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221. Screening for Dementia - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2003 - Tests that assess functional limitations rather than cognitive impairment, such as the Functional Activities … estimated to be $100 billion.6 Age is the strongest risk factor for dementia: 3% to 11% of people older than … 65 and 25% to 47% of those older than 85 have dementia.2 First degree relatives of patients with Alzheimer … In one study of patients undergoing a detailed assessment of mental function, fewer than 5% found the … rates in RCTs of cholinesterase inhibitors were higher in the groups taking cholinesterase inhibitors than

222. Archived: Final Research Plan: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan97/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
     July 17, 2014 - describe the expected population health outcomes of a clinical preventive service over a lifetime horizon rather … than the more limited range of years generally captured by clinical trials.

223. Screening for Latent Tuberculosis Infection in Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more con- siderations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that race, ethnicity, and gender are all social rather than biological constructs … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … these cases are believed to be due to progression of latent infec- tion to active tuberculosis disease rather … than new transmission within communities.16-21 Persons who live, or have lived, in high-risk congregate

224. 10th Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2020 - the harms of interventions – Examine health, social, and legal outcomes – Focus on children younger than … The Task Force does not conduct research studies, but rather reviews and assesses published research … In FY2019, the NIH provided more than $1.1 billion to support more than 2,700 obesity-related studies … selectively offer screening for AAA with ultrasonography in men ages 65 to 75 years who have never smoked, rather … than routinely screening all men in this group.

225. Fbqmoapkebekmj7Aqmale5 (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2014 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … , to 5% in per- sons aged 71 to 79 years, 24% in those aged 80 to 89 years, and 37% in those older than … Dementia also affects more women than men. … compared with 11% of men; these differences are primarily explained by women’s longer life expectancy rather … than any sex-based risk factors (14).

226. Ovxmtapc8Tcpqzvrkeyhyd (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2013 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … 4 years and many (42.4%) were younger than 1 year (1). … Child-specific risk factors include being younger than 4 years; having physical (1, 26, 27) or intel- … interventions (that are imple- mented in or can be referred by providers in the primary care setting) rather … than screening.

227. Prostate-Specific Antigen–Based Screening for Prostate Cancer: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     May 08, 2018 - Prostate Cancer Intervention vs Observation Trial (PIVOT), in which 50% of men had screen-detected rather … detected localized cancer would need to be treated with radical pros- tatectomy and radiation therapy (rather … estimated from RCT data, 7.9 men (95% CI, 5.4-12.2) would need to be treated with radical prostatectomy rather … from this pooled analysis, 2.7 men (95% CI, 2.2-3.6) need to be treated with radical prostatectomy rather … Based on the cohort data, 6.9 men (95% CI, 5.1-10.7) would need to be treated with radiation therapy rather

228. Evaluating Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - throughout medicine, to date they have been used primarily to assess services such as preventive screening, rather … than those requiring behavioral counseling.1,2 The current USPSTF recognized a 2-fold need: (1) to … change advice.59 Such an approach emphasizes the patient’s role in interpreting advice and explores, rather … than prescribes, how best to proceed. … minor qualifications such as, “As your physician, I feel I should tell you,” for an advice message, rather

229. Screening for Cervical Cancer: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 01, 2012 - Women Younger Than Age 21 Years There is adequate evidence that screening women younger than age 21 … Women Older Than Age 65 Years There is adequate evidence that screening women older than age 65 years … than age 21 years are moderate. … to more harm than benefit (4). … The treatment of precancerous rather than early-stage cancerous lesions is unique to cervical can- cer

230. JAMA (pdf file)
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     June 09, 2020 - prescribed or use by per- sons other than the prescribed individual). … prescribed or by persons other than the prescribed individual. … pediatricians report routinely screening for substance use, and most screen using their clinical impressions rather … Few tools that assess cannabis use were evaluated in more than 1 study. … Most participants were adult males younger than 30 years.

231. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Dyslipidemia in Younger Adults: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-dyslipidemia/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication-november-2016
     November 13, 2016 - 35 years and women older than 45 (A recommendation). … 40 years or older. 14 A separate USPSTF review addresses dyslipidemia screening in persons younger than … 40 years or if the mean age of the population was less than 40 years. … Although 4 trials of statins for primary prevention enrolled patients younger than 40 years, results … These specifications are not meant to be rigid rules but rather are intended to be general guidelines,

232. Interventions to Prevent Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     June 04, 2024 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more con- siderations than evidence alone. … The USPSTF recognizes that race, ethnicity, and gender are all social rather than biological constructs … testing to prevent osteoporotic fractures in women 65 years or older and in postmenopausal women younger than … evidence is adequate to bound the harms of exercise and multifactorial interventions as no greater than … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone.

233. Recommendation: Falls Prevention in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 04, 2024 - The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … 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 … testing to prevent osteoporotic fractures in women 65 years or older and in postmenopausal women younger than … evidence is adequate to bound the harms of exercise and multifactorial interventions as no greater than

234. Archived: Cervical Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Sexually active women There is little evidence that annual screening achieves better outcomes than … B Women older than age 65 There is insufficient evidence to recommend for or against an upper … Of the more than 70 types of HPV that have been identified, several oncogenic forms (e.g., types 16 and … evidence to suggest, however, that young women whose first two tests are separated by 2 or 3 years, rather … There is little evidence that annual screening achieves better outcomes than screening every 3 years.

235. Archived: Evidence Summary: Screening for Breast Cancer: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-screening-for-breast-cancer/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
     January 11, 2016 - Stockholm, Östergötland, Gothenburg, and Stockholm) using a long case accrual ("follow-up") method 30 rather … than results of individual trials. … , most studies used thresholds indicating early stages of disease 74 , 77 or reported proportions rather … than incidence rates, 73–77 providing inadequate data to determine the effectiveness of screening ( … 20 mm in size with triennial screening; however, this threshold indicates early rather than advanced

236. Archived: Evidence Summary: Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary27/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction-2013
     April 15, 2013 - women younger than 50 years. … ” § Some studies are included in more than 1 key question. … ¶ Reported completion of “study” rather than “treatment.” ** Includes data relating to lasofoxifene … calibration varies from Gail by 1 ordinal value for 1 variable; another varies by using categorical rather … than ordinal variables

237. Archived: Evidence Summary: Lipid Disorders in Adults (Cholesterol, Dyslipidemia): Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 09, 2001 - for CHD events (less than 1% per year). … Mean TC is initially lower in premenopausal women than in men, but it rises at a similar rate. … HDL-C has higher analytic (6%) and biologic (7.5%) variation than total cholesterol. … HDL-C in the nonfasting state is lower by 5% to 10% than in the fasting state. … short term (up to 5 years), these total reductions will take the form primarily of fewer nonfatal MIs rather

238. Recommendation: Breastfeeding: Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 11, 2025 - Variables associated with lower breastfeeding rates include Black race, being younger than 30 years, … The USPSTF recognizes that clinical decisions involve more considerations than evidence alone. … formula companies; 11 , 12 and societal messaging that emphasizes the use of breasts for sexual purposes rather … than nutrition. 8-10 Studies have shown that Hispanic and Latina communities may have a perception … Benefits of Behavioral Counseling Interventions Ninety trials representing data on more than 49,000

239. Archived: Modeling Report: Lung Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-report/lung-cancer-screening-december-2013
     July 30, 2013 - former smokers ages 55 to 74 years with at least 30 pack-years of cigarette smoking history and no more than … , Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial (which included a wider range of smoking exposures than … Triennial screening programs lead to rather limited lung cancer mortality reductions, on the order of … This 12% reduction is notably lower than the observed point estimate of 20% or the recently updated 16% … than B60-85-30-20).

240. Archived: Drug Abuse: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - alcohol or cigarettes, poverty, poor nutrition, and inadequate prenatal care) may be more important than … past month: marijuana (19%), stimulants (4%), inhalants (3%), and hallucinogens (3%) were more common than … Detection of drug use is increased by use of a standard protocol for assessing drug use in patients, rather … than screening based on the discretion of the clinician. 54 , 55 Testing of newborn specimens can … Patients entering such programs experience lower rates of drug use, imprisonment, and unemployment than