda S

更新日期：2007-01-01 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：:Howard Gardner identified five different kinds of creative activity among eminent creators, namely, solving a well-defined problem, putting forth a general conceptual scheme, creating a product that embodies ideas, stylized innovation of an art form, and a 'high-stakes' performance in the socio-political arena. In thi...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kantha SS

更新日期：1999-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the last decades, relevant efforts have been made to reduce the cancer incidence in the European Union. The prevention programmes against cancer have obtained satisfactory results except for colorectal cancer (CRC). Identification of risk factors is primordial to plan preventive strategies for CRC. We hypothesize t...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Manerio E,Rodas VL,Costas E,Hernandez JM

更新日期：2008-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Sixty percent of cases of clinical depression are considered to be treatment-resistant depression (TRD). Magnesium-deficiency causes N-methyl-d-aspartate (NMDA) coupled calcium channels to be biased towards opening, causing neuronal injury and neurological dysfunction, which may appear to humans as major depression. O...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Eby GA 3rd,Eby KL

更新日期：2010-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:HLA-G is a nonclassical HLA immunotolerogenic molecule expressed in different human cell types. Successful embryo implantation is a consequence of information exchange between the uterus and the blastocyst. It is widely accepted that HLA-G expression by the fetus promotes the establishment of several mechanisms that, ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kaminski V,Ellwanger JH,Chies JAB

更新日期：2017-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Severe affective and behavioral dysregulation, labeled as severe mood dysregulation (SMD), is a widely spread phenomenon among adolescent psychiatric patients. This phenotype constitutes severe impairment across multiple settings, including various symptoms, such as non-episodic anger, mood instability, and hyperarous...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Heiler S,Legenbauer T,Bogen T,Jensch T,Holtmann M

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Increased level of oxalates in urine and plasma can be attributed to endogenous overproduction, increased ingestion or excessive intestinal absorption. When a supersaturation status is reached, oxalates combine with calcium and crystallize to form 80% of the urinary stones. Several cardiovascular diseases such as coro...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Arafa A,Eshak ES,Iso H

更新日期：2020-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:It has been hypothesised that antiallergic medications (AAMs) like montelukast and levocetirizine both the two bitter chloro compounds could be repurposed either alone or combinedly as an antiviral against SARS-CoV-2, like chloroquine/hydroxychloroquine (CQ/HCQ), another two bitter chloro compounds. Both AAMs and CQ/H...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Bhattacharyya D

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Six medical papyri document how Santorini's volcanic ash from the Bronze Age biphasic eruption, otherwise attested by material retrieved at the bottom of lakes at the edge of the Nile Delta, severely affected the health of the inhabitants of Egypt as well as their society as a whole. Treatments for burns caused by par...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Trevisanato SI

更新日期：2006-01-01 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：:Digital ulcers (DU) are a common manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and occur at a variety of locations including the fingertips and over the extensor aspects of the hands. However, most recent clinical trials have included only fingertip DUs as these are believed to be ischaemic in aetiology, and therefore lik...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Hughes M,Murray A,Denton CP,Herrick AL

更新日期：2018-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The treatment and prevention of migraine within the last decade has become largely pharmacological. While there is little doubt that the advent of drugs (e.g. triptans) has helped many migraine sufferers to lead a normal life, there is still little knowledge with respect to the factors responsible for precipitating a ...

journal_title：Medical hypotheses

authors： Kokavec A

更新日期：2016-12-01 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