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101. Cancer Older Adults (pdf file)
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     September 28, 2012 - This harm of overdiagnosis is largely unstudied and difficult to quantify at an individual level. … So these older adults are likely to experience only harm, without benefit, from such screening (since … chronic-disease management, where, for example, recent data show that tight HbA1C control causes increased harm

102. Medicines to Help Prevent Breast Cancer: Let's Talk About It (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/breast-cancer-risk-reduction-discussion-guide.pdf
     September 01, 2019 - Medicines to Help Prevent Breast Cancer: Let's Talk About It Medicines to Help Prevent Breast Cancer Let’s Talk About It We all want to find better ways to help prevent breast cancer. Medicines that reduce the risk of breast cancer are one way to help some women lower their risk. Women who have a hig…

103. Medicines to Help Prevent Breast Cancer: Let's Talk About It (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/breast-cancer-risk-reduction-discussion-guide_3.pdf
     September 01, 2019 - Medicines to Help Prevent Breast Cancer: Let's Talk About It Medicines to Help Prevent Breast Cancer Let’s Talk About It We all want to find better ways to help prevent breast cancer. Medicines that reduce the risk of breast cancer are one way to help some women lower their risk. Women who have a hig…

104. Screening for Cervical Cancer in Primary Care: A Decision Analysis for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     August 21, 2018 - Efficient strategies were those that yielded more benefit and less harm than another strategy or a lower … harm to benefit ratio than a strategy with less harms. … Switching from cytology to hrHPV testing at age 30 years yielded the most efficient harm to benefit ratio … When num- ber of colposcopies was used as the measure of harm, cytology test- ing alone every 3 years … Switching from cytol- ogy to hrHPV testing at age 30 years yielded the most efficient harm to benefit

105. Final Research Plan: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 22, 2024 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print in progress Final Research Plan Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV): Screening February 22, 2024 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. Th…

106. Final Recommendation Statement: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 19, 2024 - Definitions Child maltreatment refers to any action, series of actions, or lack of action resulting in harm … , potential harm, or threat of harm to children and adolescents younger than 18 years. 5 Child maltreatment … , potential harm, or threat of harm to a child by a parent, caregiver, or person in a custodial role. … failure to meet a “child’s basic physical, emotional, or educational needs or protect a child from harm … or potential harm.” 5 , 6 Suggestions for Practice Regarding the I Statement Potential Preventable

107. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2016 - The net benefit is defined as benefit minus harm of the preventive service as implemented in a general … Corneal ectasia, a thinning and bulging of the cornea, is a known harm of refractive surgery and occurs … Although treat- ments that entail little harm can correct impaired visual acuity, lim- ited evidence

108. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Evidence for the Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2009 - the search terms penicillin, pregnancy, infant, newborn, fetus, adverse effect, allergic reaction, harm … The second study that provided information on the harm of false-positive results (11) evaluated 8892 … We found evidence primarily with respect to 1 partic- ular harm of screening, false-positive results. … We found new evidence of a slight risk for harm from false-positive test results and a rare risk for

109. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     July 31, 2020 - find- ings was reported in few studies, making it difficult to know whether it represents a benefit or harm

110. Aspirin for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2009 - aspirin when the potential benefit of a reduction in myocardial infarctions outweighs the potential harm … use aspirin when the potential benefit of a reduction in ischemic strokes outweighs the potential harm … 55 to 79 years when the potential benefit of a reduction in ischemic strokes outweighs the potential harm … for men age 45 to 79 years whose benefit due to a reduction in myocardial in- farctions exceeds the harm … that, for women age 55 to 79 years whose benefit due to a reduction in ischemic stroke exceeds the harm

111. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 06, 2021 - for the assessment of effectiveness, and include interval cancers as a benefit outcome rather than a harm

112. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2009 - Clinical Breast Examination A theoretical harm of CBE is that its lower specificity than that of mammography

113. Archived: Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 08, 2016 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Final Recommendation Statement Depression in Children and Adolescents: Screening February 08, 2016 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S…

114. Final Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 05, 2020 - outcome and updated the Analytic Framework to reflect this change; and added cataracts as a potential harm

115. Archived: Final Research Plan: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 02, 2014 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Final Research Plan Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication May 02, 2014 Recommendations made by the U…

116. Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia and Iron Supplementation in Pregnant Women to Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2015 - Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia and Iron Supplementation in Pregnant Women to Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes September 2015 Task Force FINAL Recommendation | 1 Understanding Task Force Recommendations Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia and Iron Supplementation in Pregnant Women to Improve Mate…

117. Evidence Summary: Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 02, 2021 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print Evidence Summary Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening February 02, 2021 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. They should not b…

118. Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 23, 2024 - Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement Screening for Speech and Language Delay and Disorders in Children US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement US Preventive Services Task Force Summary of Recommendation See t…

119. 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 - Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement US Preventive Services Task Force Summary of Recommendations See …

120. Archived: Final Research Plan: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 23, 2014 - Share to Facebook Share to X Share to WhatsApp Share to Email Print archived Final Research Plan Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 January 23, 2014 Recommendations made by the USPSTF are independent of the U.S. government. T…