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761. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening Children for Lipid Disorders (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/child-lipid-screening-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
     February 21, 2023 - Force determined that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms … Grade in this recommendation: I: The balance of benefits and harms cannot be determined. … There is limited evidence on the benefits and harms of screening children and teens without symptoms … In addition, the potential long-term harms of treating children and adolescents to lower cholesterol

762. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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     As the potential CVD benefit increases above harms, the recommendation to take aspirin should become … serious GI bleeding considerably and should be considered in determining the balance of benefits and harms … Risk level at which CVD events prevented (benefit) exceeds GI harms Men Women 10-year CHD risk 10

763. Archived: Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-counseling-and-preventive-medication-2012
     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.

764. 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.

765. 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

766. Archived: Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-september-2018
     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.

767. Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
     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

768. Archived: Final Research Plan: BRCA-Related Cancer: Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan11/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing-2013
     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

769. 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

770. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review11/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
     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

771. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-2007
     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

772. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-2010
     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.

773. 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.

774. 6Ngc3Byq9Jeby Pwyvd6Or (pdf file)
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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).

775. Evidence Summary: Ovarian Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/ovarian-cancer-screening
     February 13, 2018 - Objective: To systematically review evidence on benefits and harms of ovarian cancer screening among … Evidence on psychological harms was limited but nonsignificant except in the case of repeat follow-up … Screening harms included surgery (with major surgical complications) in women found to not have cancer … What are the harms of screening for ovarian cancer, including harms of the screening test and of diagnostic … Psychological harms were reported in a subset of 1 trial.

776. Archived: Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-july-2014
     July 08, 2014 - Harms may have been underreported. … 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). … Harms were identified using both claims data and medical chart review.

777. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Multifactorial Dyslipidemia: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-multifactorial-dyslipidemia/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
     August 09, 2016 - Objective: To systematically review the evidence on benefits and harms of screening adolescents and … What are the harms of screening for multifactorial dyslipidemia in children and adolescents? … Harms of Treatment of Multifactorial Dyslipidemia Key Question 7. … Only DISC was included for treatment harms ( Table 1 ). … No evidence was found on the harms of screening for multifactorial dyslipidemia in childhood.

778. Recommendation: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
     July 10, 2018 - The USPSTF concludes that the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms … Harms of Risk Assessment and Intervention The USPSTF found adequate evidence to bound the harms of … Harms can include abnormal test results, inappropriate risk reclassification, and incidental findings … Potential Harms Testing for hsCRP level and the ABI is noninvasive, and there is little direct harm … Psychological harms may result from reclassification into a higher-risk category for CVD events.

779. Archived: Obesity in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening-june-2017
     June 20, 2017 - Balance of Benefits and Harms The USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that the net benefit of … Evidence on the harms associated with metformin is inadequate. … In addition, orlistat is associated with moderate harms. … Eleven trials (n=705) examined the harms of metformin. … judged the harms of screening to be minimal.

780. Update on the Methods of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force: Insufficient Evidence (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/inevidup.pdf
     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.