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81. 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…

82. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 15, 2005 - have ever smoked—or 1,783 who have never smoked—would need to be screened to prevent 1 AAA-related death … AAA-related deaths by screening for AAA, although there was no change in all-cause mortality. 2 , 3 Death … ultrasound examination around the age of 65 appears to virtually exclude the risk for future AAA rupture or death … Incidence and risk factors of late rupture, conversion, and death after endovascular repair of infrarenal

83. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Screening for Breast Cancer: All women should be screened every other year starting at age 40; more research still needed in key areas (pdf file)
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    April 30, 2024 - more here Breast cancer is the second most common cancer and the second most common cause of cancer death … http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org 2 cancer death

84. Screening for Prostate Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (2012) (pdf file)
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    include erectile dysfunction, urinary incontinence, bowel dysfunction, and a small risk for premature death

85. Clinical Summary: Behavioral Weight Loss Interventions to Prevent Obesity-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Adults (pdf file)
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    Obesity is also associated w ith an increased risk for death, particularly among adults younger than

86. Archived: Evidence Summary: Collaborative Modeling of U.S. Breast Cancer Screening Strategies: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 11, 2016 - Molecular subtype– and stage-specific treatment reduces the hazard of breast cancer death (models D, … life-years and quality-adjusted life-years (QALYs) gained because of averted or delayed breast cancer death … Screening higher-risk women also yielded a lower ratio of overdiagnosed cases per breast cancer death … If the harm–benefit ratio of 185.8 (range, 169.5 to 268.0) false-positive results per death averted for … Radiation-Induced Breast Cancer and Breast Cancer Death from Mammography Screening [Abstract].

87. Mwobcghbax938Av48Jdqq4 (pdf file)
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    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…

88. 2Ngslfynvxp3Xwn-Zgo Sg (pdf file)
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    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…

89. Collaborative Modeling to Compare Different Breast Cancer Screening Strategies: A Decision Analysis for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2024 - More intensive screening for women with greater risk of breast cancer diagnosis or death can maintain … density, digital mammography and DBT performance, treatment assignment and efficacy, and causes of death … Outcomes were tallied from age 40 years (the youngest age to start screening across strategies) to death … Since breast cancer death rates are higher for Black women, all screening strategies gener- ated greater … More intensive screening for populations of women with greater risk of breast cancer diagnosis or death

90. Archived: Evidence Summary: Suicide Risk in Adolescents, Adults and Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 15, 2013 - Suicide attempts and death rates vary substantially by sex; age; race; and other risk factors, such as … The lack of power and reports of suicide death is another important limitation. … Suicide attempts and self-harm are not good surrogates for suicide death. … Suicide and other causes of death in a five-year follow-up of patients treated for self-poisoning in … Diabetes, depression, and death: a randomized controlled trial of a depression treatment program for

91. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    February 01, 2005 - have ever smoked—or 1,783 who have never smoked—would need to be screened to prevent 1 AAA-related death … AAA- related deaths by screening for AAA, although there was no change in all-cause mortality.2,3 Death … ultrasound examination around the age of 65 appear to virtually exclude the risk for future AAA rupture or death … Incidence and risk factors of late rupture, conversion, and death after endovascular repair of infrarenal

92. Screening for HIV: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    interventions in HIV-positive persons can reduce risks for clinical progression, complications or death

93. Archived: Final Research Plan: Screening for Depression in Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 03, 2014 - syndrome Cardiac effects Seizures (bupropion only) Fetal/infant harms (neonatal death

94. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2004 - Epidemiology Ovarian cancer is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S., accounting … among asymptomatic women result in early detection and, with effective treatment, reduce premature death … Positive thresholds for CA 125 Reduced premature death and disability Interventions Screening Positive … among asymptomatic women result in early detection and, with effective treatment, reduce premature death … The study may include a 10-year follow-up time using cancer registrations and death notifications for

95. Xt2Uhv4Qyluz8O2Hb A4Yq (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2013 - infection is associated with a markedly reduced risk for progression to AIDS, AIDS- related events, and death … rather than clinical pre- sentation—is also associated with reduced risk for AIDS- related events or death … interventions in HIV-positive persons can reduce risks for clinical progression, complications or death … interventions in HIV- positive persons can reduce risks for clinical progression, complications or death … How- ever, serious HIV-related clinical events, including death, were less likely among patients who

96. Final Recommendation Statement: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 08, 2018 - years were found to have prostate cancer. 2 In some men, the cancer is more aggressive and leads to death … The median age of death from prostate cancer is 80 years, and more than two-thirds of all men who die … are older than 75 years. 1 African American men have an increased lifetime risk of prostate cancer death … to increase with age and to be highest in men 70 years and older because older men have high risk of death … These differences in death from prostate cancer may also reflect that African American men have lower

97. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    March 20, 2018 - Melanoma is less common than basal or squamous cell carcinoma but has a much higher death rate. … incidence rates have increased from 1989 to 2014 (from 13.7 to 25.2 cases per 100 000 persons), the death … Melanoma is most frequently diagnosed among adults aged 65 to 74 years; death rates are highest among … One 20-year follow-up study showed no association between skin self-examination and skin cancer death … Although melanoma death rates have remained stable, the increasing number of skin biopsies and rising

98. Recommendation: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    April 18, 2023 - common type of cancer in the US; however, most skin cancers do not cause serious health problems or death … Basal and squamous cell carcinomas are the most common types of skin cancer but infrequently lead to death

99. Archived: Diabetes Mellitus (Type 2) in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 15, 2008 - in 2000. 4 Overall, risk for premature death among individuals with diabetes is about twice that for … Adults with diabetes have rates of stroke and death from heart disease that are about 2 to 4 times higher … prevention or delay of cardiovascular and other long-term health outcomes, including CVD events or death … Prevention of cardiovascular events and death with pravastatin in patients with coronary heart disease … Effect of rosiglitazone on the risk of myocardial infarction and death from cardiovascular causes.

100. Using Nontraditional Risk Factors in Coronary Heart Disease Risk Assessment: Clinical Summary of U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     October 06, 2009 - Importance Coronary heart disease (CHD) is the most common cause of death in adults in the United