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121. Evaluating Primary Care Behavioral Counseling Interventions: An Evidence-based Approach (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/behavintr.pdf
     January 01, 2010 - 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.

122. How the USPSTF Gets Input (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/how-the-uspstf-gets-input-2021.pdf
     January 01, 2021 - Areas of expertise include screening, diagnosis, and treatment of the condition and at-risk populations

123. Screening for Dyslipidemia in Younger Adults: A Systematic Review (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/SaASReVeD_fpHZQbeBZD5s
     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

124. 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

125. High-Priority Evidence Gaps for Clinical Preventive Services (pdf file)
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/inline-files/annlrpt2013%20(4).pdf
     November 01, 2013 - Potential harms also include side effects or complications of treatments. … Results of these studies could be used to target depression treatments more effectively to increase benefits … Screening and Treatment for Depression in Children 3. … and prevention interventions, evaluations of the use and cost effectiveness of tobacco cessation treatments … Ophthalmia Neonatorum: Preventive Medication for All Newborns The USPSTF recommends prophylactic ocular topical

126. 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

127. Published Comment and Response: Comparing the USPSTF and GRADE Approaches to Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     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

128. 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

129. Recommendation: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     January 14, 2025 - The US Food and Drug Administration has approved several drug therapies for the treatment or prevention … For these reasons, it may be reasonable to avoid strict application of risk assessment tool treatment … Evidence on harms of drug therapies in men is limited. 1 Current Practice Data on how frequently … The clinician's guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis. … Fracture risk and zoledronic acid therapy in men with osteoporosis.

130. 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

131. 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

132. 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.

133. 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

134. 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

135. 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).

136. PEDS20152567 746..752 (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2015 - as a result of intervention and improvement in child health outcomes, as well as screening for and treatment … Benefits of Early Detection and Treatment The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on the effect of routine … Harms of Early Detection and Treatment The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on the harms of routine … The USPSTF found inadequate evidence on the harms of treatment of iron deficiency anemia in children … iron overdose can occur in children receiving treatment or supplementation with iron.

137. 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

138. Counseling and Interventions to Prevent Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease in Adults and Pregnant Women: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
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     April 01, 2009 - Pharmacotherapy Combination therapy with counseling and medications is more effective than either … FDA-approved pharmacotherapy includes nicotine replacement therapy, sustained release buproprion, and … Promoting clinician intervention through education, resources, and feedback • Dedicating staff to provide treatment … , and assessing the delivery of treatment in staff performance evaluations Relevant USPSTF Recommendations

139. 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

140. Screening for Bladder Cancer: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     November 01, 2004 - Although these cancers recur frequently after treatment, they rarely invade muscle and rarely cause clinically … The effectiveness of treatment for those with high-grade bladder cancer is uncertain.10 The variability … We then combined bladder neoplasms with therapeutics/treatment (1,984 citations) and combined those results … Does treatment of early-stage bladder cancer reduce morbidity and mortality from this disease?