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141. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Seeks Comments on Draft Recommendation Statement for Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/tobacco-cessation-draftrecbulletin.pdf
     June 01, 2015 - Smoking is the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States.

142. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation on Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/skin-cancer-screening-bulletin.pdf
     November 21, 2022 - common type of cancer in the United States, but it usually does not cause serious complications or death … to know whether or not screening adolescents and adults without symptoms reduces complications or death

143. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement for Screening for Bladder Cancer | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/us-preventive-services-task-force-issues-final-recommendation-statement-screening-bladder-cancer
     August 16, 2011 - However, bladder cancer is a common cancer and can cause considerable health problems including death

144. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. Clinicians should understand the evidence but individualize decision making to the specific patient or situation. Clinician Summary of USP…

145. 2018 Report to Congress | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/2018-report-congress
     January 01, 2018 - highlights seven recent topics related to cancer prevention and cardiovascular health, the leading causes of death

146. Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: An Update of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2009 - Stephen Ko, MD, MPH Background: Coronary heart disease and cerebrovascular disease are leading causes of death … benefits and harms of taking aspirin for the primary prevention of myocardial infarctions, strokes, and death … were selected to answer the following questions: Does aspirin decrease coronary heart events, strokes, death … aspirin use in women without known cardiovascular disease decrease coronary heart events, strokes, death … aspirin use in men without known car- diovascular disease decrease coronary heart events, strokes, death

147. Aspirin for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Events: A Summary of the Evidence (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2002 - patients without known cardiovascular disease reduce the risk for myocardial infarction, stroke, and death … due to coronary heart disease (fatal MI or sudden death; see Table 2). … In PHS and TPT, aspirin use was associated with increases in sudden death that did not reach statistical … Mortality data for coronary heart disease (fatal myocardial infarctions and sudden death) from the HOT … due to CHD, including fatal acute myocardial infarction or death due to other ischemic heart disease

148. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/aspirin-use-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2002
     January 15, 2002 - patients without known cardiovascular disease reduce the risk for myocardial infarction, stroke, and death … due to coronary heart disease (fatal MI or sudden death; Table 2 ). … In PHS and TPT, aspirin use was associated with increases in sudden death that did not reach statistical … Mortality data for coronary heart disease (fatal myocardial infarctions and sudden death) from the HOT … due to CHD, including fatal acute myocardial infarction or death due to other ischemic heart disease

149. Overview of Prostate Cancer Screening Decision Models: A Contextual Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Home/GetFile/1/16813/prostate-cancer-models-overview/pdf
     May 01, 2018 - that the cancer process is conceptualized as a series of events from no cancer through cancer and death … Corresponding probabilities of prostate cancer death ranged from 2.02% for the NCCN strategy to 2.43% … Similarly, they presented the benefit using the probability of prostate cancer death and harm using … due to prostate cancer based on stage- specif ic survival or death occurs from competing causes … , % Probability of Life Saved, % Number Needed to Detect to Prevent One Prostate Cancer Death

150. Mwobcghbax938Av48Jdqq4 (pdf file)
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     August 23, 2016 - GET THE FACTS: FACT: The Task Force recognizes the value of mammography screening as an important tool in reducing breast cancer deaths. FACT: There is considerable agreement about mammography screening among groups who have recently issued evidence- based guidelines, including the Task Force and the Americ…

151. 2Ngslfynvxp3Xwn-Zgo Sg (pdf file)
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     August 23, 2016 - GET THE FACTS: FACT: The Task Force recognizes the value of mammography screening as an important tool in reducing breast cancer deaths. FACT: There is considerable agreement about mammography screening among groups who have recently issued evidence- based guidelines, including the Task Force and the Americ…

152. Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2024 - • The CDC’s STEADI (Stopping Elderly Accidents, Death, and Injuries) initiative helps reduce fall

153. Ym2Epescwzwnpaamr78Shp (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2014 - Although the risk for rupture varies greatly by aneurysm size, the associated risk for death is as high … Men Aged 65 to 75 Years Who Have Never Smoked Screening men overall reduces AAA-specific death, rupture … A person’s risk for death related to elective surgery for AAA is lower than that for death related to … One study reported that women had a higher risk for death related to AAA surgery than men; death rates … Most ruptures in women occur after age 80 years, when many competing causes of death are present.

154. ahrq37a_LungCancer_Sum.qxd (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2004 - Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death among men and women in the United States; in … Lung cancer is the cause of death in more than 90% of affected persons.19 Survival is directly related … After 20 years of follow-up, lung cancer death rates were 4.4 (95% CI, 3.9–4.9) and 3.9 (95% CI, 3.5– … ascertained from death certificates; autopsy in 1/3 of patients; blind review not described Wilde47 … Autopsy and cause of death in randomized mammography studies.

155. Final Recommendation Statement: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
     August 23, 2022 - resulting in more than 1 of every 4 deaths. 1 Coronary heart disease is the single leading cause of death … presence of diabetes, and smoking status, and focuses on hard clinical outcomes (myocardial infarction and death … from coronary heart disease; ischemic stroke and stroke-related death) as the outcomes of interest. … heart disease and cerebrovascular disease were respectively the first and fourth leading causes of death … Health, United States, 2019: Table 7: Leading Causes of Death and Numbers of Deaths, by Age: United States

156. Draft Recommendation: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-recommendation/skin-cancer-screening-1
     October 25, 2022 - Basal and squamous cell carcinomas are the most common types of skin cancer but infrequently lead to death

157. Archived: Coronary Heart Disease (Electrocardiography): Screening (2004) | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/coronary-heart-disease-electrocardiography-screening-2004
     February 03, 2004 - associated with a higher risk for CHD events (the major ones are nonfatal myocardial infarction and coronary death … occupations, such as pilots and heavy equipment operators (for whom sudden incapacitation or sudden death … Coronary heart disease is the leading cause of death … prevalent in black men than in white men, these abnormalities may not confer the same risk for CHD death … Fast Stats A to Z: Leading Causes of Death.

158. Archived: Final Research Plan: Screening for Depression in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan44/depression-in-adults-screening
     July 03, 2014 - syndrome Cardiac effects Seizures (bupropion only) Fetal/infant harms (neonatal death

159. Screening for Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis (pdf file)
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     August 31, 2020 - Stenosis Carotid artery stenosis is one of the many risk factors for stroke, a leading cause of death … unnecessary follow-up testing and surgeries that can cause serious harms, including stroke, heart attack, or death

160. Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/sX6CTKHncTJT2nzmu7yLHh
     March 20, 2023 - prevent neural tube defects, which can cause serious complications for babies including disability and death … It can result in death or a range of disabilities from problems with the brain and spinal cord’s development