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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/john-b-wong-md-macp
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John B. Wong, M.D., MACP
Vice chair
John B. Wong, M.D., MACP, is vice chair for academic affairs, chief of the Division of Clinical Decision Making, and a primary care clinic…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/perinatal-depression-interventions-to-prevent
April 16, 2025 - Share to Facebook
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Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions
An Update for This Topic is In Progress
LAST UPDATED: Apr 16, 2025
The Task Force keeps recommendations as current as possible by r…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/food-insecurity-screening
March 11, 2025 - Household Food Security in the United States in 2020, ERR-298. US Department of Agriculture. … Household food security in the United States in 2022. Published 2023. Accessed October 30, 2023. … bank intervention featuring diabetes-appropriate food improved glycemic control among clients in three states … Improving patient well-being in the United States through care coordination interventions informed by … Household Food Security in the United States in 2021.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/breast-cancer-screening
April 30, 2024 - Estimating breast cancer overdiagnosis after screening mammography among older women in the United States
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/modeling-study/breast-cancer-screening
April 30, 2024 - Trends in breast cancer incidence, by race, ethnicity, and age among women aged20 years—United States … The contribution of mammography screening to breast cancer incidence trends in the United States: an … Identifying equitable screening mammography strategies for Black women in the United States using simulation
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/task-force-at-a-glance
May 03, 2025 - Task Force at a Glance
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The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force works to improve the health of people nationwide. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF or Task Force…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary/ocular-prophylaxis-for-gonococcal-ophthalmia-neonatorum-preventive-medication
January 29, 2019 - Although GON is rare in the United States, with 0.4 cases or fewer per 100,000 live births per year during … treatment of gonorrhea in pregnant women and ocular prophylaxis in newborns, which is mandated in most states … the prevention of GON, based on good evidence that blindness due to GON has become rare in the United States … Comparative effectiveness studies, including one conducted in the United States, have found no statistically … In the United States, where risk-based prenatal gonorrhea screening is recommended and ocular prophylaxis
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/draft-update-summary/chronic-kidney-disease-screening
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Chronic Kidney Disease: Screening
An Update for This Topic is In Progress
LAST UPDATED: Jul 07, 2023
The Task Force keeps recommendations as current as possible by routinely upda…
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-screening1
May 15, 2008 - If a decision is made to screen for GDM:
The screening test most commonly used in the United States … Copyright and Source Information
This document is in the public domain within the United States. … Screening Tests: In the United States, the most common screening test is an initial 50-gram 1-hour glucose … The current prevalence of GDM in the United States ranges from 1% to 9%, depending on the characteristics … benefit from screening with laboratory testing; similarly, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) states
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/cervical-cancer-screening1
January 07, 2003 - The majority of cervical cancers in the United States occur in women who have never been screened or … Pap test for high-grade lesions may only be 60-80 percent; however, most organizations in the United States … Rates in the United States have decreased from 14.2 new cases per 100,000 women in 1973 to 7.8 cases … In the United States, peak incidence and prevalence of HPV infection occur among women younger than 25 … Data from a large screening program in the United States indicate that a longer interval (3 years vs
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/announcements/2018-report-congress
January 01, 2018 - cancer prevention and cardiovascular health, the leading causes of death among adults in the United States
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/thyroid-dysfunction-screening
March 24, 2015 - However, given the high number of prescriptions for levothyroxine dispensed in the United States and … Assessment of Risk
The most common cause of hypothyroidism in the United States is chronic autoimmune … Despite its previous widespread use in the United States, levothyroxine sodium was not approved by the … Serum TSH, T(4), and thyroid antibodies in the United States population (1988 to 1994): National Health … The Use of Medicines in the United States: Review of 2010.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/thyroid-cancer-screening
May 09, 2017 - Burden of Disease
An estimated 637,115 persons in the United States … 56,870 new cases of thyroid cancer will develop, representing 3.4% of all new cancer cases in the United States … Only 7 studies were conducted in the United States. … increase in incidence without any resulting change in mortality. 5 Multiple studies in the United States … Thyroid cancer survival in the United States: observational data from 1973 to 2005.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydial-infection-screening-2007
June 15, 2007 - This document is in the public domain within the United States. … Importance
Chlamydial infection is the most common sexually transmitted bacterial infection in the United States … Health Care System Needs
Screening rates for chlamydial infection among young women in the United States … Since 2000, all 50 U.S. states and the District of Columbia have instituted regulations requiring that … Although chlamydial infection is widely distributed among all racial and ethnic groups in the United States
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-june-2016
June 15, 2016 - About one-third of eligible adults in the United States have never been screened for colorectal cancer … FITs that are cleared by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and available for use in the United States … of about 7 mSv per examination. 1 In comparison, annual background radiation exposure in the United States … Vital signs: colorectal cancer screening test use--United States, 2012. … combined with FIT or compared with other strategies
Test availability has declined in the United States
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/colorectal-cancer-screening-2008
October 15, 2008 - is the third most common type of cancer and the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States … In the United States, perforation of the colon occurs in an estimated 3.8 per 10,000 procedures. 4 … by trained and experienced radiographers may not be currently available in many parts of the United States … . 9 Progress has been achieved in reducing the cancer burden in the United States with declining rates … and timing of screening intervals: decision analysis of colorectal cancer screening for the United States
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/hepatitis-c-screening-2013
June 15, 2013 - and telaprevir for the treatment of HCV genotype 1 infection (the predominant genotype in the United States … concludes that there is also a moderate net benefit to 1-time screening in all adults in the United States … According to data from 1999 to 2008, about three fourths of patients in the United States living with … The prevalence of the anti-HCV antibody in the United States is approximately 1.6% 1 . … Viral Hepatitis Surveillance—United States, 2010.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/gestational-diabetes-screening-2008
May 15, 2008 - If a decision is made to screen for GDM:
The screening test most commonly used in the United States … Copyright and Source Information
This document is in the public domain within the United States. … Screening Tests: In the United States, the most common screening test is an initial 50-gram 1-hour glucose … The current prevalence of GDM in the United States ranges from 1% to 9%, depending on the characteristics … benefit from screening with laboratory testing; similarly, the American Diabetes Association (ADA) states
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/oral-cancer-screening
November 15, 2013 - In the United States, the prevalence of oropharyngeal cancer due to oral HPV infection is probably as … Since 1979, the incidence rate of oral cavity cancer in the United States has been decreasing because … United States Cancer Statistics: 1999–2010 Cancer Incidence and Mortality Data. … Human papillomavirus and rising oropharyngeal cancer incidence in the United States. … Prevalence of oral HPV infection in the United States, 2009-2010. JAMA. 2012;307(7):693-703.
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www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/prostate-cancer-screening
May 08, 2018 - Estimated Effects After 13 Years of Inviting Men Aged 55 to 69 Years in the United States to PSA-Based … In the United States, the lifetime risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer is approximately 11%, … In a study assessing community-based urology practice in the United States between 2010 and 2013, about … United States cancer statistics: 1999–2014 cancer incidence and mortality data. … Current practice in the United States will likely result in fewer biopsies.