U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a final statement recommending clinicians individualize the decision to offer behavioral counseling to adults with no CVD risk factors that will promote physical activity and a healthy diet.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recently published a recommendation statement that advises against the use of beta carotene or vitamin E supplements for CVD and cancer prevention.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force issued a recommendation statement against the use of beta carotene or vitamin E supplements for the prevention of CVD or cancer.

New lung cancer screening guidance from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which lowered the age for inclusion and intensity of smoking to qualify as high risk, resulted in an increase in the proportion of Black individuals screened.

Implementing new guidelines would increase screening eligibility and detection of diabetes and prediabetes, according to an analysis published in JAMA.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has published a final recommendation that advises against the initiation of low-dose aspirin for primary CVD prevention in adults aged 60 years or older, a D-grade recommendation.

Social media has become the primary communication mode of the 21st century, and many physicians have started incorporating it into their practices.

Increases in metastatic prostate cancer incidence may be temporally associated with changes in clinical policy following U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendations, according to a study in JAMA Network Open.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has issued a draft recommendation that encourages health care professionals to screen asymptomatic adolescents and adults who are at increased risk for syphilis.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s 2021 guideline for lung cancer screening improved upon previous fixed-screening criteria and may reduce racial disparities in access, according to a study published in JAMA Oncology.