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441. Final Research Plan: Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation in Children and Adolescents: Primary Care Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 27, 2024 - Tobacco does not refer to nicotine replacement therapy. … Tobacco does not refer to nicotine replacement therapy. … prevent or reduce tobacco * use in children and adolescents Complementary and alternative medicine treatments … Tobacco does not refer to nicotine replacement therapy. … that tobacco refers to both tobacco and nicotine products (with the exception of nicotine replacement therapy

442. Evidence Summary: Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/screening-for-prediabetes-and-type-2-diabetes
     August 24, 2021 - each included study, 1 investigator extracted pertinent information about the populations, tests or treatments … White participants from 1977 through 1997, when routine care for CVD prevention would not have included treatments … the trial began in 1986, when (like UKPDS) routine care for CVD prevention would not have included treatments … now considered to be current standard medical therapy. … Saxagliptin as initial therapy in treatment-naive Indian adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus inadequately

443. Evidence Summary: Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/evidence-summary-nonpregnant-adolescents-and-adults1/human-immunodeficiency-virus-hiv-infection-screening
     June 11, 2019 - Treatment Initiation at Higher vs Lower CD4 Cell Count Key Question 4. … Longer-Term Harms of Treatment Key Question 5. … Initiation of antiretroviral therapy at high CD4+ cell counts is associated with positive treatment outcomes … Risk of cardiovascular events associated with current exposure to HIV antiretroviral therapies in a US … Optimal time for initiation of antiretroviral therapy in asymptomatic, HIV-infected, treatment-naive

444. Nontraditional Risk Factors in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Assessment: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     July 17, 2018 - Given that risk estimates are used to guide preventive therapy such as as- pirin and statins,6,8-10 improved … and appraise updated evidence on the benefits and harms of nontraditional risk factor assessment and therapy … for each KQ or method- ological and clinical heterogeneity, including differences in out- comes and treatments … initiate preventive therapies have been lowered to 7.5% or 10%, and reported NRI will capture movement … In the absence of this evidence, studies in which preventive therapies were guided by nontraditional

445. Screening for Skin Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     August 01, 2022 - Biopsy of a suspicious lesion is needed to defini- tively diagnose skin cancer.8 Treatment Melanoma … Immunotherapy and targeted therapy are also used to treat advanced melanoma. … There are several treatments for keratinocyte carcinoma, including surgical excision, Mohs micrographic … surgery, radiation therapy, electrodessication and curettage, and photodynamic therapy, among others … excisional treatments, whereas systemic treatments like chemo- therapy or immunotherapy have the potential

446. Screening for Hepatitis B Virus Infection: A Brief Evidence Update (pdf file)
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     February 01, 2004 - The author of this article is responsible for its contents, including any clinical or treatment recommendations

447. Screening for HIV Infection in Asymptomatic, Nonpregnant Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     June 11, 2019 - Treatment Initiation at Higher vs Lower CD4 Cell Count Key Question 4. … Longer-Term Harms of Treatment Key Question 5. … Initiation of antiretroviral therapy at high CD4+ cell counts is associated with positive treatment outcomes … Risk of cardiovascular events associated with current exposure to HIV antiretroviral therapies in a US … Optimal time for initiation of antiretroviral therapy in asymptomatic, HIV-infected, treatment-naive

448. Screening for Syphilis Infection in Nonpregnant Adults and Adolescents: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     April 13, 2021 - Health outcomes Detection of syphilis infectionLow risk vs high risk2 Screening Risk assessment Treatment … models Internal validation only Applicability: Conducted among high-risk individuals seeking STI treatment … individuals (eg, individuals livingwithHIVorwhohaveahistoryof syphilis infection) seek- ing STI testing or treatment

449. Vision Screening in Children Aged 6Months to 5 Years: Evidence Report and Systematic Review (pdf file)
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     September 05, 2017 - for identifying preschool children at higher risk for vision problems and the effectiveness of some treatments … ) and parent (worry about treatment, upset by treatments, arguments about treatment), it did not report … No studies evaluated potential effectiveness of treatments for reducing long­ term amblyopia or for … performance, function­ ing, or quality of life, and no eligible studies evaluated atropine or vision therapy … The therapy of amblyopia: an analysis of the results of amblyopia therapy utilizing the pooled data

450. Screening for Hepatitis C Virus Infection in Adolescents and Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     October 01, 2018 - RESULTS Eight RCTs of DAA therapy vs placebo or an outdated antiviral regimen, 48 other treatment studies … d 1 What are the harms of currently recommended antiviral treatments? … in the Supplement).59,61,100 Treatment studies of DAA therapy in adoles- cents were not designed to … What are the harms of currently recommended an- tiviral treatments? … 1 study did not report what type of treatment was ad- ministered (likely primarily interferon-based therapies

451. Behavioral Counseling in Primary Care to Promote a Healthy Diet - Recommendations and Rationale (pdf file)
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     January 01, 2010 - follow-up and support or refer to more intensive behavioral nutritional counseling (eg, medical nutrition therapy … However, more research is needed to assess the long-term efficacy of these treatments and the balance … effects.13,36 No studies examined adverse treatment effects. … A randomized controlled trial of a physician-directed treatment program for low-income patients with … of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III).

452. Evidence Summary: Cardiovascular Disease: Risk Assessment With Nontraditional Risk Factors | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary--html/cardiovascular-disease-screening-using-nontraditional-risk-assessment
     July 10, 2018 - Given that risk estimates are used to guide preventive therapy such as aspirin and statins, 6 , 8-10 … and appraise updated evidence on the benefits and harms of nontraditional risk factor assessment and therapy … studies for each KQ or methodological and clinical heterogeneity, including differences in outcomes and treatments … thresholds to initiate preventive therapies have been lowered to 7.5% or 10%, and reported NRI will … In the absence of this evidence, studies in which preventive therapies were guided by nontraditional

453. Routine Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy: Review Article (pdf file)
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     August 03, 2020 - Birth weights below the 25th percentile oc¬ curred in 35% of women who responded to therapy (hematocrit … Héma¬ tologie indexes in the treatment groups appeared to improve. … Before and after treatment, both groups were given six psychomet¬ ric tests. … The effects of short-term oral iron therapy on developmental deficits in iron-deficient anemic infants … The effects of therapy on the development scores of iron-deficient infants.

454. Screening for Hypertension in Adults: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     April 27, 2021 - randomized clinical trials (RCTs) demonstrate the ef- fectiveness of antihypertensive pharmacological treatments … to adverse effects or conversely a treatment benefit. … Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration. … Response to antihypertensive therapy in older patients with sustained and nonsustained systolic hypertension … Does white coat hypertension require treatment over age 80?

455. Screening for Breast Cancer: US Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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     September 30, 2024 - high risk of breast cancer (eg, BRCA1 or BRCA2 genetic variation), a history of high-dose radiation therapy … In general, DCIS treatment, which may in- clude surgery, radiation, and endocrine treatment, is intended … women.27-36 Adju- vant endocrine therapy reduces the risk of cancer recurrence among individuals with … Black women are more likely to discontinue adjuvant endocrine therapy compared with White women, in part … Racial differences in patient-reported symptoms and adherence to adjuvant endocrine therapy among women

456. Screening for Gestational Diabetes: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the US Preventive Services Task Force (pdf file)
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     August 13, 2019 - For benefits of screening and treatment, comparisons were against no screening or treatment, respectively … Favors no treatment 0.3 31 Relative risk (95% CI) No. of trials Treatment No. of women UntreatedOutcome … Treatment vs no treatment was associated with reduced risk for some pregnancy and several neonatal/fetal … Findings are sparse for long-term health outcomes from treatment and for all outcomes from early treatment … Evaluating the therapeutic approach in pregnancies complicated by borderline glucose intolerance: a randomized

457. Archived: Tobacco Use and Tobacco-Caused Disease: Counseling, 2003 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     November 01, 2003 - quit and to overcome common barriers to quitting and providing social support within and outside of treatment … -3 Telephone "quit lines" have also been found to be an effective adjunct to counseling or medical therapy … as safe and effective for treating tobacco dependence includes several forms of nicotine replacement therapy … Effectiveness of nicotine patch and nicotine gum as individual versus combined treatments for tobacco

458. Evidence Summary: Iron Deficiency and Iron Deficiency Anemia During Pregnancy: Screening and Supplementation | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
     www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-evidence-summary/iron-deficiency-anemia-in-pregnant-women-screening-and-supplementation
     August 20, 2024 - For the screening framework, studies compared screening with no screening or treatment with no treatment … Treatments for iron-deficiency anaemia in pregnancy. … The impact of response to iron therapy on maternal and neonatal outcomes among pregnant women with anemia … in newborn and peripartum outcomes   1 Observational study (n = 20,6900) Response to iron therapy … improvement in newborn and peripartum outcomes a 1 Observational study (n = 20,690) Response to iron therapy

459. Evidence Summary: Intimate Partner Violence and Caregiver Abuse of Older or Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     June 24, 2025 - No studies assessed screening among vulnerable adults or treatment for caregiver abuse among older or … Meta-analyses of screening or treatment studies was not conducted because there were too few trials that … the clinician if the screen result was positive; discussion of the positive findings, referrals, or treatment … screening among populations enrolled from prenatal or postnatal care settings given that some RCTs of treatment … No studies assessed screening among vulnerable adults or treatment for caregiver abuse among older and

460. Aspirin Use to Prevent Preeclampsia and Related Morbidity and Mortality: Updated Evidence Report and Systematic Review for the USPSTF (pdf file)
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     September 28, 2021 - Studies limited to persons seeking fertility treatments were not included. … The gestational age at which aspirin therapy was initiated across the trials varied substantially, with … b Median (range). c Treatment time of day randomly assigned (morning, afternoon, or evening). d Treatment … Low-dose aspirin therapy to prevent preeclampsia. … Pre-eclampsia: screening and aspirin therapy for prevention of pre-eclampsia.