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21. Archived: Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/impaired-visual-acuity-in-older-adults-screening-2009
    July 15, 2009 - Harms of Detection and Early Treatment There is adequate evidence that early treatment of refractive … is limited. 16 Two good-quality systematic reviews of photodynamic therapy found verteporfin to be … Effective treatments are available for uncorrected refractive error, cataracts, and AMD. … Clinical effectiveness and cost-utility of photodynamic therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration … Photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

22. Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children: USPSTF Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Lm94jySKCYrG3zsUP8Jd8E
    February 16, 2016 - Treatments and Interventions Treatments for ASD include behavioral, medical, educational, speech/ language … , and occupational therapy and complementary and alter- native medicine approaches. … Treatments for ASD include behavioral, medical, educational, speech/language, and occupational therapy … Treatment could be compared with a wait-list control, less intense treatment, or an alternative treatment … and treatment.

23. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Final Recommendation on Screening for Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/sites/default/files/file/supporting_documents/osteoporosis-screening-final-rec-bulletin.pdf
    January 14, 2025 - While men also can get osteoporosis, there is limited evidence on whether screening and current treatments … identify men who have osteoporosis, we need more evidence on whether or not screening and current treatments … additional risk factors to help inform discussions with their patients and determine whether screening or treatment

24. Draft Research Plan: Chronic Kidney Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/draft-research-plan/chronic-kidney-disease-screening
    January 19, 2023 - Among adults with CKD stages 1–3, † what are the effects of treatment on clinical outcomes? … Among adults with CKD stages 1–3, † what are the effects of treatment on harms? … whether patients have screen- or non-screen-detected CKD, or whether patients are eligible for evaluated treatments … Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist Statins Screening tests and treatments … vs. placebo, usual care, or no treatment More intensive vs. less intensive treatment (management of

25. Archived: Drug Use, Illicit: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/drug-use-illicit-screening-january-2008
    January 15, 2008 - Treatment More evidence is needed on the effectiveness of primary care office-based treatments for … Benefits of detection and early treatment:  There is good evidence that various treatments are effective … More evidence is needed on the effectiveness of office-based treatments for illicit drug use/dependence … With one exception, 13 the various treatments have been studied in patients who have already developed … [e.g., use of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) by HIV-infected individuals] and slower disease

26. Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Young Children (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/wpMBNddeRLwrGpQfFL_Skh
    February 01, 2016 - Treatments for ASD aim to help children improve behaviors that may interfere with their development and … Effective treatments may vary from child to child, depending on their individual needs. … So far, research has focused on developing tools to diagnose autism and on treatments for children who … The Task Force believes that more research on the impact of screening and treatment in very young children

27. John B. Wong, M.D., MACP | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/about-uspstf/current-members/john-b-wong-md-macp
    March 01, 2024 - health professionals, and policymakers make informed decisions when choosing among alternative tests, treatments … cancer screening, nutritional policy effects on cancer and cardiometabolic diseases, diagnostic and therapeutic

28. Screening for Illicit Drug Use: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/znaxq8W7Y5h5t9uH-q9aga
    Treatment More evidence is needed on the effectiveness of primary care office-based treatments for

29. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/GC9cvM3tps6UBntyWrXNF4
    Treatment and Interventions Treatments include corrective lenses for refractive error; surgical removal

30. Clinical Summary: Screening and Behavioral Counseling Interventions to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use in Adolescents and Adults (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/Z94AUT4YyDptxRC_ScTseN
    Treatments and Interventions Brief behavioral counseling interventions w ere found to reduce unhealthy

31. Preventing Dental Caries in Children <5 Years: Systematic Review Updating USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/BM-D2tSCN9U8uuBFAufXaa
    August 01, 2013 - For preventive treatments (key question 6), we also included studies of primary care– feasible treatments … Treatment interventions were parental or caregiver education, referral to a dentist by a primary care … groups A:One5%fluoridevarnish treatment and 2 placebo treatments every 6 mo United States 55–56 mo … Topical antimicrobial therapy in the prevention of early childhood caries: a follow-up report. … Effect of early preventive dental visits on subsequent dental treatment and expendi- tures.

32. Final Research Plan: Vision in Children Ages 6 Months to 5 Years: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/vision-screening-children-ages-6-months-5-years
    July 24, 2025 - Does treatment of amblyopia, its risk factors, and refractive error in children ages 6 months to 5 years … What are the harms of treatment of amblyopia, its risk factors, and refractive error in children ages … lenses, and low-dose atropine); penalization of the nonamblyogenic eye (eye patch, atropine); vision therapy … We are not evaluating surgical treatments for vision impairment, and we are not assessing the comparative … effectiveness of treatments.

33. Clinical Summary: Screening for Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/dwyoU5ur5oQM69fH8GoaSc
    Treatments and Interventions The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend parenteral … benzathine penicillin G for the treatment of syphilis in pregnant w omen.

34. Screening for Impaired Visual Acuity in Older Adults: Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/caCcWa2a6jQGRyb7H8CkbU
    July 01, 2009 - Harms of Detection and Early Treatment There is adequate evidence that early treatment of re- fractive … Two good- quality systematic reviews of photodynamic therapy found verteporfin to be superior to placebo … Treatments can improve or delay the worsening of proximal and distal measures of vision. … Clinical effectiveness and cost-utility of photodynamic therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration … Photodynamic therapy for neovascular age-related macular degeneration.

35. Screening for Skin Cancer: Clinical Summary (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/3SeKj9o-FNNwFokLKKzN3f
    Treatment and Interventions Treatment of screen-detected melanoma generally involves excision, with … There are a variety of treatments available for squamous and basal cell carcinoma, including surgical … excision, Mohs micrographic surgery, radiation therapy, curettage and electrodessication, and cryosurgery

36. Clinical Summary: Screening for Ovarian Cancer (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/gGt88ZDJVoaNx_UZ-yMnyk
    Treatments Treatment of ovarian cancer typically includes surgical treatment (staging or debulking)

37. Final Research Plan: Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/cognitive-impairment-older-adults
    June 12, 2025 - , included but not limited to: Amyloid-targeted therapies (lecanemab, donanemab) Acetylcholinesterase … Interventions aimed at behavioral and psychological symptom management of dementia (such as behavioral treatments … Vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants Herbal supplements Medical foods or fluids or nutrition therapy … (e.g., meal replacement therapy) Interventions aimed at primary prevention of cognitive impairment … We received a comment to consider including pharmacologic treatments for cardiometabolic conditions.

38. Screening for Ovarian Cancer: Clinical Summary of USPSTF Recommendation (pdf file)
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/home/getfilebytoken/EWdKKL983qWHgW4zCjWtRV
    Treatments Treatment of ovarian carcinoma includes surgical treatment (debulking) and intraperitoneal

39. Archived: Final Research Plan: Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan142/obstructive-sleep-apnea-in-adults-screening-january-2017
    October 30, 2014 - Treatment may also result in harms (key question 8). … assessments may occur in sleep laboratories or other settings) KQs 4, 5, 8: For nonsurgical treatments … of allergic rhinitis or similar treatments that might secondarily improve OSA by treating another condition … Studies focusing on potential worsening of OSA that might be caused by treatments for other … or inactive mandibular advancement devices; surgery vs. sham, conservative treatment, or no treatment

40. Final Research Plan: Chronic Kidney Disease: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/document/final-research-plan/chronic-kidney-disease-screening
    July 13, 2023 - Among adults with screen-detected CKD or CKD stages 1–3, †  what are the effects of treatment on harms … CKD, or whether patients are eligible for evaluated treatments for reasons other than CKD (e.g., presence … Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors Glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist Statins Screening tests and treatments … vs. placebo, usual care, or no treatment More intensive vs. less intensive treatment (management of … 4 and 5); however, the treatment population remained focused on earlier-stage CKD (stages 1–3).