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1201. Screening for Ovarian Cancer - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      May 01, 2004 - after a positive screening test, there is fair evidence that screening could likely lead to important harms … The USPSTF concluded that the potential harms outweigh the potential benefits. … There is a significant potential for harms associated with screening for ovarian cancer, although there … are few data to assess the magnitude of harms from screening, such as needless surgery or increased … [the service] improves important health outcomes and concludes that benefits substantially outweigh harms

1202. Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote Physical Activity - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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      January 01, 2010 - Data on the feasibility and potential harms of routine physical activity counseling in primary care settings … As a result, the USPSTF could not determine the balance of potential benefits and harms of routine counseling … fitness programs may enhance the effectiveness of primary care clinician counseling.5 • Potential harms … Existing studies provide insufficient evidence regarding the potential harms of various activity protocols … The balance of benefits and harms, as well as approaches to preventing adverse effects, particularly

1203. Screening For Illicit Drug Use: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      January 15, 2008 - • It bases its recommendations on a systematic review of the evidence of the benefits and harms and … The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms … Harms of detection and early treatment: There is little evidence of harms associated with either screening … There was also no evidence found of harms of behavioral interventions to treat drug abuse problems. … There is moderate or high certainty that the service has no net benefit or that the harms outweigh

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      October 01, 2015 - The USPSTF found inadequate evi- dence to determine the harms of ENDS. … The USPSTF found inad- equate evidence on the harms of NRT and no evidence on the harms of bupropion … Potential Harms of Interventions Nonpregnant Adults Behavioral Interventions. … Evidence on harms of be- havioral interventions for smoking cessation is limited. … The USPSTF found adequate evidence that the harms of combined interventions are small.

1205. Update on Methods: Insufficient Evidence - Table 6 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      February 01, 2009 - Potential harms A potential harm of screening adolescents for high blood pressure is labeling. … The potential long-term harms of pharmacologic treatment of high blood pressure when started at a young

1206. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 20, 2017 - What are the harms of using medications to reduce risk for primary breast cancer? … Do the harms of risk-reducing medications vary by timing of initiation or duration of use? … Do the harms of risk-reducing medications persist beyond discontinuation of use? … relating to the timing, duration, and persistence of benefits (KQs 2a, 2b) parallel similar questions for harms … In the previous evidence review, the question "How do benefits and harms affect decisions to use medications

1207. Archived: Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      December 15, 2012 - Harms may occur at any point during the risk assessment and testing process, as well as with preventive … disorders using kindred analysis and other methods, patient education, discussion of the benefits and harms … Adverse effects include, but may not be limited to, immediate and long-term harms associated with breast … Harms Inaccurate risk assessment; inappropriate testing; false-positive and false-negative results … incomplete testing; misinterpretation of the test result; anxiety; cancer worry; immediate and long-term harms

1208. Screening for Iron Deficiency Anemia in Young Children (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2015 - recommendation statement summarizes what the Task Force learned about its potential benefits and harms … The Task Force also found no studies on the harms of routine IDA screening. … The grades are based on the quality and strength of the evidence about the potential benefits and harms … When there is not enough evidence to weigh benefits and harms, the Task Force does not make a recommendation … Task Force concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms

1209. Archived: Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      May 15, 2012 - appropriate in individual cases, patients and clinicians should consider the balance of benefits and harms … Balance of Harms and Benefits Exercise or physical therapy and vitamin D supplementation have … Harms of Early Intervention The USPSTF found convincing evidence that the harms of vitamin D supplementation … Adequate evidence indicates that the harms of physical therapy or exercise are small. … These harms include a paradoxical increase in falls and an increase in physician visits.

1210. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      June 07, 2016 - It bases its recommendations on the evidence of both the benefits and harms of the service and an assessment … and coverage decisions involve considerations in addition to the evidence of clini- cal benefits and harms … Harms of Early Detection and Treatment The USPSTF found no direct evidence on the harms of screening … The harms of antibiotic treatment are well established, and the magni- tude of these harms is no greater … Potential Harms of Screening and Treatment No studies directly evaluated the harms of screening.

1211. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      September 04, 2018 - Harms of Detection and Early Treatment Screening for syphilis infection in pregnant women may result … in potential harms, including false-positive results that require clinical evaluation, anxiety, and … harms of treatment with antibiotic medications. … However, the USPSTF concluded that these harms of screening are no greater than small. … The USPSTF found no studies that reported on harms to the fetus from treatment of syphilis infection.

1212. Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthful Diet and Physical Activity for CVD in Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2012 - Harms may include the lost opportunity to provide other services that have a greater health effect. … and coverage decisions involve considerations in addition to the evidence of clinical benefits and harms … Potential Harms: Harms may include the lost opportu- nity to provide other services that have a greater … Potential Harms: Harms may include the lost opportunity to provide other services with a greater health … Evidence is lacking, of poor quality, or conflicting, and the balance of benefits and harms cannot be

1213. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      January 15, 2010 - Harms of screening were judged to be minimal. … Harms of Detection and Early Intervention/Treatment There is adequate evidence that the harms of … Potential Harms of Treatment An examination of the literature on the harms of weight-management programs … Other harms, such as risk of exercise-induced injuries, were considered minimal. … Harms of screening were judged to be minimal.

1214. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 15, 2007 - Potential harms of screening may include labeling of children whose dyslipidemia would not persist into … Adverse effects from lipid-lowering medications and low-fat diets, including potential long-term harms … benefits and harms of routinely screening children and adolescents for dyslipidemia. … Harms of detection and early treatment: Potential harms of screening may include labeling of children … Adverse effects from lipid-lowering medications and low-fat diets, including potential long-term harms

1215. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      July 15, 2008 - For harms of screening, systematic reviews; meta-analyses; randomized, controlled trials; cohort studies … No new evidence on screening men for asymptomatic bacteriuria or on harms of screening was found. … Limitation:  The focused search strategy may have missed some smaller studies on the benefits and harms … What are the harms of screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnant women, nonpregnant women, and … Study Selection We searched for studies on the benefits and harms of screening and the benefits

1216. Final Research Plan: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      September 03, 2015 - What are the harms of nontraditional risk factor assessment? … What are the harms of treatment guided by nontraditional risk factors? … What are the harms of detecting incidental findings (including harms of subsequent diagnostic workup)

1217. Archived: Final Research Plan: Dental Caries in Children from Birth Through Age 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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      December 15, 2012 - What are the harms of oral health screening? … What are the harms of oral health interventions (parental or caregiver/guardian oral health education … Harms Include, but may not be limited to: dental fluorosis, emotional stress, and acute toxicity … KQs on harms include randomized, controlled trials, cohort studies, and case-control studies.

1218. Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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      August 02, 2018 - morbidity, mortality, or risky behaviors and to improve health, social, or legal outcomes; and the harms … The evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening and brief behavioral … Harms of Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions The USPSTF bounds the harms of screening and … Potential Harms of Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions Potential harms of screening include … One good-quality and 5 fair-quality trials (n = 3650) reported on harms.

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      September 01, 2014 - Harms may have been underreported. … Potential for overall benefit is limited by low prevalence and harms. … Harms Associated With Screening Potential harms of screening include harms associated with false-positive … results and harms of any confirmatory work-up, such as angiography. … injuries, other postoperative harms, or psychological harms).

1220. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Insufficient Evidence (pdf file)
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      September 01, 2009 - In its recommendations, the USPSTF seeks to maximize population health benefits while minimizing harms … or that the harms outweighed the benefits, making the evidence insuf­ ficient to make a recommendation … Potential harms Immediate or long-term harms associated with delivering this service in routine care … The USPSTF again acknowledges the subjective nature and the difficulty of assessing potential harms: … The potential harms from evaluation of incidental findings found with CT colonography may be large.