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121. Final Research Plan: Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/abdominal-aortic-aneurysm-screening
     November 30, 2017 - What are the effects of treatment (pharmacotherapy or surgery) on treatment-relevant, intermediate health … What are the harms of treatment in an asymptomatic, screen-detected population with small AAAs (i.e., … Do the harms of treatment of small AAAs vary among subpopulations (i.e., by sex, smoking status, age, … Does the epidemiology or overall effectiveness of treatment of AAA differ by age, sex, smoking status … surveillance alone KQ 2: Comparison of surveillance interval  KQs 4, 5: Comparative effectiveness of treatments

122. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
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     September 01, 2022 - • Without treatment, syphilis can damage the brain, nerves, eyes, and cardiovascular system. … • Screening and follow-up treatment can cure syphilis and prevent complications. … The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention provide fact sheets, treatment guidelines, and surveillance

123. Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/methods-and-processes/behavioral-counseling-interventions-evidence-based-approach
     March 04, 2021 - adapting existing USPSTF methods to issues and challenges raised by behavioral counseling intervention topical … Interventions to help patients change unhealthy behaviors, like treatments for patients with chronic … Further, "counseling" is a broadly used but imprecise term that covers a wide array of preventive and therapeutic … activities, from mental health or marital therapy to the provision of health education and behavior … The future of smoking cessation therapy in the United States.  Addiction  1996;91(12):1797-1802.

124. Final Research Plan: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
     September 03, 2015 - Further, the figure depicts whether nontraditional risk factor assessment or treatment based on nontraditional … Does treatment guided by nontraditional risk factors in addition to traditional risk factors lead to … What are the harms of treatment guided by nontraditional risk factors? … factors High-sensitivity C-reactive protein, coronary artery calcium, and ankle–brachial index Treatments … models (with a focus on CVD as opposed to coronary heart disease risk assessment) KQs 4, 5: No treatment

125. Final 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
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vitamin-d-calcium-combined-supplementation-primary-prevention-falls-fractures-communitydwelling-adults
     April 06, 2023 - or other medications associated with osteoporosis (e.g., aromatase inhibitors, androgen deprivation therapy … , or antiretroviral therapy) Medical conditions associated with vitamin D deficiency (e.g., hyperparathyroidism … Short-term supplementation use (less than 1 month); vitamin D preparations or metabolites designed for treatment … Comparators Placebo or no treatment. Alternative dosages of vitamin D, calcium, or both. … population remains excluded for consistency with the prior USPSTF reviews on this topic and because treatment

126. Screening for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (pdf file)
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     May 01, 2022 - Health’s “Learn More Breathe Better” program provides information about the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment

127. 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 - identified 5.0% of women who were screened with dip slide as positive for asymptomatic bacteriuria. 33 Treatments … women reported that there were no adverse drug reactions among the 49 women treated with nitrofurantoin therapy … treated with trimethoprim. 28 Another reported that 2 of 32 women (6%) assigned to daily ofloxacin therapy … Therapy vs no therapy for bacteriuria in elderly ambulatory nonhospitalized women. … Urinary tract infections in pregnancy: old and new unresolved diagnostic and therapeutic problems.

128. Archived: Final Research Plan: Drug Use, Illicit: Primary Care Interventions for Children and Adolescents | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan18/drug-use-illicit-primary-care-interventions-for-children-and-adolescents-march-2014
     May 15, 2013 - through primary care screening comparable with patients who are included in effective primary care treatment … included in the review Detoxification, medically managed withdrawal, or opioid substitution therapy … (methadone maintenance programs) Maintaining abstinence after substance use treatment for abuse … (pre-existing) social networks (e.g., worksites, churches, schools) Inpatient/residential treatment … began (e.g., death, seizure, cardiovascular event, or other medical issue requiring urgent medical treatment

129. First Annual Report to Congress on High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/tfannrpt2011.pdf
     January 01, 2012 - Screening and Treatment for Depression in Children 3. … of diagnosis and treatment on quality of life. 4. … However, the USPSTF found a lack of relevant studies on whether drug therapies reduce the risk for fractures … D Hormone Replacement Therapy: Preventive Medication for Postmenopausal Women The USPSTF recommends … D Hormone Replacement Therapy: Preventive Medication for Postmenopausal Women Who Have Had a Hysterectomy

130. Screening for Dyslipidemia in Younger Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2016 - might identify younger adults with asymptomatic dyslipidemia who may bene- fit from lipid-lowering therapies … Regarding treatment, both drug therapy and lifestyle interventions (such as exercise and diet changes … Exercise Therapy/ 20. Weight Loss/ 21. … Exercise Therapy/ 20. … interventions Drug (e.g., statins) and lifestyle interventions (e.g., exercise and diet changes) Other types of treatments

131. Final Research Plan: Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/low-dose-aspirin-use-for-the-prevention-of-morbidity-and-mortality-from-preeclampsia-preventive-medication
     September 26, 2019 - Nonhuman populations; nonpregnant persons; studies that only/exclusively include persons seeking fertility treatment … medications or aspirin combined with other potentially active interventions Comparisons Placebo or no treatment … diagnoses or symptoms Maternal mortality Measures of well-being or quality of life Potential treatment … age (<10th percentile weight for gestational age) Stillbirth or neonatal mortality Potential treatment

132. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hepatitis-b-virus-infection-in-pregnant-women-screening
     November 09, 2017 - What is the effectiveness of vaccination for the hepatitis B virus, immunoglobulin therapy, and antiviral … treatment for preventing vertical transmission among pregnant women? … series, and registry data KQs 3, 4: Trials examining the effectiveness of individual pharmacologic treatments … Several comments suggested including studies examining the benefits and harms of specific treatment or … Contextual information on the effectiveness of specific screening or treatment approaches will be provided

133. Final Research Plan: Cervical Cancer: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cervical-cancer-screening
     October 29, 2015 - What is the current practice for treatment of CIN2 or CIN3? … discomfort, bleeding, and infection) from diagnostic evaluation and other harms associated with current treatments … projects the health outcomes that result from alternative interventions for prevention, diagnosis, and treatment

134. Published Comment and Response: Comparing the USPSTF and GRADE Approaches to Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/published-comment-and-response-comparing-uspstf-and-grade-approaches-recommendations
     February 01, 2014 - . 4  However, they write that GRADE also takes into account "the importance of the outcome that the treatment … prevents, [and] the burden of therapy" as if these were different from the magnitude of benefits and … state that the importance of the outcome the intervention prevents and the burden of the intervention therapy … of the implications of the USPSTF insufficient evidence publication 4 —that the differences between treatment … the USPSTF approach is applicable outside the United States or that it is applicable to diagnosis or treatment

135. Archived: Tobacco Use in Adults and Pregnant Women: Counseling and Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/tobacco-use-in-adults-and-pregnant-women-counseling-and-interventions-2009
     April 15, 2009 - Pharmacotherapy Combination therapy with counseling and medications is more effective than either … FDA-approved pharmacotherapy includes nicotine replacement therapy, sustained-release bupropion, and … Dedicating staff to provide treatment, and assessing the delivery of treatment in staff performance evaluations … Combination therapy with counseling and medications is more effective at increasing cessation rates … for treating tobacco dependence in nonpregnant adults includes several forms of nicotine replacement therapy

136. Final Research Plan: Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/hepatitis-c-screening
     December 21, 2017 - What are the harms of currently recommended antiviral treatments? * 9.    … 7, and 8 include those defined by age, race/ethnicity, sex, drug use, receipt of maximally assisted therapy … What is the effect of antiviral treatments on behavioral outcomes? … clinical outcomes (KQ 9) Populations Persons with HCV infection being treated with antiviral therapy … behavioral health care; subpopulations of interest include drug use, persons using medication-assisted therapies

137. Archived: Final Evidence Summary: Syphilis Infection in Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary94/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening-2009
     May 15, 2009 - , 3% received delayed treatment, 3% declined treatment, and 2% were lost to follow-up. … syphilis before or during pregnancy, including 22.6% who did not have an adequate serologic response to therapy … Compared treatments or supplements used by at least 0.5% of pregnant women during critical periods who … failed, 5 to women who declined treatment, and 7 to women who received late treatments. … Previous reports of 1-5 anaphylactic reactions per 100,000 treatments.

138. Recommendation: Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/syphilis-infection-in-pregnancy-screening
     May 13, 2025 - longer duration of treatment. … Harms of Screening and Treatment Potential harms of screening for and treatment of syphilis infection … harms, 1 small study (n = 39) reported that 5.1% of patients receiving penicillin therapy experienced … However, benefits were still seen when screening and treatment occurred later in pregnancy. … reaction from treatment with antibiotic medications.

139. Research Gaps for Screening Breast Cancer: Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table (pdf file)
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     Pacific Islander participants, to investigate whether the effectiveness of screening, diagnosis, and treatment … KQ1: Breast cancer morbidity (e.g., adverse effects of treatment and no treatment, physical/functional … and contrast- enhanced mammography) or KQ1: Breast cancer morbidity (e.g., adverse effects of treatment … Research is needed to understand how variations in care (including diagnosis and treatment) leads to … Breast cancer morbidity (e.g., adverse effects of treatment, physical/functional impairment).

140. Summary of USPSTF Final Recommendation: Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2025 - www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/osteoporosis https://www.niams.nih.gov/health-topics/osteoporosis/diagnosis-treatment-and-steps-to-take