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161. Archived: Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-july-2014
     July 08, 2014 - We found no eligible studies that distinguished persons at decreased or increased risk for stroke caused … Evidence suggests that this risk has decreased in recent decades, most likely due to advances in medical … risk-stratification tools are available that can distinguish persons with asymptomatic CAS who are at decreased … increased risk for stroke caused by CAS despite current standard medical therapy or those who are at decreased … risk-stratification tools that can distinguish persons with asymptomatic CAS who have increased or decreased

162. Archived: Folic Acid for the Prevention of Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/folic-acid-for-the-prevention-of-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-january-2017
     January 10, 2017 - For example, Mexican American women may be at increased risk because of decreased consumption of fortified … Food and Drug Administration in 1998, prevalence rates of infants born with neural tube defects have decreased … Persons who have this gene mutation have decreased folate levels, which reduces the conversion of homocysteine

163. Archived: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/aspirin-prophylaxis-myocardial-infarction-preventive-medication-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Similarly, a large secondary prevention trial also reported little difference in epigastric discomfort, decreased … the decision whether to prescribe aspirin should be made on an individual basis after the benefits of decreased

164. Archived: Visual Impairment in Children Ages 1-5: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/visual-impairment-in-children-ages-1-5-screening-2004
     January 14, 2004 - using the cover test, Cardiff Cards, Kay Picture test, and HOTV letters by an eye professional) led to decreased … successful outcomes depend on earlier treatment. 22 , 29 In these studies, treatment efficacy steadily decreased

165. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary SCREENING FOR COLORECTAL CANCER CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Adults Age 50 to 75* Adults Age 76 to 85 years* Adults Older than 85* Screen with high sensitivity fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), …

166. Screening for Prostate Cancer: A Review of the Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     December 01, 2011 - 4 to 13 years consistently found prostatectomy for localized prostate cancer to be associated with decreased … A large Swedish cohort study (also described earlier) found radiation therapy to be associated with decreased … The ERSPC trial found PSA screening every 2–7 y to be associated with decreased risk for death from prostate … Three poor-quality screening trials did not find PSA-based screening associated with decreased risk for … Observational studies also found prostatectomy to be associated with decreased risk for death from prostate

167. Recommendation: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 20, 2018 - At 4.5 years, the intervention group had a decreased risk of squamous cell carcinoma. 33 Ten years after … hypothetical harm of sun avoidance, recent studies have not shown an association between sunscreen use and decreased … Among the sparse evidence available, 1 study suggested that sun protection behaviors do not lead to decreased … The USPSTF determined that the evidence supporting a link between decreased UV exposure in adulthood

168. Ztmgupsekcuuupvpegum45 (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2013 - The incidence of HCV infec- tion was more than 200 000 cases per year in the 1980s but decreased to 25 … Eighteen other primarily smaller cohort studies (n � 102 to 2698) found that SVR was associated with decreased … Overall, the review’s conclusions on the association between SVR and decreased risk for hepa- tocellular

169. Archived: Screening and Interventions for Childhood Obesity: Where Is the Evidence? A Commentary by the Childhood Obesity Working Group of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening, July 2005 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/screening-and-interventions-for-childhood-obesity-where-is-t/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2005
     July 11, 2005 - interventions (behavioral counseling, pharmacotherapy, surgery) lead to improved health outcomes, including decreased

170. Evidence Summary: Pregnant Women: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-pregnant-women1/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening
     June 11, 2019 - received no antenatal or intrapartum ART). 16 Use of 3 or more antiretroviral drugs was associated with decreased … ). 39 An Israeli cohort study 28 (n = 796) found combination ART during pregnancy associated with decreased … association between any ART or tenofovir-containing ART and risk of stillbirth, with some studies showing decreased … However, 2 new cohort studies (n = 1140) found treatment with a protease inhibitor associated with a decreased … studies found increased risk of preterm birth with ART; 3 new cohort studies (all from Africa) found decreased

171. Archived: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
     June 18, 2014 - The number of reported acute symptomatic cases of HBV infection decreased from more than 20,000 annually … Lamivudine was associated with decreased risk for hepatocellular carcinoma (adjusted hazard ratio [HR … HBV Vaccination Vaccination was associated with decreased risk for HBV acquisition in health care workers … Pooled analyses from 3 fair- to good-quality trials showed that vaccination was also associated with a decreased

172. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Counseling, 2012 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary45/skin-cancer-counseling-2012
     May 15, 2012 - Although the interventions decreased indoor tanning behavior by up to 35% 46 , follow-up for these trials … After 8 years of follow-up, persons randomly assigned to regular sunscreen use had a decreased risk for … More and better-designed studies are needed to examine the potential harms of sunscreen use and decreased

173. Preexposure Prophylaxis for the Prevention of HIV Infection: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2019 - PrEP was associated with decreased risk of HIV infection vs placebo or no PrEP after 4 months to 4 years … disoproxil fumarate monotherapy or tenofovir disoproxil fumarate/emtricitabine was associated with decreased … risk of acquiring HIV infection compared with placebo or no PrEP, although effectiveness decreased with … among participants randomized to PrEP, presence of tenofovir in plasma samples was associated with decreased … In populations at increased HIV infection risk, PrEP was associated with decreased risk of acquiring

174. Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 13, 2025 - During follow-up, screening uptake increased from 89.8% to 97.2%, and the congenital syphilis case rate decreased … During the same time, the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes decreased from 42.7% to 19.2%, and … the incidence of stillbirth or fetal loss decreased from 19.0% to 3.3%.

175. Recommendation: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     July 23, 2019 - 1999, 1.9% of infants who received serologic testing were infected with HBV; by 2008, the rate had decreased … In addition, there is evidence that over time, perinatal transmission has decreased among women and infants

176. Recommendation: Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 20, 2024 - supplementation and improved maternal hematologic indices (eg, hemoglobin and ferritin values) and decreased … reported on maternal iron deficiency anemia with supplementation; iron supplementation was associated with decreased … reported on maternal iron deficiency with supplementation; iron supplementation was associated with decreased … , 36 , 39 , 41 (n = 20,330) reported on maternal anemia; iron supplementation was associated with decreased

177. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2017 - follow-up, screening uptake increased from 89.8% to 97.2%, and the congenital syphi- lis case rate decreased … During the same time, the incidence of adverse pregnancy outcomes decreased from 42.7% to 19.2%, and … the incidence of stillbirth or fetal loss decreased from 19.0% to 3.3%.

178. PII: S0749-3797(01)00255-0 (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2001 - ing middle-aged men with elevated LDL-C and a base- line risk of CHD events of about 1.5% per year decreased … from one recent secondary prevention study suggest that, although the incidence of total stroke is decreased … to lower CHD risk is not clear; no trials of exercise done in primary prevention settings have found decreased

179. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2001
     April 09, 2001 - treating middle-aged men with elevated LDL-C and a baseline risk of CHD events of about 1.5% per year decreased … from one recent secondary prevention study suggest that, although the incidence of total stroke is decreased … to lower CHD risk is not clear; no trials of exercise done in primary prevention settings have found decreased

180. Archived: Iron Deficiency Anemia: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/iron-deficiency-anemia-screening-2006
     May 15, 2006 - In infants, such factors are rapid growth, inadequate dietary intake, blood loss, decreased absorption … associated with an increased risk of low birth weight, preterm delivery, and perinatal mortality, as well as decreased