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41. Archived: Chlamydial Infection: Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydial-infection-screening-2001
    January 01, 2001 - Recommendation The USPSTF found good evidence that screening women at risk for chlamydial infection reduces … the incidence of pelvic inflammatory disease and fair evidence that community-based screening reduces

42. Screening for Cervical Cancer - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2010 - good evidence from multiple observational studies that screening with cervical cytology (Pap smears) reduces … high-grade cervical lesions and cancer fall with age; that a history of prior normal Pap tests further reduces … will survive distant disease.24 Introduction of screening programs to populations naïve to screening reduces

43. Screening for Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2017 - Trials of CPAP and other treatments have not established whether treatment reduces mortality or improves … This review found consistent evidence from RCTs that CPAP ef- fectively reduces AHI to normal (<5) or … near-normal levels, reduces excessive sleepiness, and reduces blood pressure. … Trials of CPAP and other treatments have not established whether treatment reduces mortality or improves … CPAP reduces hypercoagulability, as assessed by thromboelastography, in severe obstructive sleep apnoea

44. Archived: Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD): Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-screening-2008
    March 15, 2008 - And although fair evidence suggests that influenza vaccination reduces COPD exacerbations, no studies … Fair evidence also shows that supplemental oxygen reduces mortality in individuals with resting hypoxia

45. Archived: Breast Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-screening-january-2016
    January 11, 2016 - Harms of Screening and Early Treatment The USPSTF found adequate evidence that mammography screening reduces … method to generate synthetic reconstruction of 2-dimensional images from 3-dimensional views, which reduces … in the number of cancer cases detected does not allow for the conclusion that adjunctive screening reduces … It is an independent risk factor for developing (but not dying of) breast cancer, and it reduces mammography … Commenters noted that studies have shown that DBT increases the detection of breast cancer and reduces

46. Screening for Breast Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    January 01, 2020 - Harms of Screening and Early Treatment The USPSTF found adequate evidence that mam- mography screening reduces … method to generate synthetic reconstruction of 2-dimensional images from 3-dimensional views, which reduces … Primary Screening Test Performance Characteristics Increased breast density reduces the sensitivity and … in the number of cancer cases detected does not allow for the conclusion that adjunctive screening reduces … Commenters noted that studies have shown that DBT increases the detection of breast cancer and reduces

47. Evidence Summary: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary14/bladder-cancer-in-adults-screening
    October 15, 2010 - Is There Direct Evidence That Screening for Bladder Cancer Reduces … Applicability Overall Quality Findings Is there direct evidence that screening for bladder cancer reduces … to the right, represents Key Question 1: "Is there direct evidence that screening for bladder cancer reduces … Key Questions Is there direct evidence that screening for bladder cancer reduces morbidity or mortality

48. Archived: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/intimate-partner-violence-and-abuse-of-elderly-and-vulnerable-adults-screening-october-2018
    October 23, 2018 - inadequate evidence that screening or early detection of elder abuse or abuse of vulnerable adults reduces … inadequate evidence that screening or early detection of elder abuse or abuse of vulnerable adults reduces … Primary prevention reduces intimate partner violence and sexual violence among youth. … https://www.thecommunityguide.org/content/primary-prevention-reduces-intimate-partner-violence-and-sexual-violence-among-youth

49. Archived: Skin Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/skin-cancer-screening-july-2016
    July 26, 2016 - reliably conclude that early detection of skin cancer through visual skin examination by a clinician reduces … evidence to reliably conclude whether screening for skin cancer with a clinical visual skin examination reduces … Clinical whole-body skin examination reduces the incidence of thick melanomas.

50. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    June 06, 2017 - TheUSPSTF found convincing evidence that screening for colorec­ tal cancer in adults aged 50 to 75 years reduces … clinical trials (RCTs) have shown that screen­ ing with the guaiac-based fecal occult blood test (gFOBT) reduces … Direct Visualization Tests Several RCTs have shown that flexible sigmoidoscopy alone reduces deaths … or biennial screen­ ing with gFOBT as well as 1-time and every 3- to 5-year flexible sig­ moidoscopy reduces … substantial morbidity and mortality, and the evidence is convincing that screening for colorectal cancer reduces

51. Archived: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening-2014
    June 23, 2014 - Men Ages 65 to 75 Years Who Have Never Smoked Screening men overall reduces AAA-specific death, rupture … However, the lower prevalence of AAA in men who have never smoked approximately 2%) 5 substantially reduces … 5.5 cm or larger on repeated ultrasonography. 1 , 2 Although early open surgery for smaller AAAs reduces … There continues to be no direct experimental evidence that screening female ever-smokers reduces AAA

52. Archived: Folic Acid to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/folic-acid-to-prevent-neural-tube-defects-preventive-medication-2009
    May 15, 2009 - settings without fortification of food suggests that a multivitamin with 0.8 mg (800 µg) of folic acid reduces … that supplementation with 0.4 to 0.8 mg (400 to 800 µg) of folic acid in the periconceptional period reduces

53. Recommendation: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-in-pregnant-women-screening
    July 23, 2019 - USPSTF found convincing evidence that universal prenatal screening for HBV infection substantially reduces … demonstrated that administering tenofovir to HBV-positive women with acute infection significantly reduces

54. Final Research Plan: High Body Mass Index in Children and Adolescents: Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/obesity-in-children-and-adolescents-screening
    June 30, 2022 - What level of weight or relative weight decrease in children or adolescents with obesity reduces the

55. Recommendation: Colorectal Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 18, 2021 - Stool-based tests High-sensitivity gFOBT Every year Evidence from RCTs that gFOBT reduces … at home) FIT Every year Evidence from 1 large cohort study that screening with FIT reduces … visualization tests Colonoscopy Every 10 y Evidence from cohort studies that colonoscopy reduces … examination Flexible sigmoidoscopy Every 5 y Evidence from RCTs that flexible sigmoidoscopy reduces … sigmoidoscopy every 10 y plus FIT every year Evidence from RCTs that flexible sigmoidoscopy + FIT reduces

56. Archived: Obesity: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - evidence that obesity is associated with increased mortality 8-13 and that weight loss in obese persons reduces … and randomized clinical trials 61-64 , 66 have demonstrated that caloric restriction or weight loss reduces … Although losing weight has not been proven to reduce morbidity and mortality, it is clear that weight loss reduces

57. Evidence Summary: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary29/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening
    November 15, 2022 - improvement in sleep-related and general health–related QOL but have not established whether treatment reduces … Continuous positive airway pressure reduces subjective daytime sleepiness in patients with mild to moderate … Nasal CPAP reduces systemic blood pressure in patients with obstructive sleep apnoea and mild sleepiness … Continuous positive airway pressure reduces postprandial lipidemia in obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized … Oral appliance therapy reduces blood pressure in obstructive sleep apnea: a randomized, controlled trial

58. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Using Spirometry: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/QTJe7MfZ7cru9yYpxqx77m
    April 01, 2008 - In addition, al- though fair evidence suggests that influenza vaccination reduces COPD exacerbations, … Fair evidence also shows that supplemen- tal oxygen reduces mortality in individuals with resting hypoxia

59. Archived: Brief Evidence Summary: Bladder Cancer in Adults: Screening, 2004 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/brief-evidence-summary/bladder-cancer-screening-2004
    June 07, 2004 - Key Question 1: Is there direct evidence that screening for bladder cancer reduces

60. Screening for Bladder Cancer: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
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    November 01, 2004 - Is there direct evidence that screening for bladder cancer reduces morbidity or mortality?