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1201. Archived: Vitamin D and Calcium to Prevent Fractures: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/vitamin-d-and-calcium-to-prevent-fractures-preventive-medication-2013
      February 15, 2013 - The USPSTF has previously concluded in a separate recommendation that vitamin D supplementation is effective

1202. Archived: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      November 03, 2003 - The most effective interventions combine nutrition education and diet and exercise counseling with behavioral … An operation proves to be the most effective therapy for adult-onset diabetes mellitus.

1203. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary24/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-counseling-and-preventive-medication-2012
      December 15, 2010 - Overall, we found no major clinical harms for these effective interventions to prevent falls in older … We conclude that exercise programs are effective overall, as did other reviews 77-78 , 80 . … Effective exercise for the prevention of falls: a systematic review and meta-analysis. … The intermediate outcome, which is used to determine if the intervention is effective, is number of falls

1204. Archived: Osteoporosis: Screening 2011 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 15, 2011 - fracture prevention in men at high risk for fractures could help to assess whether these drugs are effective … Treatments that have been proven effective in women cannot necessarily be presumed to have similar effectiveness … Moreover, widespread screening programs may not be feasible or cost-effective in many countries 15 .

1205. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary21/depression-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2009
      March 15, 2009 - data indicate that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, psychotherapy, and combined treatment are effective … For mass screening to be effective, it would be necessary for delivered treatments to be effective in … separately in a recent systematic review by Bridge et al 26 in 2007 suggested that overall, SSRIs were less effective … primary care, such as patient treatment preference or level of provider training needed for delivering effective … evidence from RCTs, including some effectiveness trials, have indicated that available treatments are effective

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      July 01, 2013 - Effective interventions include antiretroviral therapy (ART) (specifically, the use of combined ART), … Effective interventions include ART (specifically, the use of combined ART, defined as �3 antiretroviral … Other Approaches to Prevention The USPSTF recognizes that the most effective strat- egy for reducing … Estimate of Magnitude of Net Benefit The USPSTF recognizes that the most effective overall strategy

1207. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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      February 01, 2013 - Report concluded that there is a “large, robust, and consistent” evidence base that documents known effective … Our review found that behavior-based interventions were effective only in reducing smoking initiation … A logical next step would be to replicate the few effective interventions (25, 29) and either limit the

1208. Screening for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2008 - Although there is evidence that retinal photocoagula- tion is effective in reducing the incidence of … suggest that aggressive blood pressure, lipid level, and glycemic control in persons with diabetes may be effective … and relatively cost-effective, and that older persons benefit more than younger persons. … A combination of HbA1c, fasting glucose and BMI is effective in screening for individuals at risk of

1209. Prevention of Dental Caries in Children From Birth Through Age 5 Years: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2014 - not.8,9 A risk-based approach to fluoride varnish appli- cation will miss opportunities to provide an effective … Services Task Force recommended fluo- ridation of community water sources based on strong evidence of effective … Risk Assessment No studies assessed the effective- ness of the use of formal risk as- sessment tools

1210. Procedure Manual Appendix XII. Summary of Evidence Table for Evidence Reviews | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 01, 2017 - Procedure Manual Appendix XII. Summary of Evidence Table for Evidence Reviews Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print The approach to the summary of evidence for the USPSTF should transparently represent the body o…

1211. Archived: Hypertension: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 01, 1996 - Whether hypertension screening is equally effective for other populations or with treatments other than … published guidelines. 1 , 106-108 The diastolic blood pressure above which therapy has been proven effective

1212. Screening for Dementia - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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      June 01, 2003 - Evidence that [the service] is effective is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting and the balance

1213. Screening for Lipid Disorders in Children: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      July 01, 2007 - Efficacy of Treatment Treatment of childhood dyslipidemia has been shown to be effective in lowering … Evidence that [the service] is effective is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance

1214. Primary Care Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - Evidence suggests that interventions that include both prenatal and postnatal components may be the most effective

1215. Archived: Folic Acid/Folate Prophylaxis to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 01, 1996 - 67 that used 0.36 mg of folic acid plus multivitamins daily suggests that lower doses may also be effective … It can also detect several other conditions, for some of which effective interventions exist. … adequately studied is a daily supplement of 4 mg, although some evidence suggests that lower dosages may be effective … Effective care in pregnancy and childbirth. Vol. 1: pregnancy.

1216. Archived: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breastfeeding-primary-care-interventions-october-2016
      October 25, 2016 - interventions taking place during a combination of prenatal, peripartum, or postpartum time periods were more effective … Some data also suggested that interventions are effective in both adolescents and adults.

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      August 09, 2016 - inhibitors, have been widely adopted for use in adults with hyper- cholesterolemia, because these drugs are effective … supplements, dietary interventions, or com- binations thereof are needed to assess harms, as well as effective … No evidence was found on the effective- ness of interventions in childhood or adolescence on cardiovascu

1218. Archived: Evidence Summary: NSAIDs: Aspirin/NSAIDs for Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-nsaids/aspirin-nsaids-for-prevention-of-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2007
      March 15, 2007 - Standard-dose H2RAs were not effective at reducing the risk for NSAID-induced gastric ulcers. 12 , 13 … results of our systematic review suggest that the use of non-ASA NSAIDs for CRC chemoprevention is effective … Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors seem to be effective at reducing the incidence of colorectal adenoma in patients … In conclusion, non-ASA NSAIDs seem to be effective at reducing the incidence of colorectal adenomas and … Good-quality RCT data suggest that COX-2 inhibitors are effective at reducing the incidence of colorectal

1219. Archived: Physical Activity Promotion: Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 01, 1996 - women. 30 Low- to moderate-intensity endurance training or circuit weight training may be at least as effective

1220. Archived: Dementia in Older Adults: Screening, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
      www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/dementia-older-adults-screening-2003
      June 03, 2003 - Evidence that the [service] is effective is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting and the balance