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61. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Announces Addition of Three New Members: Experts in primary care, evidence-based medicine, and health disparities join the Task Force (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/2024-tf-new-members-bulletin.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - The collective work of these individuals has greatly enhanced the health of people across the lifespan … I look forward to working with them to advance our mission of improving the health of people nationwide … of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that works to improve the health of people

62. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services: 13th Annual Report to Congress (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2023-12/2023-annual-report-to-congress.pdf
    January 01, 2023 - assesses the strength of the evidence and the balance of benefits and harms of a preventive service in people … of all ages and particularly for groups of people at increased risk. … Although mental health conditions can affect anyone, some groups of people are at higher risk because … • Accuracy of screening tools to be used in pregnant and postpartum people. … • Effectiveness of anxiety disorder treatment in pregnant and postpartum people.

63. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Screening for Food Insecurity (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/food-insecurity-draft-bulletin.pdf
    July 22, 2024 - Certain populations, such as Black, Hispanic, and Native American/Alaska Native people; LGBT people; … of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that works to improve the health of people

64. Summary of USPSTF Draft Recommendation: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/ERYP-oE5C6JuSVZogm3Nyj
    August 05, 2025 - of national experts in prevention and evidence-based medicine that works to improve the health of people … It does not apply to people who have been previously diagnosed with unhealthy alcohol use, or people

65. AHRQ’s Support of the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-03/ahrq-support-of-the-uspstf-2025.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - The Task Force works to improve the health of all people nationwide by making evidence-based recommendations … l Screenings l Behavioral counseling l Preventive medications These recommendations only apply to people

66. USPSTF: An Overview (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-06/USPSTF-overview-fact-sheet-2025-update.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) works to improve the health of people nationwide … Task Force recommendations: Apply to people without signs or symptoms of a specific disease or condition

67. USPSTF: An Overview (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-06/uspstf-overview-fact-sheet-2021_updated_2025.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) works to improve the health of people nationwide … Task Force recommendations: Apply to people without signs or symptoms of a specific disease or condition

68. Establishing and Maintaining Trust: How the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Uses Strategic Communications to Build Confidence in and Disseminate Its Evidence-Based Recommendations (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/estalishing-maintaining-trust-commentary.pdf
    May 26, 2023 - Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) helps to fulfill its mission to improve the health of all people … through—and learning to live with—the COVID-19 pandemic has changed our world and impacted how people … services, such as screenings, counseling, and preventive medications to improve the health of people … screening in young children, to heart disease prevention in adults, to falls prevention in older people … For example, after a new draft recommendation posted with the guidance that people over 60 should

69. USPSTF: Who We Are & How We Work (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-03/uspstf-who-we-are-how-we-work-2025.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Preventive Services Task Force works to improve the health of people nationwide. The U.S. … Benefits of preventive services can include helping people stay healthy, preventing disease or detecting … Our recommendations cover more than 80 preventive service topics for people across the lifespan—from … Reaching Audiences Through Task Force Channels The Task Force uses three main channels to keep people … consumer-friendly tool based on Task Force recommendations and other reliable resources that helps people

70. USPSTF: An Overview (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-overview-fact-sheet-2021.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) works to improve the health of people nationwide … Task Force recommendations: Apply to people without signs or symptoms of a specific disease or condition

71. USPSTF: An Overview (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/uspstf-overview-fact-sheet-2021_0.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) works to improve the health of people nationwide … Task Force recommendations: Apply to people without signs or symptoms of a specific disease or condition

72. Screening for Dementia - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/T-DyWdyD67ktDMJGDp3jpm
    June 01, 2003 - educational level: using an arbitrary cut-point may potentially lead to more false-positives among older people … with lower educational levels, and more false-negatives among younger people with higher educational … The extent to which such interventions would be useful to caregivers of people with milder degrees of … Chula Mental Test: A screening test for elderly people in less developed countries. … Support for carers of people with Alzheimer’s type dementia (Cochrane Review).

73. Archived: Published Comment - Will Recommendations against Spirometry Make Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Harder to Treat?: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/published-comment---will-recommendations-against-spirometry-make-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-harder-to-treat/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-screening-2008
    November 15, 2008 - Thus, the flip side of the argument against screening is that unhealthy people (particularly those with … a diagnosed respiratory disease), people with respiratory symptoms, and people with a family history … We would add to this list people who are at increased risk for COPD (adults older than 40 years with … Furthermore, among people with a clinical diagnosis of COPD, in whom spirometry is mandatory, few patients

74. 14th Annual Report to Congress: High-Priority Evidence Gaps Across the Lifespan, in All Communities (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2024-11/uspstf-annual-report-congress-2024.pdf
    January 01, 2024 - assesses the strength of the evidence and the balance of benefits and harms of preventive services in people … This will help all people across the nation get the preventive care that they need throughout their … areas from recent recommendations where evidence is lacking in order to improve the health of all people … Although chronic health conditions may affect anyone, some groups of people are at higher risk because … Empowering people through recommendations that cover a variety of preventive services such as screenings

75. Archived: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
    December 15, 2007 - As the result of these procedures, some people would suffer serious harms (death, stroke, and myocardial … Given these facts, some people with false-positive test results may receive unnecessary invasive carotid … These benefits would be less among asymptomatic people in the general population. … The net benefit for carotid endarterectomy largely depends on people surviving the perioperative period … Thus, about 4,348 people would need to undergo screening to prevent 1 stroke (number needed to screen

76. AHRQ’s Support of the USPSTF (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/ahrq-support-of-the-uspstf-2021_0.pdf
    January 01, 2021 - The Task Force works to improve the health of all people nationwide by making evidence-based recommendations … Screenings l Behavioral counseling l Preventive medications These recommendations only apply to people

77. PII: S0749-3797(01)00255-0 (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/yw_rbA_nQrCnkaN8X5t56S
    January 01, 2001 - Lohr, PhD Context: Screening and treatment of lipid disorders in people at high risk for future coronary … ) events has gained wide acceptance, especially for patients with known CHD, but the proper role in people … To identify accurately people with abnormal lipids, at least two measurements of total cholesterol and … Women, elderly people (older than 70 years), and people of non-European descent appear to have similar … They then examined the risk for CHD in people treated for lipid disorders.

78. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/lipid-disorders-in-adults-cholesterol-dyslipidemia-screening-2001
    April 09, 2001 - ) events has gained wide acceptance, especially for patients with known CHD, but the proper role in people … To identify accurately people with abnormal lipids, at least two measurements of total cholesterol and … Women, elderly people (older than 70 years), and people of non-European descent appear to have similar … The actual number of people who would fit in this category has not been well quantified but appears to … They then examined the risk for CHD in people treated for lipid disorders.

79. Archived: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/aspirin-use-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2002
    January 01, 2002 - nhlbihin.net/atpiii/calculator.asp). 2 Men older than 40 years, postmenopausal women, and younger people … Although balance of benefits and harms is most favorable in high-risk people (5-year risk greater than … 3 percent), some people at lower risk may consider the potential benefits of aspirin to be sufficient … Most events occur in older people and those with recognized risk factors for cardiovascular disease, … Low-dose aspirin and vitamin E in people at cardiovascular risk: a randomized trial in general practice

80. USPSTF: The Primary Care Clinician’s Source for Prevention Recommendations (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/2025-03/uspstf-value-primary-care-fact-sheet-2025.pdf
    January 01, 2025 - Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force) works to improve the health of people nationwide … The Task Force helps people of all ages do what matters most: stay healthy and live well for years