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61. Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    February 13, 2018 - According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, en- gaging in 120 to 300 minutes of … Bisphosphonates Similar to the evidence on the benefits of drug therapy for the pri- mary prevention … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … Denosumab for prevention of fractures in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis. … Clinician’s guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.

62. Archived: Coronary Heart Disease: Screening Using Non-Traditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    October 15, 2009 - Assessment of Risk This recommendation is to be used for those who fall into a 10% to 20% (intermediate … Examples of persons who fall into the intermediate-risk category include a 60-year-old male smoker with … of asymptomatic U.S. men and 7% of asymptomatic U.S. women age 40 to 79 years without diabetes will fall … In the United States, approximately 31% of asymptomatic men and 7% of asymptomatic women fall into the … [PMID: 16531614] Lonn E, Yusuf S, Arnold MJ, Sheridan P, Pogue J, Micks M, et al; Heart Outcomes Prevention

63. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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    January 14, 2025 - These breaks, also known as osteoporotic or fragility fractures, can result from a minor fall or injury … The Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based

64. Third Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 01, 2013 - Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention

65. Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures; Screening for osteoporosis can help prevent fractures in women 65 years and older and in younger women who have gone through menopause and are at increased risk (pdf file)
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    July 08, 2024 - These breaks, also known as osteoporotic or fragility fractures, can result from a minor fall or injury … The Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based

66. New Topic | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 22, 2025 - Nominating Rationale for Topic What category or categories does this service fall

67. Archived: Gonorrhea (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - Pregnant women Screening is recommended at the first prenatal visit for pregnant women who fall … Screening is recommended at the first prenatal visit for pregnant women who fall into one of the high-risk … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD/HIV Prevention. 1993 annual report. … Atlanta: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1993. 3. Hook EW III, Handsfield HH. … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of STD/HIV Prevention.

68. Announcements | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 17, 2025 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Title Button Apply Message Date Posted Final Research Plan: Interventions for Tobacco Cessation in Adults 2025-07-17 Final Recommend…

69. Archived: Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    March 01, 2016 - failure (vitamin E 58 ) and lung cancer in smokers (beta-carotene 59 , 60 ) when prescribed for prevention … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention National Center for Health Statistics. … Oral docosahexaenoic acid in the prevention of exudative age-related macular degeneration: the Nutritional … The Alpha-Tocopherol Beta Carotene Cancer Prevention Study Group. … found immediate first-eye cataract surgery associated with a decreased rate of second (but not first) fall

70. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Highlights High-Priority Evidence Gaps in 2024 Report to Congress (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2024 - all communities, and features topics that the Task Force published in the last year, including: • Prevention … Preventive services facilitate the prevention or early detection of health issues. … The Task Force is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention and evidence-based … Nicholson is professor of prevention and community health at the Milken Institute School of Public Health … Her clinical and research focus is on healthcare prevention across the woman's lifespan. Dr.

71. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary50/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2009
    July 15, 2009 - surgery to be associated with no significant difference compared with delayed surgery in risk for first fall … (hazard ratio, 0.95 [CI, 0.69 to 1.35]). 43 However, the risk for second fall was reduced (hazard ratio … heart failure (vitamin E 82 ) and lung cancer in smokers (β-carotene 83 , 84 ) when prescribed for prevention … Control, Drug Therapy, Radiotherapy, Rehabilitation, Therapy] Presbyopia/pc, dt, rt, rh, su, th [Prevention … The Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta Carotene Cancer Prevention Study Group. N Engl J Med 1994;330:1029-35.

72. Screening for Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
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    including counseling on tobacco cessation, alcohol use, healthful diet, physical activity, and falls prevention

73. Ninth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2019 - Violence Prevention 5. … Prevention of BRCA-Related Cancer Prevention of Unhealthy Alcohol Use Screening for Asymptomatic … Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Violence Prevention: A Public Health Issue. … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control … Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Injury Prevention and Control

74. Clinical Practice Update: Notable USPSTF 2024 Final Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 17, 2025 - Clinical Practice Update: Notable USPSTF 2024 Final Recommendations Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print 2025-01-17 January 17, 2024 - Today, the Task Force posted its “Clinical Practice Update: Notable USPSTF…

75. Fourteenth Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps Across the Lifespan, in All Communities | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    November 01, 2024 - Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention … knowledge about potential harms and the need to shift the standard of care accordingly PrEP for HIV prevention … gaps and may result in new recommendations that will help improve the health of people nationwide: Prevention … Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy: Screening and Supplementation Breast Cancer: Screening Falls Prevention

76. Clinical Practice Update: Notable USPSTF 2024 Final Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 2024 - Clinical Practice Update: Notable USPSTF 2024 Final Recommendations Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print January 17, 2024 - Today, the Task Force posted its “Clinical Practice Update: Notable USPSTF 2024 Final R…

77. Archived: Final Research Plan: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan93/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2016
    September 27, 2014 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Final Research Plan Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening September 27, 2014 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. T…

78. High-Priority Evidence Gaps For Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
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    December 01, 2016 - Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) is an independent, volunteer panel of national experts in prevention … The work of the CPSTF is supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. … As part of its systematic reviews, the USPSTF identifies gaps in prevention research. … ” – National Institutes of Health, Office of Disease Prevention APPENDICES U.S. … Cancer Prevention 6. Injury and Child Maltreatment 7.

79. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Vitamin D and Calcium to Prevent Fractures: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 10, 2011 - These functions suggest a possible role of vitamin D in cancer prevention. … of a single annual megadose of vitamin D 3 (500,000 IU, equivalent to approximately 1370 IU/d) on fall … and fracture outcomes in community-dwelling elderly women with a history of fall or fracture 31 . … HRT and Vit D in prevention of non-vertebral fractures in postmenopausal women; a 5 year randomized trial … Vitamin D supplementation and the prevention of fractures and falls: results of a randomised trial in

80. Screening Older Adults for Impaired Visual Acuity: A Review of the Evidence for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2009 - surgery to be associated with no significant difference compared with delayed surgery in risk for first fall … However, the risk for second fall was reduced (hazard ratio, 0.60 [CI, 0.36 to 0.98]), resulting in a … The Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta Carotene Cancer Prevention Study Group. N Engl J Med. 1994;330:1029-35. … Treatment searches Ovid MEDLINE 1. exp Vision Disorders/nu, pc, dh, dt, rt, rh, su, th [Nursing, Prevention … Presbyopia/pc, dt, rt, rh, su, th [Prevention & Control, Drug Therapy, Radiotherapy, Rehabilitation,