Quels sont les principaux facteurs de risque pour l'artère vertébrale ?
Les facteurs incluent l'hypertension, le tabagisme, le diabète et l'hyperlipidémie.
HypertensionDiabèteHyperlipidémie
#2
Comment l'âge influence-t-il les maladies de l'artère vertébrale ?
Le risque augmente avec l'âge en raison de l'athérosclérose et de la fragilité vasculaire.
ÂgeAthéroscléroseFragilité vasculaire
#3
Quel rôle joue le diabète dans les maladies vasculaires ?
Le diabète augmente le risque de maladies vasculaires, y compris celles de l'artère vertébrale.
DiabèteMaladies vasculairesRisque
#4
Comment le stress affecte-t-il la santé vasculaire ?
Le stress chronique peut contribuer à l'hypertension et à d'autres problèmes vasculaires.
StressHypertensionSanté vasculaire
#5
Quels comportements augmentent le risque de maladies de l'artère vertébrale ?
Le tabagisme, une mauvaise alimentation et le manque d'exercice augmentent le risque.
Comportements à risqueTabagismeAlimentation
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This meta-analysis suggests that topical difamilast is an effective and safe treatment for mild-to-moderate AD....
Melasma is a chronic relapsing skin condition. Laser therapy is a new advancement in treatment. Whether the topical application of tranexamic acid (TXA) increases the efficacy of laser therapy in mela...
Randomized controlled trials are used to estimate the causal effect of a treatment on a health outcome of interest in a patient population. Often the specified treatment in a randomized controlled tri...
We use causal reasoning to explain why randomized controlled trials of biomarker targets can arrive at conflicting or misleading conclusions. We describe four key threats to the validity of trials of ...
We illustrate these findings using evidence from 15 randomized controlled trials of blood pressure targets for management of hypertension. Randomized trials of blood pressure targets exhibit substanti...
Researchers should critically assess meta-analyses of trials of targets for variation in the types, distributions, and off-target effects of therapies studied. Trial investigators should release detai...