Volume 73; Issue 4

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Volume 73; Issue 4

Medical Hypotheses

Volume 73; Issue 4

1

A “mini-fast with exercise” protocol for fat loss

Babak Bahadori, Mark F. McCarty, Jorge Barroso-Aranda, John C. Gustin, Francisco Contreras

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 121 KB

english, 2009

2

Self-reinforcing loop mechanism in epilepsy

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 107 KB

english, 2009

3

Role of corticotropin-releasing hormone and receptor in the pathogenesis of psoriasis

Chunlei Zhou, Xiaojing Yu, Daxing Cai, Chunxi Liu, Chunyang Li

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 110 KB

english, 2009

4

Do sauna therapy and exercise act by raising the availability of tetrahydrobiopterin?

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 197 KB

english, 2009

5

Epigenetic regulation of glycosylation could be a mechanism used by complex organisms to compete with microbes on an evolutionary scale

Gordan Lauc, Vlatka Zoldoš

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 118 KB

english, 2009

6

Complex sleep apnea and obesity hypoventilation syndrome. Opposite ends of the spectrum of obstructive sleep apnea?

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 363 KB

english, 2009

7

A radially expanding sheath for urethral dilation

Zheng Hu, Xin Ma, Hong-zhao Li, Chao Wang, Da-wei Ye, Dao-jing Gong, Xu Zhang

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 118 KB

english, 2009

8

A combination of PPAR-γ agonists and HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) as a new therapy for the conservative treatment of AAS (aortic aneurysm syndromes)

Gian Pio Sorice, Franco Folli

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 138 KB

english, 2009

9

Is it the time for metformin to take place in adjuvant treatment of Her-2 positive breast cancer? Teaching new tricks to old dogs

Banu Sarer Yurekli, Burcak Karaca, Sevki Cetinkalp, Ruchan Uslu

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 100 KB

english, 2009

10

Could we prevent unilateral cleft lip/palate in the future?

Ranko Mladina, Neven B. Skitarelić, Nataša P. Skitarelić

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 264 KB

english, 2009

11

Is ‘bipolar disorder’ the brain’s autopoietic response to schizophrenia?

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 147 KB

english, 2009

12

The mainstream hypothesis that LDL cholesterol drives atherosclerosis may have been falsified by non-invasive imaging of coronary artery plaque burden and progression

William R. Ware

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 130 KB

english, 2009

13

Acupuncture: A novel hypothesis for the involvement of purinergic signalling

Geoffrey Burnstock

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 440 KB

english, 2009

14

Therapeutic ultrasound for dental tissue repair

B.A.A. Scheven, R.M. Shelton, P.R. Cooper, A.D. Walmsley, A.J. Smith

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Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 118 KB

english, 2009

15

In two minds? Is schizophrenia a state ‘trapped’ between waking and dreaming?

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 174 KB

english, 2009

16

Artistic talent in dyslexia—A hypothesis

Ambar Chakravarty

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 116 KB

english, 2009

17

Hypothetical hormonal mechanism by which potassium-rich diets benefit patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Reza Rastmanesh

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 153 KB

english, 2009

18

PDT combined with Intravesical BCG instillation would form an autovaccine for bladder cancer?

HuiXuan Pan, Xiaopeng Ma, JunZhang Chen, Hong Jiang

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 103 KB

english, 2009

19

Phantom limb pain – A phenomenon of proprioceptive memory?

Victoria C. Anderson-Barnes, Caitlin McAuliffe, Kelley M. Swanberg, Jack W. Tsao

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 122 KB

english, 2009

20

The possible effect of altitude on regional variation in suicide rates

Charlotte A. Haws, Douglas D. Gray, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd, Michelle Moskos, Laurence J. Meyer, Perry F. Renshaw

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 199 KB

english, 2009

21

Early orthodontic treatment of skeletal Class II malocclusion may be effective to prevent the potential for OSAHS and snoring

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 94 KB

english, 2009

22

Platelets might mediate the increase of plasma glutamate in acute ischemic stroke: Relevance for early neurological deterioration

Lucio Tremolizzo, Fabrizio Piazza, Marco Longoni, Carlo Ferrarese

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 96 KB

english, 2009

23

Recurrence cancer stem cells – Made by cell fusion?

Thomas Dittmar, Christa Nagler, Sarah Schwitalla, Georg Reith, Bernd Niggemann, Kurt S. Zänker

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 275 KB

english, 2009

24

Impeded venous drainage: Novel view of chronic venous disease pathophysiology

Ahmed S. Gaweesh

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 249 KB

english, 2009

25

Headache associated with visceral disorders is “parasympathetic referred pain”

Dong-Gyun Han, Chang-Ju Lee

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 171 KB

english, 2009

26

Application of biomimetic mineralization: A prophylactic therapy for cracked teeth?

Yixin Lin, Ren Zheng, Hao He, Huali Du, Yinghe Lin

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 97 KB

english, 2009

27

Acetylcholinesterase inhibitor is a potentially useful therapeutic agent for nicotine-induced periodontal disease

Yong Wang, Xin Ge, Xiao Fang Xu, Xiao Jing Wang

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 103 KB

english, 2009

28

Henna (Lawsonia inermis) might be used to prevent mycotic infection

Somaieh Ahmadian, Mohammad Amin Abolghassemi Fakhree

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 51 KB

english, 2009

29

Light Hygiene: Time to make preventive use of insights – old and new – into the nexus of the drug light, melatonin, clocks, chronodisruption and public health

Thomas C. Erren, Russel J. Reiter

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 141 KB

english, 2009

30

Psychogenic carcinogenesis: Carcinogenesis is without exogenic carcinogens

Oleg Viktorovich Bukhtoyarov, Denis Mikhaylovich Samarin

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 313 KB

english, 2009

31

Potential therapeutic advantages of guanosine over inosine in multiple sclerosis

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 49 KB

english, 2009

32

In vivo self-expanding engineering of bone

Hong-Zhi Zhou, Hua Yu, Yang Xue

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 111 KB

english, 2009

33

Ultrasound assistant chemotherapy may be a novel modality for solid tumors

HuiXuan Pan, XiaoPeng Ma, MingZhong Li, JunZhang Chen, Hong Jiang

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 98 KB

english, 2009

34

Towards tooth friendly soft drinks

Jafar Kolahi, Mohamad Fazilati, Mahdi Kadivar

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 103 KB

english, 2009

35

Intraoperative field flooding with warm humidified CO2 may help to prevent adhesion formation after open surgery

Mikael Persson, Jan van der Linden

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 119 KB

english, 2009

36

Intestinal trefoil factor maybe useful in prophylaxis of acute graft-versus-host disease

Bin Liang, Song Fu Jiang, Fang Fang Cai, Qiang Zhuang, Kang Yu

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 103 KB

english, 2009

37

Cyclic vomiting syndrome: Contribution to dysphagic infant death

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 709 KB

english, 2009

38

Cryptic anhydrobiotic potential in man: Implications in medicine

T.C. Pereira, I. Lopes-Cendes

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 102 KB

english, 2009

39

Singularity: The Achilles’ heel of cancer?

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 107 KB

english, 2009

40

Micronutrients and amino acids, main regulators of physiological processes

R.H. Verheesen, C.M. Schweitzer

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 138 KB

english, 2009

41

Could local delivery of bisphosphonates be a new therapeutic choice for hemangiomas?

Hejun Yu, An Qin

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 112 KB

english, 2009

42

Harm reduction techniques for hookah (shisha, narghile, “water pipe”) smoking of tobacco based products

Kamal Chaouachi

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 96 KB

english, 2009

43

Depression, another autoimmune disease from the view of autoantibodies

Peisong Chen, Tang Jiang, Juan Ouyang, Yili Chen

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 103 KB

english, 2009

44

Altered circadian rhythm: Possible trigger of familial Mediterranean fever attacks

Balahan Makay, Erbil Ünsal

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 44 KB

english, 2009

45

Myopia: A collagen disease?

Yin Yang, Xiaohong Li, Naihong Yan, Suping Cai, Xuyang Liu

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 116 KB

english, 2009

46

Exercise-induced reduction in systemic vascular resistance: A covert killer and an unrecognised resuscitation challenge?

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 264 KB

english, 2009

47

Unifying electron transfer mechanism for psilocybin and psilocin

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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english

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PDF, 39 KB

english, 2009

48

Pedicled greater omentum graft: A possible approach for reducing the incidence of urinary fistula after kidney transplantation

Wenqian Huo, Qiansheng Li, Zhilin Nie, Keqin Zhang, Fengshuo Jin

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 48 KB

english, 2009

49

Innovative strategies for tissue engineered skin based on multiple growth factors gene transfection

Xin Nie, Mao-jin Yang, Man-jing Deng, Jian-shen Chai, Yan Jin, Lu-chuan Liu

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 109 KB

english, 2009

50

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors: Do they contribute to delayed chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting?

Mutlu Dogan, Bulent Yalcin, F. Guze Ozal, Abdullah Buyukcelik, Gungor Utkan, Fikri Icli, Lutfi Dogan

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 53 KB

english, 2009

51

Can gossypol be a hope for transsexual patients (male to female) before sex reassignment surgery? Just for adjusting the body to mind

Banu Yurekli, Burcak Karaca, Sevki Cetinkalp, Fusun Saygili, Ruchan Uslu

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 48 KB

english, 2009

52

A proposed mechanism for the pathogenesis of multiple primary tumours

Huawei He, Damin Zhao, Meiyan Liu, Zhixiu He

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

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PDF, 50 KB

english, 2009

53

Why it is ‘better’ to be reliable but dumb than smart but slapdash: Are intelligence (IQ) and Conscientiousness best regarded as gifts or virtues

Bruce G. Charlton

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 110 KB

english, 2009

54

ECT for Parkinson’s disease

Dennis Popeo, Charles H. Kellner

Journal:

Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

Language:

english

File:

PDF, 101 KB

english, 2009

55

Title page/Editorial Board

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Medical Hypotheses

Year:

2009

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PDF, 48 KB

2009