Adult screenings, one page each

All grade A and B screenings for adults

The USPSTF recommends these screenings for adults: grade A means a high certainty of substantial net benefit, grade B a high certainty of moderate benefit or moderate certainty of moderate to substantial benefit. (USPSTF grade definitions) (USPSTF A and B list) More: USPSTF grades explained.

Grade A

• Blood pressure: All adults, 18 and older.
• Cervical cancer: Women, 21 to 65.
• Colorectal cancer: All adults, 45 to 75 (grade B at 45 to 49).
• HIV: All adults, 18 to 65.
• Syphilis: All adults, 18 and older if you are at increased risk (for example HIV or another STI, men who have sex with men, drug use, or past incarceration).

Grade B

• Prediabetes and type 2 diabetes: All adults, 35 to 70 if you have overweight or obesity.
• Breast cancer: Women, 40 to 74.
• Lung cancer: All adults, 50 to 80 if you have a 20 pack-year history and smoke now or quit within 15 years.
• Osteoporosis: Women, 65 and older.
• Osteoporosis (before 65): Women, 18 to 64 if you are past menopause and at increased risk.
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm: Men, 65 to 75 if you have ever smoked.
• Hepatitis C: All adults, 18 to 79.
• Depression: All adults, 18 and older.
• Anxiety: All adults, 18 to 64.
• Unhealthy alcohol use: All adults, 18 and older.
• Unhealthy drug use: All adults, 18 and older.
• BRCA risk assessment: Women, 18 and older if you or your family have had breast, ovarian, tubal or peritoneal cancer.
• Chlamydia and gonorrhea: Women, 18 to 24 if you are sexually active.
• Chlamydia and gonorrhea (25 and older): Women, 25 and older if you are sexually active and at increased risk (for example a new or more than one sex partner, or a past STI).
• Hepatitis B: All adults, 18 and older if you are at increased risk (for example born where hepatitis B is common, HIV, injection drug use, or a household or sex partner with hepatitis B).
• Latent tuberculosis: All adults, 18 and older if you are at increased risk (born in or lived in a country where TB is common, or lived in a shelter or correctional facility).