A blog post is presented in response to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) 2012 recommendations on hearing screenings for age-related sensorineural hearing impairment in adults aged 50 year...
In the new US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendations for screening for hearing loss in older adults, Krist et al1report that there is insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms for hearing loss screening in asymptomatic adults aged 50 years or older in pri...
Impact of USPSTF recommendations on prostate biopsy characteristics and disease presentation at a tertiary-care medical centerProstate biopsy, Prostate cancer, Prostate-specific antigen screening, United States Preventive Services Task ForceAfter 2012 USPSTF guidelines, patients presented with higher PSA with ...
Recent recommendations from the USA on the benefit of mammography for certain age groups have the potential to be indiscriminately applied in other countries, especially with regard to entry age for screening examinations and medical insurance cover. There exists a grave danger that specific local ...
The CDC recently issued guidance on screening for hepatitis B infection. Here’s a look at how (and why) these recommendations differ from those of the USPSTF. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently published new recommendations on screening for hepatit...
USPSTF Recommendations and Colorectal Cancer in Younger Adults—Current Challenges and Future Opportunitiesdoi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.36305FECAL analysisU.S. Preventive Services Task ForceEARLY detection of cancerHEALTH insuranceCOLORECTAL cancerDNAHEALTH equity...
USPSTF Depression Screening Recommendations - United States Preventive Services Task Force - Brief AThe U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) now finds sufficient evidence to encourage physicians to screen their adult patients for depression. Formal screening can make it e...
primary care and prevention that systematically reviews the evidence of effectiveness and rigorously evaluates clinical research in order to assess the merits of preventive measures, including screening tests, counseling, immunizations, and chemoprevention, and develops recommendations for clinical preventive...
TABLE 1 provides a breakdown of the 5 categories of USPSTF recommendations (A, B, C, D, I). We'll start with recent D recommendations (TABLE 2), services the Task Force recommends against, to emphasize that some preventive measures--even if they are widely touted-either provide no ...
There was a slight, statistically significant decrease in referral rates to behavioral interventions post-recommendation. Physicians were generally unaware of the revisions to the 2015 USPSTF abnormal blood glucose recommendation; however, once the recommendations were described, physicians agreed with the ...