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421. Behavioral Counseling Research and Evidence-Based Practice Recommendations: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Perspectives | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/behavioral-counseling-research-and-evidence-based-practice-recommendations-us-preventive-services-task-force-perspectives
     March 01, 2014 - For example, interventions to reduce high-risk alcohol use were classified as very brief (≤5 minutes) … primary care is that reducing overall alcohol consumption or adopting safer drinking patterns will reduce … Screening, Behavioral Counseling, and Referral in Primary Care to Reduce Alcohol Misuse. … Do changes in patients' health behavior improve health or reduce risk factors? 2.

422. Final Recommendation Statement: Skin Cancer Prevention: Behavioral Counseling | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/skin-cancer-counseling
     March 20, 2018 - Behavioral Counseling Interventions Behavioral counseling interventions target sun protection behaviors to reduce … of 15 or greater, reapplied at least every 2 hours, protect against both UVA and UVB radiation and reduce … USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that the net benefit of counseling to decrease UV exposure and reduce … USPSTF concludes with moderate certainty that the net benefit of counseling to decrease UV exposure and reduce

423. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-2009
     December 15, 2009 - A longer interval may reduce the benefit.   … Adequate evidence suggests that BSE does not reduce breast cancer mortality. … Adequate evidence suggests that teaching BSE does not reduce breast cancer mortality. … mammography is maintained by biennial screening, and changing from annual to biennial screening is likely to reduce … concluded that there was fair evidence that mammography screening every 12 to 33 months could significantly reduce

424. Archived: Hepatitis C: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
     June 15, 2013 - It is hoped that future research will reduce overtreatment by clarifying which persons are most likely … Although such practice patterns will undoubtedly reduce harms associated with liver biopsy, how this

425. Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Cyclooxygenase-2 Inhibitors for Primary Prevention of Colorectal Cancer: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     March 01, 2007 - Compared with non-ASA NSAIDs, COX-2 inhibitors reduce this risk but, in multi- year use, have a higher … Conclusions: Cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors and NSAIDs reduce the incidence of colonic adenomas. … Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs also reduce the incidence of CRC. … Biannual fecal occult blood testing can reduce CRC-related death by 21%, and it has been reported that … chemoprophylaxis, alone or in combination with a recommended screening pro- gram, is 1 strategy to reduce

426. 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 - Screening a subset of asymptomatic young women for chlamydia in a good-quality trial did not significantly reduce … Conclusion: Chlamydia screening in young women may reduce the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease … Infection trial, screening a subset of asymptomatic young women for chlamydia did not significantly reduce … , more research is warranted to further evaluate the value of repeated testing during pregnancy to reduce … In summary, screening for chlamydia may reduce the incidence of PID in young women.

427. Interventions to Prevent Perinatal Depression: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     February 12, 2019 - health; physiological effects of stress; the importance of pleasant and rewarding activities; how to reduce … Antenatal psychosomatic programming to reduce postpartum depression risk and improve childbirth outcomes … Towards parenthood: an antenatal intervention to reduce depression, anxiety and parenting difficulties … A brief group intervention using a cognitive-behavioural approach to reduce postnatal depressive symptoms … an antenatal intervention to prevent or reduce maternal distress in pregnancy.

428. Final Research Plan: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cervical-cancer-screening-adults-adolescents
     March 17, 2022 - methylation testing and immunostaining for p16/Ki67) for abnormal high-risk HPV or cytology screening results reduce

429. Final Research Plan: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/perinatal-depression-interventions-to-prevent
     June 01, 2023 - include >50% of any of the above populations will be excluded Interventions Interventions to reduce

430. Draft Research Plan: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Falls and Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 12, 2023 - Does supplementation with vitamin D, calcium, or both prevent fractures and falls or reduce

431. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Highlights High Priority Evidence Gaps in 2023 Report to Congress (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2023 - lead to the Task Force making recommendations that can help to overcome barriers to health care and reduce

432. Task Force Issues Final Recommendation Statement on Folic Acid Supplementation to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Taking folic acid before and during early pregnancy helps prevent neural tube defects (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2023 - “By taking folic acid, people can reduce the risk of developing neural tube defects, which can result

433. JAMA (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2019 - Grusing, BA; Roger Chou, MD IMPORTANCE Prenatal screening for HIV can inform use of interventions to reduce … Fourth, RCTs of combination ART have only been conducted in Africa, which could reduce their applicability … Recommendations for use of antiretroviral drugs in pregnant women with HIV infection and interventions to reduce … Addition of single-dose tenofovir and emtricitabine to intrapartum nevirapine to reduce perinatal HIV … Evaluating Strategies to Reduce Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Infection in Resource-Limited Countries

434. Archived: Final Evidence Review: Ovarian Cancer: Screening, May 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-review79/ovarian-cancer-screening-2004
     May 15, 2004 - for Ovarian Cancer among Asymptomatic Women Result in Early Detection and, with Effective Treatment, Reduce

435. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - of colonoscopy described below, the chief benefit of less invasive screening tests is that they may reduce … Because several screening strategies have similar effi- cacy, efforts to reduce colon cancer deaths should … A screening program that incorporates the option of CT colonography could help reduce colorectal cancer … Fecal DNA has poten- tial as a highly specific test, and it could reduce harms associated with follow-up … Threats to clinical practice and recommendations to reduce their impact: report of a consensus conference

436. Archived: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
     June 15, 2016 - To date, no method of screening for colorectal cancer has been shown to reduce all-cause mortality in … cancer. 1 Flexible sigmoidoscopy combined with FIT has been studied in a single trial and was found to reduce

437. Archived: Evidence Summary: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication, 2002 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/aspirin-use-prevent-cardiovascular-disease-colorectal-cancer-preventive-medication-2002
     January 15, 2002 - three key questions: Does aspirin chemoprevention in patients without known cardiovascular disease reduce … but did not have a comparison group without hypertension. 8 Based on these data, aspirin seems to reduce … The use of enteric-coated or buffered preparations did not appear to reduce risk. … Based on our review, we conclude that aspirin appears to reduce myocardial infarction but increases gastrointestinal … KQ 1: Does aspirin chemoprevention in patients without known cardiovascular disease reduce

438. Archived: Drug Abuse: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-abuse-screening-1996
     January 01, 1996 - Various techniques may be employed by drug users who wish to avoid detection that further reduce the … These procedures reduce, but do not eliminate, the possibility of false-positive results due to cross-reactions … to inject drugs should be screened periodically for HIV infection and advised of measures that may reduce

439. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Skin Cancer: Screening, April 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/skin-cancer-screening-2001
     April 01, 2001 - Early detection and treatment of melanoma might reduce mortality, while early detection and treatment … Early detection is commonly promoted as a way to reduce mortality from skin cancer. … Does treatment of nonmelanoma skin cancer found by screening reduce morbidity and mortality? … Early treatment of basal and squamous cell carcinoma might reduce morbidity and disfigurement, but no … III Poor: The hypothesis that early detection by screening could reduce mortality and morbidity is

440. Archived: Chlamydia and Gonorrhea: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydia-and-gonorrhea-screening-september-2014
     September 22, 2014 - Counseling should address safe sex practices that can reduce disease transmission or reinfection. … on the large proportion of cases that are asymptomatic, the effectiveness of antibiotic treatment to reduce … It should address safe sex practices that can reduce disease transmission or reinfection; motivational … Studies evaluating the effectiveness of screening asymptomatic men to reduce the consequences of infection … Screening and treating young men at increased risk may reduce the incidence of chlamydial infection;