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81. Archived: Chlamydial Infection: Screening, 2001 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 2001 - A Asymptomatic pregnant women aged 25 years and younger The USPSTF recommends that clinicians … asymptomatic low-risk women in the general population for chlamydial infection. … If there is evidence that a woman is at low risk for infection (e.g., in a mutually monogamous relationship … at risk (prevalence of infection 7%) reduced the incidence of PID from 28 per 1000 woman-years to 13 … per 1000 woman-years.

82. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Issues Draft Recommendation Statement on Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer (pdf file)
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    March 18, 2019 - Women who screen positive should receive genetic counseling and, if indicated after counseling, BRCA … Women who do not have a family history or ethnicity or ancestry associated with a mutation should not … One important step in preventing these cancers is helping women understand their risk. … “BRCA testing is beneficial for the small number of women in the United States who are at increased … In addition, current test results do not definitively tell a woman if she has a potentially harmful

83. Final Recommendation Statement: Perinatal Depression: Preventive Interventions | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    February 12, 2019 - established that perinatal depression can result in negative short- and long-term effects on both the woman … For example, women 19 years or younger, American Indian/Alaska Native women, women with less than 12 … women with a depression diagnosis, women with high levels of depressive symptoms, or women currently … 57% vs 13%, respectively; P = 0.05) and drowsiness (100% vs 50%, respectively; P = 0.02). 55 One woman … taking nortriptyline and 1 woman taking sertraline developed mania or hypomania, but there were no cases

84. Screening for Family and Intimate Partner Violence - Recommendation Statement (pdf file)
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    March 01, 2004 - The Commonwealth Fund, First Comprehensive National Health Survey of American Women. … Battered women: injury locations and types. Ann Emerg Med. 1996;28(5):486–492. 11. … Dating violence against adolescent girls and associated substance use, unhealthy weight control, sexual … Testing an intervention to prevent further abuse to pregnant women. … Women Health. 2002; 35(2-3):121–133. 38.

85. Screening for Cervical Cancer (pdf file)
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    March 12, 2012 - PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Women ages 21 to 65 Women ages 30 to … 65 Women younger than age 21 Women older than age 65 who have had adequate prior screening … and are not high risk Women after hysterectomy with removal of the cervix and with no history of … high-grade precancer or cervical cancer Women younger than age 30 Recommendation Screen … Other factors that put a woman at increased risk of cervical cancer include HIV infection, a compromised

86. Archived: Chlamydial Infection (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydial-infection-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - B Pregnant women at high risk of infection Pregnant women at high risk of infection (including … among young women age 15-19. … -8% of North American female college students at student health clinics 8 , 9 and 8-26% of teenage girls … with other STDs, incarcerated women, 20 and women seeking abortions. 21 In high-risk urban communities … Chlamydial cervical infection in jailed women.

87. Archived: Chlamydial Infection (Including Ocular Prophylaxis in Newborns): Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/chlamydial-infection-including-ocular-prophylaxis-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - B Pregnant women at high risk of infection Pregnant women at high risk of infection (including … among young women age 15-19. … -8% of North American female college students at student health clinics 8 , 9 and 8-26% of teenage girls … with other STDs, incarcerated women, 20 and women seeking abortions. 21 In high-risk urban communities … Chlamydial cervical infection in jailed women.

88. Archived: Menopausal Hormone Therapy: Preventive Medication | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/menopausal-hormone-therapy-preventive-medication-2012
    October 15, 2012 - for the prevention of chronic conditions in postmenopausal women. … Rationale Importance The average U.S. woman … It also does not apply to women younger than 50 years who have had surgical menopause. … dose and for the shortest duration of use consistent with treatment goals and risks for the individual woman … In 2008, 14% of U.S. women aged 60 to 79 years and 21% of women aged 80 years or older were living with

89. Archived: Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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    January 01, 1996 - density is strongly associated with an increased risk of fracture. 11 By one estimate, a 50-year-old woman … 1%, almost twice that of women in the second lowest quartile and more than 8 times that of women in … with 5 or more risk factors was 19/1,000 woman-years versus 1.1/1,000 in women with two or fewer risk … factors. 18 Screening perimenopausal women is less predictive of risk later in life, and even women … In one study of women referred for screening, women with low bone density were more likely to restrict

90. Screening for Breast Cancer Using Film Mammography: Clinical Summary of 2009 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation (pdf file)
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    September 06, 2013 - PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION* Population Women Aged 40−49 Years Women … Increasing age is the most important risk factor for most women. … aged 50 to 74 years than for younger women. … Considerations for Practice Potential Preventable Burden For younger women and women with … MRI is not currently used to screen women of average risk.

91. Archived: Ovarian Cancer: Screening, 1996 | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/ovarian-cancer-screening-1996
    January 01, 1996 - C Asymptomatic women Screening asymptomatic women for ovarian cancer with ultrasound, the measurement … elevated, although less frequently, in women with earlier stage disease. 23 In studies of women with … Although one ovarian cancer was detected (all three screening tests were positive in this woman), the … six benign ovarian cysts, two fimbrial cysts, two women with no surgical findings, one woman with adhesions … have found that either approach would increase life expectancy by an average of less than 1 day per woman

92. Archived: Osteoporosis to Prevent Fractures: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/osteoporosis-screening-june-2018
    June 26, 2018 - For example, in the United States, a 65-year-old white woman of mean height and weight 7 without major … risk factors has a 10-year FRAX risk of MOF of 8.4%. 4 , 8 In comparison, a 60-year-old white woman … and weight 7 without any risk factors, and 8.4% 8 at age 80 years (vs 8.4% in a 65-year-old white woman … 10-year FRAX risk of MOF in a 55-year-old white man can approximate the risk of a 65-year-old white woman … In the United States, the risk of MOF is 8.4% in a 65-year-old white woman of mean height and weight

93. Screening for Ovarian Cancer (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2012 - This recommendation is for adult women. … Women have two ovaries—one on either side of the uterus (womb). … Many women with this cancer do not show signs or symptoms in the early stages. … However, a high CA-125 level does not always mean a woman has ovarian cancer. … The Task Force recommends against screening women for ovarian cancer.

94. Archived: Breast Cancer: Medications for Risk Reduction | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation/breast-cancer-medications-for-risk-reduction-2013
    September 15, 2013 - The potential risks for tamoxifen-related harms are higher in women older than 50 years and in women … among African American women (31.6 deaths per 100,000 women per year) 10 . … 7 VTEs per 1000 women (2 trials). … in high-risk women. … women with tamoxifen 8 (4–12) fewer events per 1000 women with raloxifene ER-negative breast

95. Screening for Skin Cancer (pdf file)
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    October 12, 2012 - PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION Population Postmenopausal women Postmenopausal women … /d, plus medroxyprogesterone acetate, 2.5 mg/d) decreases the risk for fractures in postmenopausal women … progestin therapy nor estrogen alone reduces the risk for coronary heart disease in postmenopausal women … disease prevention benefits of estrogen are unlikely to outweigh the harms in most postmenopausal women … well as other relevant interventions for the primary or secondary prevention of chronic diseases in women

96. A and B Recommendations | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
    www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/uspstf/recommendation-topics/uspstf-and-b-recommendations
    December 01, 2021 - biennial screening mammography for women aged 50 to 74 years … and in women 25 years or older who are at increased risk for infection. … B December 2020 * Hepatitis B Virus Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening: pregnant women … B August 2021 * Preeclampsia: Screening: pregnant woman The USPSTF recommends screening … A June 2016 * Syphilis Infection in Pregnant Women: Screening: pregnant women The

97. Breastcanfinalrsbulletin (pdf file)
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    January 12, 2016 - ages 40 to 74; recommends women ages 50 to 74 be screened regularly and women in their 40s make an … The greatest benefit of screening mammography occurs in women ages 50 to 74 years, and these women … women by beginning screening before age 50. … For women age 75 and older, the Task Force found that there is very limited evidence. … None of the studies of breast cancer screening included women in this age group.

98. Low-dose Aspirin for Preeclampsia (pdf file)
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    September 01, 2014 - Preeclampsia can cause serious health problems for the pregnant woman and her baby. … However, most women are not at high risk for preeclampsia. … Certain factors put women at high risk for preeclampsia. … A clinician providing prenatal care can help a woman determine her risk for preeclampsia and help her … For example, this recommendation does not apply to women who are not pregnant or to pregnant women who

99. Research Gaps for Screening Breast Cancer: Evidence Gaps Research Taxonomy Table (pdf file)
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    April 09, 2024 - Although the health equity gaps focus on Black women because they have the poorest health outcomes from … breast cancer, it is important to note that all studies should actively recruit enough women of all … Among women screened, compare different screening intervals (or strategies) (e.g., biennial vs. … compared with all women. … Prioritize studies in Black women, who are at higher risk of breast cancer mortality.

100. Recommendation: Intimate Partner Violence, Elder Abuse, and Abuse of Vulnerable Adults: Screening | United States Preventive Services Taskforce
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     October 23, 2018 - Threaten/Scream (HITS); Extended Hurt/Insult/Threaten/Scream (E-HITS); Partner Violence Screen (PVS); and Woman … Scream (HITS); Extended–Hurt, Insult, Threaten, Scream (E-HITS); Partner Violence Screen (PVS); and Woman … Trials of ongoing support services should enroll women of all ages, including nonpregnant women and women … of women aged 35 to 44 years, 4.1% of women aged 45 to 54 years, and 1.4% of women 55 years or older. … , information addressing the cycle of violence, risk factors for homicide, choices available to the woman