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61. Understanding Task Force Recommendations: Screening for and Management of Obesity in Adults (pdf file)
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    June 01, 2012 - Losing weight can reduce the risk for illness and early death and improve overall health. … The higher your BMI, the higher your risk for certain diseases such as heart disease, high blood pressure … This can help screen for possible health risks that develop when a person is overweight or obese. … If most of your fat is around your waist rather than around your hips, you are at higher risk for heart … Even modest weight loss can reduce health risks in people who are obese.

62. Final Research Plan: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 19, 2022 - What are current practices for a) identifying children at risk of maltreatment, b) referring children … are at risk of child maltreatment? … Does the reported validity and reliability (of risk assessment tools) differ by race and ethnicity? … behaviors KQ 2: Any harms that result as an effect of interventions (e.g., stigma, labeling, legal risks … , risks of further harm to the child, dissolution of families, or worsening of inequities) or worsening

63. Final Research Plan: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions
    May 19, 2022 - What are current practices for a) identifying children at risk of maltreatment, b) referring children … are at risk of child maltreatment? … Does the reported validity and reliability (of risk assessment tools) differ by race and ethnicity? … behaviors KQ 2: Any harms that result as an effect of interventions (e.g., stigma, labeling, legal risks … , risks of further harm to the child, dissolution of families, or worsening of inequities) or worsening

64. Clinical Summary: Vitamin D, Calcium, or Combined Supplementation for the Primary Prevention of Fractures in Community-Dwelling Adults (pdf file)
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    April 11, 2018 - Grade: D Risk Assessment Low bone mass, older age, and history of falls are major risk factors … Other risks factors for low bone mass and fractures include female sex, smoking, use of glucocorticoids … Absolute fracture risk is very low in premenopausal w omen compared w ith postmenopausal w omen. … recommends exercise interventions to prevent falls in community-dw elling older adults at increased risk … recommends screening for osteoporosis in w omen 65 years or older and in younger w omen at increased risk

65. Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2021 - for definition of high risk. To whom does this recommendation apply? … for definition of high risk. What’s new? … It is strengthened by new evidence from additional trials demonstrating reduced risks of perinatal mortality … Assess Risk. … Pregnant persons are at high risk for preeclampsia if they have 1 or more of the following risk factors

66. Screening for Colorectal Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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    October 07, 2008 - The risks and benefits of these screening methods vary.

67. Archived: Falls Prevention in Older Adults: Counseling and Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    May 15, 2012 - management of identified risks to prevent falls. … Multifactorial risk assessment with comprehensive management of identified risks has at least a small … assessment with comprehensive management of identified risks have at least a small benefit in preventing … of identified risks has a small net benefit in preventing falls in older adults. … for falling after 12 months compared with usual care (pooled relative risk [RR], 0.89 [95% CI, 0.76

68. Assessing Algorithmic Bias and Fairness in Clinical Prediction Models for Preventive Services: A Health Equity Methods Project for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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    August 16, 2023 - We further describe opportunities for further refinements to directly address potential risks of bias … Because the PCE was not developed with a competing risks model,47 and Black 9 Americans suffer … Prognostic models with competing risks: methods and application to coronary risk prediction. … Signaling questions to identify risks of bias in race-aware clinical prediction models 16 PROBAST … Signaling questions to identify risks of bias in race-aware clinical prediction models 17 PROBAST

69. 75Ftpgw4Rz-3Tdmqpstvdg (pdf file)
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    August 01, 2012 - con- junction with comprehensive management of identified risks to prevent falls in community-dwelling … assessment with comprehensive management of identified risks to prevent falls. … Multifactorial risk assessment with comprehensive management of identified risks has at least a small … - ment of identified risks has a small net benefit in prevent- ing falls in older adults. … for falling after 12 months compared with usual care (pooled relative risk [RR], 0.89 [95% CI, 0.76

70. Archived: Folic Acid/Folate Prophylaxis to Prevent Neural Tube Defects: Preventive Medication, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - potential benefits of early detection of neural tube defects must be weighed against the potential risks … The most important risks include those to the fetus from amniocentesis, the psychological effects on … The risks of amniocentesis include miscarriage, puncture of the fetus, bleeding, infection, and possibly … of recurrence of neural tube defects from 3.5% to 1.0%, for a relative risk of 0.28 (95% confidence … Maternal serum alpha-fetoprotein screening: benefits, risks, and costs.

71. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Final Recommendation Statement on Medications for Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2013 - After a formal breast cancer risk assessment, women at increased risk should talk with their health … risk for harms from the medications. (2) Women who are not at increased risk for breast cancer should … developing the disease, the Task Force encourages her to talk about her risks with a health care professional … This risk increases with age. Tamoxifen also may increase the risk of cataracts. … Here are the Task Force’s final recommendations on using tamoxifen or raloxifene to reduce the risks

72. Archived: Aspirin Use to Prevent Cardiovascular Disease and Colorectal Cancer: Preventive Medication, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - suggesting that lower-dose therapy is as effective as higher dose regimens in reducing cardiovascular risks … while reducing the risk of side effects. … Association has recently stated that the use of aspirin seems prudent in middle-aged and older men whose risks … of ischemic cardiovascular events have been balanced against the potential risks associated with prolonged … aspirin therapy is considered, physicians and patients should understand the potential benefits and risks

73. Evidence Directions for Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment (pdf file)
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    July 23, 2024 - Primary Care Interventions to Prevent Child Maltreatment The USPSTF sought evidence linking validated risk … Due to inaccuracies in risk assessment, racial and ethnic biases in reporting and diagnoses, and potential … “The process of identification of participants eligible for the intervention, when paired with ‘at-risk … ’ terminology, may cause harms from stigma, labeling, legal risks, and family separation and dissolution … .”1 What types of high-quality standards could be developed to validate risk assessment tools in

74. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Final Recommendation Statement on Medications for Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/breastcanmedsfact.pdf
    September 01, 2013 - After a formal breast cancer risk assessment, women at increased risk should talk with their health … risk for harms from the medications. (2) Women who are not at increased risk for breast cancer should … developing the disease, the Task Force encourages her to talk about her risks with a health care professional … This risk increases with age. Tamoxifen also may increase the risk of cataracts. … Here are the Task Force’s final recommendations on using tamoxifen or raloxifene to reduce the risks

75. Final Research Plan: Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/intimate-partner-violence-abuse-older-vulnerable-adults
    April 20, 2023 - risk of caregiver abuse and neglect? … and negative predictive values, positive and negative likelihood ratios, diagnostic odds ratios, and relative … risks for future abuse KQ 3: Psychosocial harms that result from screening, including labeling and … and negative predictive values, positive and negative likelihood ratios, diagnostic odds ratios, and relative … risks for future abuse KQ 3:  Psychosocial harms that result from screening, including labeling and

76. Final Recommendation Statement: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/RecommendationStatementFinal/child-maltreatment-primary-care-interventions
    March 19, 2024 - intervention, there were no group differences between intervention and control groups (3.9% vs 3.5%; relative … yielded inconsistent results. 1 In 1 trial, there were no differences reported in physical abuse (relative … risk, 1.45 [95% CI, 0.58-3.62]) or neglect (relative risk, 2.79 [95% CI, 0.98-7.91) between the intervention … “disadvantaged families” to prevent child maltreatment and recommends against screening, citing the risks … or legal risks related to Child Protective Services) and to engagement in preventive interventions (

77. Draft Recommendation: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    June 11, 2024 - predicted by FRAX alone and by BMD alone are similar, but both are less accurate than risks predicted … thresholds at the individual level to account for additional risks (e.g., fall risk) that are not considered … The pooled relative risk (RR) for the effect of screening on hip fractures was 0.83 (95% CI, 0.73 to … Relative risk estimates were imprecise and confidence intervals were wide in all these studies. 1 One … Development of prognostic nomograms for individualizing 5-year and 10-year fracture risks.

78. Chemo and Couns/2nd instal (pdf file)
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    July 01, 2002 - The relative risk reduction was similar across all age groups and all risk levels. … was concentrated in women aged 50 and older; the relative risks for women younger than age 50 were smaller … Considerations of Risk of Developing Breast Cancer The relative risk reduction for estrogen receptor … for recruitment into the study.40 Given a constant relative risk reduction across breast cancer risk … and the relative risk by which the baseline risk is multiplied for tamoxifen users.

79. Understanding Task Force Recommendations: Preventing Falls in Older Adults (pdf file)
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    May 01, 2012 - (2) An in-depth exam to assess risk for falls is not necessary for all older adults but may be … increased risk for... … An in-depth exam is effective only when it includes a plan to help reduce the risks for falls, including … assessment in conjunction with comprehensive management of identified risks to prevent falls in community-dwelling … Talk with your health care professional about your risk for falls.

80. Reconsidering the Approach to Prevention Recommendations for Older Adults - Figure 2 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    December 01, 2010 - The patient population undergoing risk evaluation is adults aged 65 years and older; the subpopulation … for key question 4 (How are high-risk older adults identified for primary care fall interventions?) … is adults who are considered at high risk for falling. … KQ4: How are high-risk older adults identified for primary care fall interventions? … mobility, strength, medication review, cognitive impairment, orthostatic hypotension, and environmental risks