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101. Archived: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cervical-cancer-screening-2003
     January 07, 2003 - finds that new technologies are more costly than conventional cytology and that new technologies will fall … These and other data suggest that the risks of high-grade cervical lesions and cancer fall with age; … (Associate Professor, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Harvard … Washington, DC: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; 1996.

102. Archived: Final Research Plan: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults With Cardiovascular Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan17/healthy-diet-and-physical-activity-counseling-adults-with-high-risk-of-cvd-august-2014
     May 15, 2013 - archived Final Research Plan Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention … controlled diets Counseling interventions aimed at weight loss or weight maintenance, falls prevention … , depression, cognitive functioning, or disease prevention other than CVD/diabetes mellitus … Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention

103. Evidence Summary: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/vitamin-d-calcium-or-combined-supplementation-for-the-primary-prevention-of-fractures-in-adults-preventive-medication
     April 17, 2018 - Evidence Summary Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention … evidence for benefits and harms of vitamin D, calcium, or combined supplementation for the primary prevention … Vitamin D with or without calcium supplementation for prevention of cancer and fractures: an updated … HRT and vit D in prevention of non-vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women; a 5 year randomized trial … Prevention of femoral and lumbar bone loss with hormone replacement therapy and vitamin D 3 in early

104. Archived: Physical Activity: Behavior Counseling in Primary Care, July 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/physical-activity-behavioral-counseling-primary-care-2002
     July 01, 2002 - Adults: Behavioral Interventions (2018) Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention … They may include muscle and fall-related injuries or cardiovascular events. 6 It is unclear whether … Washington, DC: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; 1996. 2. … Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; 1996.

105. Final Research Plan: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-older-adults
     June 12, 2025 - foods or fluids or nutrition therapy (e.g., meal replacement therapy) Interventions aimed at primary prevention … treatment of cognitive impairment and have indications for their primary usage (CVD treatment or primary prevention

106. Recommendation: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 25, 2020 - Some of the suggested studies investigated the prevention of cognitive impairment by controlling risk … Systematic review: factors associated with risk for and possible prevention of cognitive decline in later … Designing prevention programmes to reduce incidence of dementia: prospective cohort study of modifiable … Dementia prevention, intervention, and care. Lancet . 2017;390(10113):2673-2734. 13. … Statin use for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: U.S.

107. Recommendation: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-screening-older-adults
     May 24, 2022 - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Vision loss: a public health problem. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. … Prevention strategies for age-related cataract: present limitations and future possibilities.

108. Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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     Screening for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation SCREENING FOR GESTATIONAL DIABETES MELLITUS CLINICAL SUMMARY OF U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Asymptomatic pregnant women after 24 weeks of gestation Asymptomatic pregnant women before 24 we…

109. 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 - foods or fluids or nutrition therapy (e.g., meal replacement therapy) Interventions aimed at primary prevention

110. Archived: How Did the USPSTF Arrive at This Recommendation?: Prostate Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/how-did-the-uspstf-arrive-at-this-recommendation-/prostate-cancer-screening-2012
     May 11, 2012 - death rate from prostate cancer had been climbing for two decades until about 1992, and then began to fall … Cancer Screening PDQ® (National Cancer Institute) Prostate Cancer (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … The Task Force is made up of 16 volunteer members who are experts in prevention and evidence based medicine … The USPSTF has 16 volunteer members who are experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine.

111. Archived: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication-november-2016
     November 13, 2016 - "Other Approaches to Prevention" section). … In the absence of other risk factors, adults with an LDL-C level greater than 190 mg/dL may still fall … below the risk threshold for statin use for CVD prevention. … Statins: new American guidelines for prevention of cardiovascular disease. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

112. Archived: Gestational Diabetes Mellitus, Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-mellitus-screening-january-2014
     January 14, 2014 - A diagnosis of GDM is made when 2 or more glucose values fall at or above the specified glucose thresholds … Other Approaches to Prevention Most pregnant women should be encouraged to attain moderate gestational … to 15 years postpartum. 2 Screening for gestational diabetes may have important implications in the prevention … Macrosomia can be diagnosed before delivery, possibly allowing for the prevention of negative downstream

113. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 25, 2020 - Some of the suggested stud- ies investigated the prevention of cognitive impairment by control- ling … Systematic review: factors associated with risk for and possible prevention of cognitive decline in later … Designing prevention programmes to reduce incidence of dementia: prospective cohort study of modifiable … Dementia prevention, intervention, and care. … Statin use for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in adults: US Preventive Services Task

114. JAMA JATS (pdf file)
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     July 11, 2017 - Behavioral Counseling to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics. … Hypertension Prevention Trial Research Group. … The Hypertension Prevention Trial: three-year effects of dietary changes on blood pressure. … Trials of Hypertension Prevention Collaborative Research Group.

115. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 11, 2025 - from fragil- ity fractures, which are defined as fractures resulting from low- energy trauma (eg, a fall … clinical risks were recruitedb 75.0 (6.7) 100 11 032 Screening: FRAX without BMD assessment, DXA, VFA, fall … clinician for personalized treatment advice including medication, evaluation for secondary osteoporosis, fall … Fracture prevention with zoledronate in older women with osteopenia. … Denosumab for prevention of fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis.

116. Archived: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cognitive-impairment-in-older-adults-screening-2014
     March 18, 2014 - including counseling on tobacco cessation, alcohol use, healthful diet, physical activity, and falls prevention … Other Approaches to Prevention The USPSTF has published recommendations related to several of the … including counseling on tobacco cessation, alcohol use, healthful diet, physical activity, and falls prevention

117. Screening for Cervical Cancer - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - finds that new technologies are more costly than conventional cytology and that new technologies will fall … These and other data suggest that the risks of high-grade cervical lesions and cancer fall with age; … Washington, DC: Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion; 1996. 2. … Lieu, MD, MPH (Associate Professor, Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention, Harvard Pilgrim Health

118. Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 18, 2020 - Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: US Preventive Services Task … In the absence of other risk factors, adults with an LDL-C level greater than 190 mg/dL may still fall … below the risk threshold for statin use for CVD prevention. … Statins: new American guidelines for prevention of cardiovascular disease. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

119. Archived: Osteoporosis: Screening 2011 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/osteoporosis-screening-2011
     January 15, 2011 - Other Approaches to Prevention The USPSTF has updated its evidence review on falls prevention in older … have additional risk factors for fractures, such as poor bone quality and an increased tendency to fall … Drug therapies for osteoporosis can be for primary prevention (prevention of an osteoporotic fracture … in patients with low BMD who have no previous fractures) or secondary prevention (prevention of an osteoporotic … There are no primary prevention trials of bisphosphonates in men and only 2 secondary prevention trials

120. Archived: Evidence Summary: Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults Without Known Risk Factors: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/healthful-diet-and-physical-activity-for-cardiovascular-disease-prevention-in-adults-without-known-risk-factors-behavioral-counseling-july-2017
     July 11, 2017 - Hypertension Prevention Phase II. … Trials of Hypertension Prevention Collaborative Research Group. … Trials of Hypertension Prevention Collaborative Research Group. … Preventing weight gain in adults: the Pound of Prevention study. … Hypertension Prevention Trial Research Group.