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381. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2007 - stenosis (CAS) include: older age, male gender, hypertension, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, and heart disease … Clinicians should discuss aspirin chemoprevention with patients at increased risk for cardiovascular disease … factors for CAS include older age, male sex, hypertension, smoking, hypercholesterolemia, and heart disease … that CAS is more prevalent in older adults, smokers, those with hypertension, and those with heart disease … Guidelines for screening of extracranial carotid artery disease: a statement for healthcare professionals

382. Evidence Summary: Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/latent-tuberculosis-infection-screening
     May 02, 2023 - Infectious disease. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Published 2020. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Published 2020. Accessed January 5, 2022. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Published 2015. Accessed June 8, 2015. … CD8 response measured by QuantiFERON-TB Gold Plus and tuberculosis disease status. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; 2015. 106.

383. Recommendation: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Persons: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 19, 2021 - , diabetes, cancer, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic kidney disease, and depression … How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). … Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health; 2020. 48. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

384. Archived: High Blood Pressure in Adults, Children, and Adolescents: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 01, 2003 - screening for high blood pressure in children and adolescents to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease … and 24% of all premature deaths. 4 Additional complications of hypertension include end-stage renal disease … ambulatory blood pressure measurements correlate better with left ventricular mass and cardiovascular disease … Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease. … AHA guidelines for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease and stroke: 2002 Update.

385. Recommendation: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 25, 2020 - Pharmacologic treatments approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for Alzheimer disease include … Many of these trials reported differences in scores on the Alzheimer Disease Assessment Scale–Cognitive … Rate of conversion from prodromal Alzheimer’s disease to Alzheimer’s dementia: a systematic review of … Symptoms of depression and anxiety after the disclosure of the diagnosis of Alzheimer disease. … Statin use for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: U.S.

386. Screening for HIV: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 20, 2019 - HIV-infected, bisexual, or in- jection drug users; persons being treated for sexually trans- mitted diseases … and Gynecologists (ACOG) (43), the American Col- lege of Physicians (ACP) (44), and the Infectious Diseases … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … American College of Phy- sicians and Infectious Diseases Society of America.

387. Screening for Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     first-degree relative with an AAA; and having a history of other vascular aneurysms, coronary artery disease … , cerebrovascular disease, atherosclerosis, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, or hypertension.

388. About the USPSTF | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1998 - the health of people nationwide by making evidence-based recommendations on effective ways to prevent disease … The recommendations apply only to people who have no signs or symptoms of the specific disease or condition

389. Identifying Evidence Gaps | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 01, 2018 - Research Gaps Identified by the Office of Disease Prevention The USPSTF works with the National Institutes … of Health (NIH) Office of Disease Prevention  (ODP) to disseminate information about evidence gaps to

390. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-september-2018
     September 04, 2018 - The CDC has provided more detailed guidance on testing for and treatment of sexually transmitted diseases … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Sexually Transmitted Disease Surveillance, 2016. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Sexually Transmitted Diseases Treatment Guidelines, 2015. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).

391. Archived: Tobacco Smoking Cessation in Adults, Including Pregnant Women: Behavioral and Pharmacotherapy Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions-september-2015
     September 21, 2015 - found to increase risk for various types of cancer (such as lung, liver, and colorectal), respiratory diseases … (such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and tuberculosis), cardiovascular disease (such as stroke … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention … How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking-Attributable Disease:

392. Archived: Ocular Prophylaxis for Gonococcal Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/ocular-prophylaxis-for-gonococcal-ophthalmia-neonatorum-preventive-medication-2011
     July 15, 2011 - Relevant USPSTF Recommendations Several recommendations on screening and counseling for infectious diseases … Gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum develops in approximately 28% of infants born to women with gonorrheal disease … Red Book: 2009 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 28th ed. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Sexually transmitted diseases treatment guidelines, 2006. MMWR . 2006;55(11):1--100.

393. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - include: • Traditional screening algorithm: Screen with an initial nontreponemal test (eg, Venereal Disease … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide fact sheets, treatment guidelines, and surveillance

394. Screening and Treatment for Hypercholesterolemia in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Evidence Review (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2007 - Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health; Lipid Metabolism Branch; Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases … The relationship between parental history of vascular disease and cardiovascular disease risk factors … Bethesda, MD: National Institutes of Health; Lipid Metabolism Branch; Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases … Cholesterol screening and family history of vascular disease. … The relationship between parental history of vascular disease and cardiovascular disease risk factors

395. Draft Research Plan: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-older-adults
     March 06, 2025 - use disorder, HIV/AIDS, Down syndrome, posttraumatic brain injury, metabolic disorders, Parkinson’s disease … , Huntington’s disease, or stroke Persons living in special settings outside of the community (e.g. … discontinued by the manufacturer (tacrine, aducanumab) Medications used to treat cerebrovascular disease

396. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 01, 2014 - bases its recommendations on an evidence-based model of clinical prevention that focuses on specific diseases … Multifactorial Nature of Conditions Disease or disability in geriatric populations can result from … For example, the many available functional status or disease-specific quality-of-life instruments are … using a more traditional disease-specific analytic framework for its systematic reviews. … Clinical practice guidelines and quality of care for older patients with multiple comorbid diseases:

397. Final Recommendation Statement: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
     September 28, 2021 - , and kidney disease. … Definitions Preeclampsia is a disease defined by hypertension (defined as office-based blood pressure … , autoimmune disease, type 1 or type 2 diabetes, and chronic hypertension) or more than 1 of several … Racial/ethnic differences in pregnancy-related hypertensive disease in nulliparous women. … Autoimmune disease (ie, systemic lupus erythematous, antiphospholipid syndrome) Combinations of

398. Recommendation: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 04, 2024 - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has guides on fall prevention interventions ( https … For example, regular physical activity has been associated with a lower risk of cardiovascular disease … events, cardiovascular disease mortality, and all-cause mortality, as well as lower blood pressure, … management (eg, moderate to severe neurocognitive disorders or Parkinson disease) were excluded. … prevention in adults without cardiovascular disease risk factors: US Preventive Services Task Force

399. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 04, 2024 - For example, regular physical activity has been associated with a lower risk of car- diovascular disease … events, cardiovascular disease mortality, and all- cause mortality, as well as lower blood pressure, … be considered disease management (eg, moderate to severe neu- rocognitive disorders or Parkinson disease … • The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has guides on fall prevention interventions (https … prevention in adults without cardiovascular disease risk factors: US Preventive Services Task Force

400. Final Recommendation Statement: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
     September 03, 2019 - reduce risk of breast cancer outweigh the potential benefits in women not at increased risk for the disease … Discussion Burden of Disease … Aromatase inhibitors also decrease risk of breast cancer in women at increased risk for the disease. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). What can I do to reduce my risk of breast cancer? … Effects of tamoxifen vs raloxifene on the risk of developing invasive breast cancer and other disease