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101. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - (SmithKline Diagnostics, Sunnyvale, CA), a quantitative measurement of hemoglobin in the stool, has better … screening programs found that persons receiving periodic rigid sigmoidoscopy had less advanced disease and better … decreases specificity, and there is insufficient evidence to determine whether rehydration results in better … Flexible fiberoptic sigmoidoscopy: longer may not be better for the nonendoscopist.

102. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/update-methods-insufficient-evidence
     March 04, 2021 - by clinicians, and the call for guidance, the USPSTF held a workshop in spring 2005 to consider how better … each domain will make easier an explicit thinking process and that discussions with patients will be better

103. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnant Women: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation-september-2015
     September 07, 2015 - , findings on iron deficiency are also described as reported by individual studies and to provide a better … The recommendation was reviewed to ensure consistent use of each term, and language was added to better … Since 2006, the USPSTF has updated its methodology to better identify evidence that would be most applicable

104. Archived: Screening: Evidence Summary: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/-screening-evidence-summary/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
     May 15, 2013 - The OGCT is better at identifying women who have GDM. … indicates that the ability of the screening test to correctly classify patients with GDM is significantly better … The OGCT, a glucose load test, is better than the fasting plasma glucose test (4.7 mmol/L [85 mg/dL]) … Because fasting glucose level better predicts fetal overgrowth 16 and such overgrowth can be modified … that the ability of the test to correctly classify patients with gestational diabetes is significantly better

105. Archived: Final Research Plan: Aspirin to Prevent Cancer: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan-aspirin-to-prevent-cancer/aspirin-to-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-and-cancer-april-2016
     October 07, 2013 - This better reflects the potential target population for the intervention and aligns this Research Plan

106. Medication Use to Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/3Kwu7j_WfCFQSnSzqrDWwt
     June 20, 2019 - Research Needs and Gaps More research is needed to better identify which individual women at increased … African American women, studies that include sufficient numbers of African Ameri- can women are needed to better … tools can identify the number of cases of breast cancer ex- pected to arise in a given population, better … Additionally, longer- term follow-up is needed for studies of raloxifene and aromatase in- hibitors to better … Most models report performance slightly better than age alone as a risk predictor.

107. 12th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/2022-annual-report-to-congress.pdf
     January 01, 2022 - standardization of outcome measures in studies, specifically those for physical activity and diet, to better … adhering to a healthy diet, and eliminating unhealthy alcohol and tobacco use, are more likely to have better … standardization of outcome measures in studies, specifically those for physical activity and diet, to better … standardization of outcome measures in studies, specifically those for physical activity and diet, to better … efforts are aimed at reducing the effects of social injustices in healthcare and, ultimately, helping better

108. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/breast-cancer-screening-2002
     September 03, 2002 - Data Synthesis: For studies of fair quality or better, the summary relative risk was 0.84 (95% CrI, … In addition, we found better ascertainment of clinical variables (including previous mastectomy) among … Otherwise, one study was not clearly better or worse than another. … We considered blinded review of deaths a requirement for a quality rating of fair or better. … Fair or better Poor Fair Fair Fair Fair * Italic type indicates aspects of the

109. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening-2013
     April 15, 2013 - Better evidence is needed about the long-term harms of ART, including risks for cardiovascular and kidney … Further follow-up is necessary to better delineate potential long-term harms of ART initiation at higher … It would also be helpful to better elucidate the potential risks and long-term outcomes associated with … Similarly, additional studies are needed to better define the optimum timing for treatment initiation

110. Archived: Obesity: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Childhood obesity may be a significant risk factor for adult obesity, with adolescent obesity being a better … these conditions independent of BMI, 27-35 and may predict the complications of obesity in adults better … 56 The WHR, the circumference of the waist divided by the circumference of the hips, which may be a better

111. Tagauj5Qoarfv3M8Fapbon (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/TAgAUJ5QoaRfV3M8fApBoN
     June 03, 2019 - Data Synthesis: For studies of fair quality or better, the sum- mary relative risk was 0.84 (95% CrI, … In addition, we found better ascertainment of clinical variables (including previous mas- tectomy) among … Fair or better Poor Fair Fair Fair Fair * Italic type indicates aspects of the design or conduct of … Otherwise, one study was not clearly better or worse than another. … We considered blinded review of deaths a requirement for a quality rating of fair or better.

112. Archived: Folic Acid/Folate Prophylaxis to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/folic-acid-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-1996
     January 01, 1996 - No controlled trials have been performed to prove that those screened for neural tube defects have better … It may enable clinicians to provide more intensive obstetric care and to better prepare for the delivery … fetuses with uncomplicated meningomyelocele, cesarean delivery before the onset of labor resulted in better … Motor function was not significantly better at 4 years, however.

113. Archived: C-Reactive Protein as a Risk Factor for Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/c-reactive-protein-as-a-risk-factor-for-coronary-heart-disease-a-systematic-review-and-meta-analyses-for-the-us-preventive-services-task-force/coronary-heart-disease-screening-using-non-traditional-risk-factors-2009
     July 15, 2008 - The first included all studies that were fair-quality or better, adjusted for at least 5 Framingham risk … Meta-analysis of Fair-Quality or Better Studies Our meta-analysis of the 22 studies (in 23 … They note that measures of risk reclassification are probably better than the c-statistic for assessing … substantially differ between models with and without CRP level, a model that included CRP level had better … model that included all Framingham risk score variables and found that the model with CRP level had better

114. Integrating Evidence-Based Clinical and Community Strategies to Improve Health (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/tfmethods.pdf
     January 01, 2020 - c c i m o D r s S d e h e a m a t t s p e q T fi fi o C c t ● M aking them more available and better … This research can be included in uture systematic reviews of program effectiveness o that better guidance … HHS awards $35.7 million to support community programs that promote better health and prevent disease

115. Eighth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/usptf-annual-report-congress-2018%20(1).pdf
     January 01, 2018 - to standard cardiovascular disease risk assessment tools, such as the Pooled Cohort Equations, can better … for atrial fibrillation with ECG.19 To fill these gaps, the USPSTF needs well-designed studies to better … adding ECG testing improves risk prediction among this population, whether it ultimately leads to better … these nontraditional risk factors.21 To fill these gaps, the USPSTF needs well-designed studies to better … populations; research is needed to understand whether nontraditional assessments could allow for a better

116. Recommendation: Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-young-children-screening
     September 07, 2015 - ; however, findings on iron deficiency, as reported by individual studies, also are provided for a better … The recommendation was reviewed to ensure consistent use of each term and language was added to better

117. Archived: Prostate Cancer: Screening, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening-2002
     December 01, 2002 - Finally, this study cannot address how much better outcomes would have been if treatments were begun … impact of aggressive treatment are greatest, for poorly differentiated cancers. 3 In the absence of better

118. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     June 15, 2016 - important finding: communicate to referring physician as per accepted practice guidelines”) would allow for better … well as factors that may influence adherence across different screening methods, are needed to help better … The direct harms of endoscopy have been somewhat better studied. 1 Pooled estimates suggest there are … In response, the USPSTF removed these terms from the final recommendation to better communicate the primary

119. Xt2Uhv4Qyluz8O2Hb A4Yq (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/xt2Uhv4qyLUZ8o2HB_a4YQ
     July 01, 2013 - Better evidence is needed about the long-term harms of ART, including risks for cardiovascular and kidney … Further follow-up is necessary to better delineate potential long-term harms of ART initiation at higher … It would also be helpful to better elucidate the potential risks and long-term outcomes associated with … Sim- ilarly, additional studies are needed to better define the optimum timing for treatment initiation

120. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/DCfAJZvNDzSYu7NqLJX2bv
     March 01, 2016 - meta-analysis found anti-VEGF for wet AMD was associated with greater likelihood of having vision 20/200 or better … years) with mild to moderate vision impair- ment (defined as best visual acuity worse than 20/40 but better … VEGF inhibitors were associated with greater likelihood of having vision 20/200 or better vs sham injection … Visual Acuity of 20/200 or Better With Use of VEGF Inhibitors at 1-Year Follow-up (Key Question 4) Weight … Numerous observational studies show that >85% of patients achieve visual acuity 20/40 or better following