U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF)-Related Articles, January 23, 2015

Annals of Internal Medicine
LeFevre ML; U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for vitamin D deficiency in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2015 Jan 20; 162(2):133-40. [Based on AHRQ evidence synthesis, Screening for Vitamin D Deficiency: Systematic Review for the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force Recommendation, 2014, and associated summary article by LeBlanc et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2014), and AHRQ Evidence Report/Technology Assessment, Vitamin D and Calcium: A Systematic Review of Health Outcomes (Update), 2014.]   

Screening for vitamin D deficiency: is the goal disease prevention or full nutrient repletion? Ann Intern Med 2015 Jan 20; 162(2):144-5. [Comments on USPSTF recommendations by LeFevre et al. cited above.]

Screening for vitamin D deficiency in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med 2015 Jan 20; 162(2):I-28. [Summarizes USPSTF recommendations by LeFevre et al. cited above.]

BMJ
Godlee F. Think hard before expanding cancer screening. BMJ 2015 Jan 17; 350:h226. [Mentions USPSTF recommendations for "cohort screening" for hepatitis C.]

Koretz RL, Lin KW, Ioannidis JP, Lenzer J. Is widespread screening for hepatitis C justified? BMJ 2015 Jan 17; 350:g7809. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for hepatitis C virus in adults (Ann Intern Med, 2013).]

Torjesen I. How much is too much breast screening? BMJ 2015 Jan 17; 350:h139. [Mentions changes in 2009 USPSTF recommendations on screening for breast cancer.]

Health Education & Behavior
Hunter JC, Vines AI, Carlisle V. African Americans' perceptions of prostate-specific antigen prostate cancer screening. Health Educ Behav 2015 Jan 23; epub ahead of print. [Discusses USPSTF recommendations on screening for prostate cancer  (Ann Intern Med, 2012); cites associated systematic review by Chou et al. (Ann Intern Med, 2011).] Select to access the abstract.

International Brazilian Journal of Urology
Donalisio da Silva R, Molina WR, Silva IN, , Gustafson D, Nogueira L, Werahera P, Kim FJ. Focal cryotherapy in low-risk prostate cancer: are we treating the cancer or the mind? Int Braz J Urol 2015 Jan-Feb; 41(1):5-9. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for prostate cancer (Ann Intern Med, 2012).]

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Hira RS, Kennedy K, Nambi V, Jneid H, Alam M, Basra SS, Ho PM, Deswal A, Ballantyne CM, Petersen LA, et al. Frequency and practice-level variation in inappropriate aspirin use for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease: insights from the National Cardiovascular Disease Registry's Practice Innovation and Clinical Excellence registry. J Am Coll Cardiol 2015 Jan 20; 65(2):111-21. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on aspirin for the prevention of cardiovascular disease (Ann Intern Med, 2009).] Select to access the abstract.

Journal of Women’s Health
Miller E, McCaw B, Humphreys BL, Mitchell C. Integrating intimate partner violence assessment and intervention into healthcare in the United States: a systems approach. J Womens Health 2015 Jan; 24(1):92-9. [Cites USPSTF recommendations on screening for intimate partner violence and abuse of elderly and vulnerable adults (Ann Intern Med, 2013).] Select to access the abstract.

Osteoporosis International
Bansal S, Pecina JL, Merry SP, Kennel KA, Maxson J, Quigg S, Thacher TD. US Preventative Services Task Force FRAX threshold has a low sensitivity to detect osteoporosis in women ages 50-64 years. Osteoporos Int 2015 Apr; 26(4):1429-33. [Uses and assesses the USPSTF criteria for osteoporosis screening (Ann Intern Med, 2011).] Select to access the abstract.

Public Health Reports
Lushniak BD. Family health history: using the past to improve future health. Public Health Rep 2015 Jan-Feb; 130(1):3-5. [Cites USPSTF recommendation statements, Screening for Lipid Disorders in Adults, 2008, Screening for Osteoporosis, 2011, Medications for Risk Reduction of Primary Breast Cancer in Women, 2013, Risk Assessment, Genetic Counseling, and Genetic Testing for BRCA-Related Cancer in Women, 2013, and Screening for High Blood Pressure, 2007.]

National Vaccine Advisory Committee. The National Vaccine Advisory Committee: reducing patient and provider barriers to maternal immunizations: approved by the National Vaccine Advisory Committee on June 11, 2014. Public Health Rep 2015 Jan-Feb; 130(1):10-42. [Mentions Affordable Care Act requirements for coverage of preventive services rated A or B by the USPSTF.]