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41. Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on PrEP for HIV Prevention (pdf file)
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    January 17, 2023 - Prevention Healthcare professionals should prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to people at increased … the evidence, the Task Force recommends that healthcare professionals prescribe PrEP to people at increased … PrEP is a safe, highly effective way to help prevent HIV in people who do not have HIV but are at increased … “Healthcare professionals can help protect their patients at increased risk for HIV by prescribing PrEP … PrEP is only for people who are at increased risk for HIV.

42. Final Research Plan: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    July 21, 2022 - Do interventions to prevent falls in unselected or increased-risk … How is “increased risk” defined in the included trials? … Do interventions to prevent falls in unselected or increased-risk community-dwelling older adults result … Population Community-dwelling, ambulatory adults age 65 years or older who are unselected for risk or at increased

43. 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-plan/brca-related-cancer-risk-assessment-genetic-counseling-and-genetic-testing
    August 24, 2017 - These women may experience adverse effects as they are determined to have either no increased risk or … increased risk for BRCA mutations. … Following genetic counseling, women are determined to have either no increased risk or increased risk … Women with an increased risk are referred for genetic testing, during which they may experience adverse … Women eligible for risk reduction may be referred for interventions, which may include increased early

44. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Chlamydial Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary14/chlamydial-infection-screening-2007
    June 15, 2007 - Key Summary Points There is direct evidence that screening women at increased risk for chlamydial … The USPSTF thus considered this to be a trial of screening women at increased risk and not a trial of … Women Not at Increased Risk In 2001, the USPSTF found no direct trials of screening women not at increased … The evidence is strongest regarding screening in nonpregnant women at increased risk for infection. … female adolescents), and 10.0% (women at significant increased risk, such as military recruits).

45. Prostate Cancer Screening Recommendation Frequently Asked Questions (pdf file)
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    ..............2 The benefits and harms of screening ....................3 Guidance for men at increased … This recommendation applies to men who are at increased risk for prostate cancer as well, and the Task … Doctors should also inform patients with a family history of prostate cancer about their increased risk … Guidance for men at increased risk How do I know if I am at increased risk for prostate cancer? … What does the Task Force recommend for men at increased risk?

46. Final Recommendation Statement: Breast Cancer: Medication Use to Reduce Risk | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction
    September 03, 2019 - There is no single cutoff for defining increased risk for all women. … Some examples of combinations of multiple risk factors in women at increased risk include (but are not … Women not at increased risk for breast cancer, such as women younger than 60 years with no additional … These risks are increased in older women, although women who have had a hysterectomy are not at risk … A trend toward increased cardiovascular events (such as transient ischemic attack and cerebrovascular

47. Recommendation: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 11, 2019 - Younger adolescents and older adults who are at increased risk of infection should also be screened. … Persons who request testing for STIs, including HIV, are also considered to be at increased risk. … However, repeat screening is reasonable for persons known to be at increased risk of HIV infection, such … Persons who request testing for STIs, including HIV, are also considered at increased risk. … The USPSTF also clarified that persons not at increased risk may not need rescreening.

48. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on PrEP for HIV Prevention (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/hivprep-bulletin.pdf
    August 22, 2023 - Prevention Healthcare professionals should prescribe pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) to people at increased … the evidence, the Task Force recommends that healthcare professionals prescribe PrEP to people at increased … PrEP is a safe, highly effective way to help prevent HIV in people who do not have HIV but are at increased … “To prevent HIV, it’s important that healthcare professionals prescribe PrEP to patients at increased … PrEP is only for people who are at increased risk for HIV.

49. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    June 07, 2016 - Accurate screening tests are available to identify syphilis infection in populations at increased risk … Assessment of Risk The USPSTF recommends screening for syphilis in persons who are at increased risk … Metropolitan areas in general have increased prevalence rates of syphilis.1 Risk factors for syphilis … A few comments sought clarification on which populations were considered to be at increased risk. … prevalence rates of syphilis may be considered at increased risk as well.

50. Clinical Summary: Screening for HIV Infection (pdf file)
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    younger than 15 years and adults older than 65 years, clinicians should offer testing to patients at increased … Persons who request testing for STIs, including HIV, are also considered to be at increased risk. … However, repeat screening is reasonable for persons known to be at increased risk of HIV infection, such … persons with a sex partner who is living with HIV; or persons who engage in behaviors that may convey an increased … more new sex partners whose HIV status is unknown, or having other factors that can place a person at increased

51. Archived: Low-Dose Aspirin Use for the Prevention of Morbidity and Mortality From Preeclampsia: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication-september-2014
    September 09, 2014 - risk for preeclampsia, there was no significantly increased risk for these adverse events. … § Moderate-risk factors vary in their association with increased risk for preeclampsia. … Research on how to improve clinicians' ability to identify women at increased risk for preeclampsia, … The rate of severe preeclampsia has increased over the past 3 decades. … Preeclampsia incidence in women at increased risk ranged from 8% to 30% across studies.

52. Archived: Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gonorrhea-screening-2005
    May 15, 2005 - A Pregnant Women and Women at Increased Risk The USPSTF recommends that clinicians screen all … sexually active women, including those who are pregnant, for gonorrhea infection if they are at increased … screening for gonorrhea infection in men at increased risk for infection. … I Pregnant Women Not at Increased Risk The USPSTF found insufficient evidence to recommend for … or against routine screening for gonorrhea infection in pregnant women who are not at increased risk

53. Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Promote a Healthy Diet and Physical Activity for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention in Adults (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2020 - B Grade For adults 18 years or older at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD): Provide behavioral … Adults 18 years or older at increased risk of CVD, defined as those with 1 or more of the following: … Determine if the adult is at increased risk of CVD. This can be done by: a. … Provide behavioral counseling to adults at increased risk for CVD. … Dietary counseling advice includes reductions in saturated fats, sodium, and sweets/sugars and increased

54. 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)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/osteoporosis-screening-draft-rec-bulletin.pdf
    July 08, 2024 - fractures in women 65 years and older and in younger women who have gone through menopause and are at increased … fractures in women 65 years and older and in younger women who have gone through menopause and are at increased … Force also recommends screening women younger than 65 who have gone through menopause and are at increased … prevent fractures in women 65 and older and in younger women who have gone through menopause and are at increased

55. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    and Adolescents: Clinical Summary Population Asymptomatic, nonpregnant adults and adolescents at increased … Other factors that are also associated with increased prevalence rates include a history of incarceration … high certainty that the net benefit of screening for syphilis infection in nonpregnant persons at increased

56. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Older Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    June 04, 2024 - How is “increased risk” defined in the included trials? … How is “increased risk” defined in the included trials? … 1 Do interventions to prevent falls in unselected or increased-risk community-dwelling older adults … risk for falls; most participants in trials were at increased risk based on history of previous fall … The trial populations were generally at increased risk for falls com- pared with national averages.

57. Clinical Summary: Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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    Persons with fair skin type (light hair and eye color, freckles, those who sunburn easily) are at increased … use tanning beds and those with a history of sunburns or previous skin cancer are also at greatly increased … Other factors that increase risk include an increased number of nevi (moles) and atypical nevi, family

58. Screening for Chlamydial Infection: An Evidence Update (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2007 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended that clinicians screen all sexually active women at increased … For studies of screening in non- pregnant women at increased risk, review was limited to random- ized … Limitations: No new evidence was found on screening in pregnant women, nonpregnant women not at increased … The USPSTF thus con- sidered this to be a trial of screening women at increased risk and not a trial … The evidence is strongest regarding screening in nonpregnant women at increased risk for infection.

59. Screening for Coronary Heart Disease: Clinician Fact Sheet (pdf file)
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    April 01, 2009 - y Decisions about screening in adults at increased risk should be made on a case-by-case basis after … How should providers approach screening in patients at increased risk? … Thus, decisions about screening asymptomatic, increased risk individuals should be made on a case-by-case … They should only be offered on a case-by-case basis to patients at increased risk when you judge that … y Consider aspirin therapy for men at increased CHD risk.

60. Archived: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
    September 22, 2014 - Summary Expand All Population Sexually active females aged ≤24 y and older women at increased … risk for infection Sexually active females aged ≤24 y and older women at increased risk for infection … In 1 large RCT, a strategy of identifying, testing, and treating women at increased risk for cervical … Screening and treating young men at increased risk may reduce the incidence of chlamydial infection; … risk and in pregnant women who are not at increased risk.