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241. Archived: Evidence Summary: Obesity in Adults: Screening and Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     December 15, 2003 - controls ( Table 1 ). 11 Counseling for low-calorie diets (1,000-1,200 kilocalories [kcal] per day) reduced … Counseling for physical activity (24 RCTs) led to 2 percent to 3 percent loss of weight and reduced abdominal … to decrease or discontinue diabetes medications than controls, 90 and glycosylated hemoglobin was reduced … Dietary intervention focused on reduced calorie intake by less consumption of fat, sugar, and alcohol … However, 2 of the 3 main meals were replaced with meal-replacement shakes or bars (reduced to 1 main

242. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: A Targeted, Updated Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2008 - Tradeoffs between superior sensitivity and reduced specificity occur with high- sensitivity guaiac tests … reduces colorectal cancer mortality; according to a recent update, colorectal cancer mortality was reduced … The authors report that using a radiologic threshold of 6 mm for CT colonography– detected lesions reduced … The health impact of potentially reduced sensitivity for smaller polyps is unclear (111). … Modeling can help determine tradeoffs in fecal tests with improved sen- sitivity but reduced specificity

243. Modeling Study: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     April 26, 2022 - Benefits included reduced nonfatal myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke. … Reduced CRC incidence was considered in sensitivity analysis. … Sensitivity analyses showed lifetime net benefits may be higher if aspirin reduced CRC incidence or CVD … mortality and lower if aspirin increased fatal major gastrointestinal bleeding or reduced quality of

244. Recommendation: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     May 24, 2022 - Impaired visual acuity is associated with decreased quality of life in older persons, including reduced … visual acuity is consistently associated with decreased quality of life in older persons, including reduced … statistical significance. 13 The combination of antioxidants and zinc, when compared with placebo, reduced

245. Archived: Lipid Disorders in Children and Adolescents: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/lipid-disorders-in-children-screening-july-2016
     August 09, 2016 - inadequate evidence to address whether treatment with short-term pharmacotherapy leads directly to a reduced … Ezetimibe reduced LDL-C by 54% compared with a 38% reduction using simvastatin alone. … In a trial assessing ezetimibe monotherapy compared with placebo, ezetimibe reduced LDL-C by 28% (95% … Safety of a fat-reduced diet: the Dietary Intervention Study in Children (DISC).

246. Archived: Hepatitis B Virus Infection: Screening, 2014 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-screening-nonpregnant-adolescents-adults-may-2014
     June 18, 2014 - B e antigen [HBeAg]) and adequate evidence that antiviral regimens improve health outcomes (such as reduced … patients found that maintenance of virologic remission (no virologic breakthrough) was associated with a reduced … with moderate certainty that antiviral treatment results in an important improved clinical outcome (reduced … The USPSTF found new evidence that antiviral regimens improve health outcomes, reduced incidence of hepatocellular

247. Archived: Physical Activity Promotion: Behavioral Counseling, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - Evidence from cohort studies, however, has shown a consistent association between physical activity and reduced … pronounced among overweight men, 49 but it is also seen in women. 50 The age-adjusted risk of NIDDM is reduced … limitations, or cultural milieu as well as those with disability 100 (especially when mobility is reduced … Physical activity and reduced occurrence of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus.

248. Archived: Evidence Summary: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary11/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening-2008
     July 15, 2008 - pregnancy (multiple different antibiotics and durations) vs. no treatment Intervention groups had a reduced … birthweight of <2500 g was assumed to be preterm birth Treating asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy reduced

249. Behavioral Interventions to Promote Breastfeeding - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - Observational studies in North America and Europe have found that breast-fed infants have reduced rates … One recent systematic review found that such packs are associated with reduced rates of exclusive breastfeeding

250. Screening for Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Evidence for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Reaffirmation Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     July 01, 2008 - pregnancy (multiple different antibiotics and durations) vs. no treatment Intervention groups had a reduced … - weight of �2500 g was assumed to be preterm birth Treating asymptomatic bacteriuria in pregnancy reduced

251. Primary Care–Relevant Interventions for Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Evidence Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2013 - After pooling combined trials, we found a nonstatisti- cally significant reduced RR for smoking prevalence … Results were consistent across trials, with all but 2 trials (26, 28) reporting reduced smoking initiation … We found a statistically significant reduced relative risk for smoking initiation among young persons … However, in the trials by Hollis and colleagues (29), the intervention significantly reduced smoking … Meta-analysis resulted in a 19% relative reduced risk for starting to smoke among intervention participants

252. Archived: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 01, 1996 - retrospective analyses, prophylaxis with trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) or inhaled pentamidine reduced … asymptomatic HIV-infected persons in Haiti, an endemic tuberculosis area, chemoprophylaxis with isoniazid reduced … and 34 of pregnancy and continued through delivery and for 6 weeks in newborn infants significantly reduced … compared with historical controls, counseled couples increased regular condom use and significantly reduced … rising among seronegative patients in a third. 134 In one randomized trial, testing and counseling reduced

253. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Carotid Artery Stenosis: Screening, December 2007 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary11/carotid-artery-stenosis-screening-december-2007
     December 15, 2007 - cerebrovascular disease has declined by nearly 70% since 1950. 2 Much of the decrease is probably due to reduced … Although the percentage of all strokes that could potentially be reduced by screening for CAS is relatively … The use of current medical therapy could have reduced the stroke rate in the medical treatment arm of … It leads to a rectangular box on the extreme right-hand side of the chart labeled "Reduced number of … labeled "CAS 60% to 99%," and leads to the rectangular box at the right side of the chart labeled "Reduced

254. Evidence Summary: Statin Use for the Primary Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Adults: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/statin-use-in-adults-preventive-medication
     August 23, 2022 - USPSTF) found use of statins for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease (CVD) was associated with reduced … risk but without prior CVD events, statin therapy for primary prevention of CVD was associated with reduced … The recommendations were based on evidence that statins are associated with reduced risk of mortality … Other analyses have found an association between higher statin intensity and reduced risk of cardiovascular … risk but without prior CVD events, statin therapy for primary prevention of CVD was associated with reduced

255. Evidence Summary: Oral Health in Children and Adolescents Aged 5 to 17 Years: Screening and Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/oral-health-children-adolescents-screening-preventive-interventions
     November 07, 2023 - substantial ( I 2 = 80%). 75-81 , 95 In a stratified analysis, supplements were not associated with reduced … n = 178; mean difference, 0.13 [95% CI −0.38 to 0.64]), but all school-administered trials reported reduced … The systematic review found fluoride gels associated with reduced caries burden compared with no intervention … , 0.30-0.57; 14 trials); a DMFT/DFT-prevented fraction of 0.44 (95% CI, 0.11-0.76; 5 trials); and a reduced … 3 y but a decreased DMFS increment vs no xylitol Eight other trials found xylitol associated with reduced

256. Draft Research Plan: Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     February 01, 2024 - What is the association between reduced alcohol use and health outcomes?

257. Evidence Summary: Asymptomatic Bacteriuria in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/asymptomatic-bacteriuria-in-adults-screening
     September 24, 2019 - bacteriuria screening and treatment during pregnancy (n = 2377; 1 conducted within past 30 years), there were reduced … Relevance: Screening and treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy was associated with reduced … Screening and treatment for asymptomatic bacteriuria during pregnancy was associated with reduced … Pregnant women 12 RCTs (2369 observations) Treatment of screen-detected ASB in pregnancy reduced

258. Behavioral Counseling to Prevent Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     March 20, 2018 - The web program study re- ported reduced sunburns after the intervention, which provided information … Overall, melanoma risk was reduced in the inter- vention group compared with the control group and was … promoting sun protection behaviors include skin reactions to sunscreen lotion, vitamin D deficiency, reduced … Reduced melanoma after regular sunscreen use: randomized trial follow-up.

259. Screening for Syphilis: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 07, 2016 - 3 Screening Risk Assessment Testing Treatment 3 1 Reduced complications of syphilis Reduced transmission … early-latent syphilis.21 These studies were limited by their nonrandomized study designs, small sizes, and reduced … Limitations of studies include lack of demographic information for tested individuals and reduced applicability

260. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-2009
     December 15, 2009 - At the same time, benefit may be reduced when extending the interval beyond 24 months; therefore the … It is not clear whether this additional detection would lead to reduced mortality from breast cancer. … It is unknown whether detecting these additional cases of cancer would lead to reduced breast cancer … Clinicians should inform women about the potential benefits (reduced chance of dying from breast cancer