The US Preventive Services Task Force, which makes recommendations for, among other things, when you should get screened for cancer and what screening you should get–has a new draft recommendation that says woman should get screened for breast cancer starting at age 40. 🚨🚨🚨 BUT as of now, it’s unable to make a recommendation that women with dense breasts need additional because it claims there is insufficient research to back that recommendation up. In my opinion, this is a real bummer, becau

21K views · 427 reactions | In its 2018 guideline update, the US Preventive Services Task Force revised its previous recommendation not to screen men aged 55-69 for prostate cancer, now saying the decision should be individualized after sharing information about the likely harms and small benefit of screening. Learn more at https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2680553 #USPSTF #prostatecancer | JAMA | Facebook

148K views · 9.3K reactions | RFK Jr. just canceled a critical preventive health task force meeting after a Supreme Court ruling gave him the power to fire everyone on the panel and block their recommendations. What happens next could impact cancer screenings, mental health care, HIV prevention, nutrition services, and more, especially for communities already facing the biggest barriers to care. | Jessica Knurick, PhD, RD | Facebook

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of experts that...

This week's new American Cancer Society colon cancer screening guidelines are similar to those in 2016 from the US Preventive Services Task Force (#video), w addition of a qualified* recommendation that screening can begin 5 years earlier at age 45. Visit jamacoloncancerscreening.com to read the USPSTF evidence-based guideline. * "Qualified" indicates there is clear evidence of benefit but less certainty either about the balance of benefits and harms or about patients' values and preferences, wh

10K views · 432 reactions | U.S. TASK FORCE RECOMMENDS ROUTINE ANXIETY SCREENINGS: For the first time, medical experts at the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are recommending that all adults under 65 get routine anxiety checks by their general practitioners — the panel weighs in. abcn.ws/2RiH3wd | The View | Facebook