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Volume 66, Issue 5, Pages 869-1050 (2006)

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Globalization in science education: An inevitable and beneficial trend, 03 February 2006
Bruce G. Charlton, Peter Andras
pages 869-873
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Second-hand exposure to aerosolized intravenous anesthetics propofol and fentanyl may cause sensitization and subsequent opiate addiction among anesthesiologists and surgeons, 23 January 2006
Priscilla F. McAuliffe, Mark S. Gold, Lakshmikant Bajpai, Michele L. Merves, Kimberly Frost-Pineda, Raymond M. Pomm, Bruce A. Goldberger, Richard J. Melker, Juan C. Cendán
pages 874-882
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A new classification system of anticancer drugs – Based on cell biological mechanisms, 20 January 2006
Xiong-Zhi Wu
pages 883-887
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No cancer in cancers: Evolutionary trade-off between successful viviparity and tumor escape from the adaptive immune system, 03 February 2006
Satoshi Hayakawa
pages 888-897
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ε-Glycation, APP and Aβ in ageing and Alzheimer disease: A hypothesis, 30 January 2006
H. Peter Schmitt
pages 898-906
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The impact of imperfect vaccines on the evolution of HIV virulence, 30 January 2006
E. Massad, F.A.B. Coutinho, M.N. Burattini, L.F. Lopez, C.J. Struchiner
pages 907-911
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The dental region constitutes a major blind spot in clinical medicine, 20 January 2006
David Eidelman
pages 912-914
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Botulinum toxin: A novel therapeutic option for bronchial asthma?, 03 February 2006
Erle C.H. Lim, Benjamin K.C. Ong, Vernon M.S. Oh, Raymond C.S. Seet
pages 915-919
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Sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): Microgravity and inadequate sensory stimulation, 28 December 2005
G.M. Reid
pages 920-924
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Meditation potentially capable of increasing susceptibility to epilepsy – A follow-up hypothesis, 23 January 2006
Harinder Jaseja
pages 925-928
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Activated protein C and the ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome: Possible therapeutic implications, 23 January 2006
Jason A. Hitkari, Timothy P. Rowe, Peter von Dadelszen
pages 929-933
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Crohn’s disease leading to bowel cancer may be avoided by consumption of soya isoflavones: Adjunct-chemotherapy with oxaliplatin, 23 January 2006
Alan Wiseman
pages 934-935
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A paracrine component of salient symptoms of depression in Cushing’s of diencephalic origin, and in perimenstrual syndromes: A hypothesis, 20 January 2006
B. Dubrovsky
pages 936-938
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Inflammatory, autoimmune, chronic diseases: Bad diet and physical inactivity are causes or effects?, 09 January 2006
M.C. Gracia
pages 939-944
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Endometriosis associated with defective handling of apoptotic cells in the female genital tract is a major cause of autoimmune disease in women, 11 January 2006
John P. Seery
pages 945-949
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Reduced tolerance of exercise in fibromyalgia may be a consequence of impaired microcirculation initiated by deficient action of nitric oxide, 11 January 2006
Erdem Kasikcioglu, Mustafa Dinler, Ender Berker
pages 950-952
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Should slow coronary flow be considered as a coronary syndrome?, 12 January 2006
Jian-Jun Li, Yong-Jian Wu, Xue-Wen Qin
pages 953-956
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Carnosine may reduce lung injury caused by radiation therapy, 09 January 2006
Yildiz Guney, Ummuhani Ozel Turkcu, Ayse Hicsonmez, Meltem Nalca Andrieu, H. Zafer Guney, Ayse Bilgihan, Cengiz Kurtman
pages 957-959
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The unified hypothesis of interactions among the bone, adipose and vascular systems: ‘Osteo–lipo–vascular interactions’, 20 January 2006
Hiroyuki Koshiyama, Yoshihiro Ogawa, Kiyoshi Tanaka, Issei Tanaka
pages 960-963
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An adjunctive preventive treatment for heart disease and a set of diagnostic tests to detect it: Insulin-like growth factor-1 deficiency and cell membrane pathology are an inevitable cause of heart disease, 11 January 2006
Robert Eli, James A. Fasciano
pages 964-968
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Might calcium disorders cause or contribute to myoclonic seizures in epileptics?, 25 January 2006
R. Thiel
pages 969-974
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An avian influenza vaccine for humans targeting the polymerase B2 protein inside the capsid instead of hemagglutinin or neuramidase on the virus surface, 06 January 2006
John Stuart Gillis
pages 975-977
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Humans are evolutionarily adapted to caloric restriction resulting from ecologically dictated dietary deprivation imposed during the Plio–Pleistocene period, 09 January 2006
Nūn Amen-Ra
pages 978-984
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Nicotinic cholinergic antagonists: A novel approach for the treatment of autism, 09 January 2006
P.M. Lippiello
pages 985-990
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Imiquimod: A potential weapon against Dupuytren contracture, 19 December 2005
Hamid Namazi
pages 991-992
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The pathogenesis of post kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis from the field to the molecule: Does ultraviolet light (UVB) radiation play a role?, 06 January 2006
A. Ismail, E.A.G. Khalil, A.M. Musa, I.M. EL Hassan, M.E. Ibrahim, T.G. Theander, A.M. EL Hassan
pages 993-999
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Essential hypertension seems to result from melatonin-induced epigenetic modifications in area postrema, 23 January 2006
M.K. Irmak, A. Sizlan
pages 1000-1007
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DNA based customized nutraceutical “gene therapy” utilizing a genoscore: A hypothesized paradigm shift of a novel approach to the diagnosis, stratification, prognosis and treatment of inflammatory processes in the human, 06 January 2006
Kenneth Blum, Brian Meshkin, B. William Downs
pages 1008-1018
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Potential utility of statins, 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors in diabetic retinopathy, 27 September 2005
S. Yamagishi, K. Nakamura, T. Matsui, T. Sato, M. Takeuchi
pages 1019-1021
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The egg-sharing model for human therapeutic cloning research: Managing donor selection criteria, the proportion of shared oocytes allocated to research, and amount of financial subsidy given to the donor, 14 November 2005
Boon Chin Heng, Guo Qing Tong, Miodrag Stojkovic
pages 1022-1024
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Contrasting patterns of hospital admissions and mortality during heat waves: Are deaths from circulatory disease a real excess or an artifact?, 16 January 2006
Giuseppe Mastrangelo, Shakoor Hajat, Emanuela Fadda, Alessandra Buja, Ugo Fedeli, Paolo Spolaore
pages 1025-1028
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Postulating that our neurological models for musculoskeletal support, movement, and emotional expression come from archetypal forms in early organisms, 20 January 2006
John A. Appleton
pages 1029-1035
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Correspondence

A brief study of a possible relation of epilepsy association with meditation, 30 January 2006
Harinder Jaseja
pages 1036-1037
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Salmeterol and paroxetine: More evidence for paradoxical medicine, 19 December 2005
Anthony J. Yun, Patrick Y. Lee, John D. Doux
pages 1037-1038
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Tumor-causing plant bacteria may infect animals, 23 January 2006
José Vicente Ovejero Solá, Gerardo Vides Almonacid
pages 1038-1039
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Preservation of HER2/neu gene during evolution: Possible physiological role and survival advantages, 01 February 2006
Sven Kurbel, Branko Dmitrović, Goran Golčić, Jasna Dovhanj
pages 1039-1040
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Are there distinct lymphatic flow patterns in the Breast?, 01 February 2006
Mangesh A. Thorat
pages 1040-1041
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Therapeutic significance of ectophosphatase inhibitors in reversal of multi-drug resistance, 01 February 2006
Subburaj Kannan
pages 1041-1042
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Stem cell origin theory of the inguinal hernia, 01 February 2006
Mesut Tez, Yusuf A. Kılıç
pages 1042-1043
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Dopamine and the pathophysiology of suicidal behavior in alcoholism, 03 February 2006
Leo Sher
pages 1043-1044
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PPARα activators may play role for the regression of ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive and hyperlipidemic patients, 20 January 2006
Adnan Erol
pages 1044-1045
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Adjuvant trastuzumab use in high-risk breast cancer patients may prevent development of contralateral estrogen receptor-negative breast tumors, 27 July 2005
Kadri Altundag, Ozden Altundag, Rabiul Islam, Ozlem Gundeslioglu
pages 1045-1046
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Gene-hypermutated isoforms of MYC protein: Tumour-suppressor P-53 protective-initiation of apoptosis that normally prevents Burkitt’s lymphoma tumorigenesis can be enhanced, 20 January 2006
Alan Wiseman
pages 1046-1047
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Lithium: A potential treatment for hyper-IgE syndrome, 03 February 2006
M.R. Namazi, F. Handjani
page 1047
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Does oxidative stress play a role in steroid-induced osteonecrosis models?, 16 January 2006
Toru Ichiseki, Ayumi Kaneuji, Kenji Kitamura, Tadami Matsumoto
page 1048
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Could hair dyes cause hair loss?, 30 January 2006
Allan Mills
pages 1048-1049
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Erratum

Erratum to “cGMP may have trophic effects on beta cell function comparable to those of cAMP, implying a role for high-dose biotin in prevention/treatment of diabetes [Med Hypotheses 66 (2005) 323–328]”, 01 February 2006 free full text
Mark F. McCarty
page 1050
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