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UrduA blood-based four-protein panel (4MP), when combined with a lung cancer risk model (PLCOm2012), can better identify those at high risk of dying from lung cancer than the current U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) criteria.
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A commonly used tool is suboptimal in predicting osteoporosis fracture risk in younger post-menopausal women
The commonly used U.S version of the Fracture Risk Assessment Tool (FRAX) should not be routinely used to select younger postmenopausal women for bone mineral density testing. But the Osteoporosis Self-Assessment Tool (OST) is excellent at identifying women with osteoporosis-level bone mineral density, which is the goal of these screenings, while FRAX is not.
Why Is Lowering The Colorectal Cancer Screening Age to 45 A Big Deal?
Today, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) finalized its recommendation to adapt the colorectal cancer (CRC) screening guidelines and lower the age to begin screening to 45 instead of 50. “Shifting current age-specific screening rates to five years…
Experts available to discuss new USPSTF recommendation to lower age for regular colorectal cancer screenings to 45
Michigan Medicine experts are available to discuss the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s new final recommendation that people with no symptoms and an average risk of developing colorectal cancer begin regular colorectal cancer screenings at age 45 instead of 50,…
Nearly $500 million a year in Medicare costs goes to 7 services with no net health benefits
A UCLA-led study shows that physicians frequently order preventive medical services for adult Medicare beneficiaries that are considered unnecessary and of “low value” by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force — at a cost of $478 million per year.
CT Colonography Rates Bolstered by US Preventive Service Task Force Recommendation
A new Harvey L. Neiman Health Policy Institute study found a 50% increase in screening computed tomography colonography (CTC) rates after the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announcement of the updated recommendation on colorectal cancer screening in 2016. This American Journal of Preventive Medicine study evaluated the association among the updated recommendation, patient cost sharing, and the uptake of colorectal cancer screening through CTC in the privately insured population.