The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2012: Recommendations of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force

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Since its inception, the USPSTF has made and maintained recommendations on more than 100 clinical preventive services that are intended to prevent or reduce the risk for heart disease, cancer, infectious diseases, and other conditions and events that impact the health of children, adolescents, adults, and pregnant women. The Guide to Clinical Preventive Services 2012 includes new or updated recommendations on 64 clinical preventive services released from 2002–2012 in a brief, easily usable format meant for use at the point of patient care. Recommendations that were being updated while this edition of the Guide was being compiled, as well as the complete USPSTF recommendation statements, are available along with their supporting scientific evidence at www.USPreventiveServicesTaskForce.org.