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181. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 13, 2002 - Initial costs of colonoscopy are higher than the costs of other tests. … Although fewer than 1% of adenomatous polyps less than 1 cm will eventually develop into cancer, 10% … Small and flat polyps are less well visualized on CT colography than are cancers and large polyps. … One cost-effectiveness model suggests that beginning screening at age 40 rather than at age 50 would … offer less than a 1-day average improvement in life expectancy.

182. Archived: Final Recommendation Statement: Dental Caries in Preschool Children: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/dental-caries-in-preschool-children-screening-2004
     April 15, 2004 - prescribe oral fluoride supplementation at currently recommended doses to preschool children older than … Dental fluorosis (rather than skeletal fluorosis) is the most common harm of either oral fluoride or … fluoride toothpaste use in children younger than 2 years in the United States. … statistically significant reductions in the number of tooth surfaces with cavitated lesions in children younger than

183. Current Processes: Refining Evidence-based Recommendation Development | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/current-processes-refining-evidence-based-recommendation-development
     January 01, 2014 - Since its inception more than 20 years ago, the USPSTF has worked to fulfill its mission by: Evaluating … recommendation, or whether another product (such as a commentary or an editorial) might be more appropriate than … recommendation, the USPSTF directs either the staff of the EPC or AHRQ to conduct a targeted evidence update rather … than a full evidence update. … Inc.); Stock ownership or options (other than mutual funds): S. Teutsch (Merck & Co. Inc.).  

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     August 01, 2013 - behavioral counseling interventions in primary care settings largely focused on risky or hazardous drinking rather … than alcohol abuse or dependence. … 4 drinks per day and no more than 14 drinks per week and healthy adult women and all adults older than … 65 years have no more than 3 drinks per day and no more than 7 drinks per week. … encompassing the full spectrum of unhealthy drinking behaviors, from risky drinking to alco- hol dependence, rather

185. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 13, 2018 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more con- siderations than evidence alone. … More than 95% of ovarian cancer deaths occur among women 45 years and older. … Diagnos- tic guidelines recommend surgical removal of the complete ovary or ovaries, rather than tissue … - curred based on initial screening test results was considered fol- low-up testing and evaluation, rather … than part of screening.

186. Draft Recommendation: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 22, 2024 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that race, ethnicity, and gender are all social rather than biological constructs … Benefits of Behavioral Counseling Interventions Ninety trials representing data on more than 49,000 … the intervention, although the number of studies reporting at a given time point (initiation, less than … Overall, at any given time point, risk ratios for exclusive breastfeeding were higher than they were

187. Recommendation: Food Insecurity: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     March 11, 2025 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … CARE]; Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks, and Experiences [PRAPARE]) rather … than screening for food insecurity alone. 3 , 16 The most frequently used and studied single-domain … Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children are delivered in community settings rather … than through primary care.

188. Screening for Food Insecurity: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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     March 11, 2025 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … certain popu- lations, such as households with children (particularly those with chil- dren younger than … CARE]; Protocol for Responding to and Assessing Patients’ Assets, Risks, and Experiences [PRAPARE]) rather … Supplemental Nu- trition Program for Women, Infants, and Children are delivered in community settings rather … than through primary care.

189. Archived: Evidence Summary: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary3/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
     September 23, 2014 - Although rates are greater for women than men (108.7 cases of gonorrhea per 100,000 women vs. 105.8 per … comparison concerned outcomes related to the overall approach of screening compared with nonscreening rather … than the characteristics of the individual tests. … criteria because they did not provide results for asymptomatic participants or reported infection rates rather … than health outcomes.

190. Recommendation: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     August 21, 2018 - women younger than 21 years. … False-positive rates are also higher among women younger than 30 years than among older women because … follow-up. 25 The evidence review did not address whether screening for cervical cancer is effective but rather … However, screening with hrHPV testing alone starting at age 25 years rather than age 30 years increased … Women Older Than 65 Years None of the screening trials enrolled women older than 65 years, so direct

191. Archived: Tuberculosis Infection, Including Bacille Calmette-Guérin Immunization: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 11, 2014 - 10-15 million persons in the United States are infected with Mycobacterium tuberculosis . 1 More than … Persons infected with HIV are more than 100 times more likely to develop active TB than are persons with … . 9-11 False-positive results can also be produced by improper technique (e.g., measuring erythema rather … than induration), hypersensitivity to PPD constituents, an Arthus reaction, and cellulitis. … Prior BCG vaccination may produce false-positive indurations, but these are generally less than 10 mm

192. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: USPSTF Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 30, 2017 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more con- siderations than evidence alone. … However, the USPSTF concluded that these harms of screen- ing are no greater than small. … Current screening tests for syphilis rely on detection of antibodies to the infection rather than direct … and congenital syphilis are higher in black, American Indian/Alaska Native, and Hispanic populations than … In particular, treatment appears to be more beneficial when provided earlier rather than later in pregnancy

193. Archived: Drug Use, Illicit: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-illicit-screening-january-2008
     January 15, 2008 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical or policy decisions involve more considerations than this body of … While the rate of illicit drug use in the U.S. is highest between the ages of 18 to 20 years, more than … They range in length from 4 to 20 items and their administration requires less than 5 minutes when used … outcomes were measured by indices of mental or physical health symptoms (e.g., depressive symptoms) rather … than diagnosed health conditions (e.g., disability or STDs).

194. Screening For Illicit Drug Use: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     January 15, 2008 - • The USPSTF recognizes that clinical or policy decisions involve more considerations than this body … While the rate of illicit drug use in the U.S. is highest between the ages of 18 to 20 years, more than … While cocaine is the second most commonly used illicit drug, it is used by less than 1% of the population … outcomes were measured by indices of mental or physical health symptoms (e.g., depressive symptoms) rather … than diagnosed health conditions (e.g., disability or STDs).

195. Final Recommendation Statement: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
     September 28, 2021 - Non-Hispanic Black women are at greater risk for developing preeclampsia than other women and experience … In the US, the rate of maternal death from preeclampsia is higher among non-Hispanic Black women than … Proteinuria is defined as a 24-hour urine collection containing greater than 300 mg protein, a single … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … index >30) Family history of preeclampsia (ie, mother or sister) Black persons (due to social, rather

196. Screening for HIV Infection in Asymptomatic, Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2019 - with improved clinical outcomes and decreased transmission risk in persons with CD4 cell counts less than … initiation of ART at baseline CD4 cell counts greater than 500/mm3 more beneficial than delayed initiation … mortality (RR, 1.25 [95% CI, 1.08 to 1.44]) than initiation at counts less than 350/mm3 (RR, 1.08 [95% … Fair All studies were observational Low to moderate Studies evaluated components of ART regimens rather … harms of ART often did not specify the regimen used or analyze effects of specific antiretroviral drugs rather

197. Archived: Hypertension: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - causes in the actively treated groups, confirming that the benefit was due to antihypertensive treatment rather … than to other medical care. … Whether hypertension screening is equally effective for other populations or with treatments other than … pressure > 90 mm Hg) is to a large extent based on the artificial cutpoints chosen for study purposes rather … than on a specific biologic cutpoint defining increased risk.

198. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - aged 60-74. 27 Thus, as currently practiced, BSE appears to be a less sensitive form of screening than … been proven effective, is to a large extent based on artificial cutpoints chosen for study purposes rather … than on biologic cutpoints above or below which the ratio of benefits to risks sharply decreases. … The risks and benefits of mammography and CBE may be best considered as changing on an age continuum rather … than at a specific chronologic age.

199. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     June 15, 2016 - found no head-to-head studies demonstrating that any of these screening strategies are more effective than … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … screening uptake. 5 As such, the screening tests are not presented in any preferred or ranked order; rather … Microsimulation analyses performed by CISNET suggest that starting colorectal cancer screening at age 45 years rather … It advised that average-risk adults younger than 50 years, older than 75 years, or with an estimated

200. Recommendation: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 10, 2022 - Black adults have more hospitalizations and worse COPD-related quality of life than White adults, despite … having lower prevalence of COPD than White adults. … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … Decisions to start or advance treatment are primarily based on symptoms and exacerbations, rather than … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone.