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Decision Points for Medical Tests
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Decision Points are designed to guide you through key health decisions, combining medical information with your personal information to make a wise health decision. Click on a link below to learn more about the medical test you are considering:
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Should I Get a Screening Test?
- Breast Cancer Risk: Should I Have a BRCA Gene Test?
- Breast Cancer Screening and Dense Breasts: What Are My Options?
- Breast Cancer Screening: When Should I Start Having Mammograms?
- Colon Cancer: Which Screening Test Should I Have?
- Fertility Problems: Should I Be Tested?
- Health Screenings: Should I Buy Commercial Tests?
- Heart Disease Risk: Should I Have a Coronary Calcium Scan?
- Heart Disease: Should I Have an Angiogram?
- Hepatitis B: Should I Be Tested?
- HIV Testing: Should I Get Tested for Human Immunodeficiency Virus?
- Low Back Pain: Should I Have an MRI?
- Lung Cancer: Should I Have Screening?
- Meniscus Tear: Should I Have a Diagnostic Test (MRI or Arthroscopy)?
- Osteoporosis: Should I Have a Dual-Energy X-Ray Absorptiometry (DXA) Test?
- Pregnancy: Should I Have Amniocentesis?
- Pregnancy: Should I Have an Early Fetal Ultrasound?
- Pregnancy: Should I Have CVS (Chorionic Villus Sampling)?
- Pregnancy: Should I Have Screening Tests for Birth Defects?
- Prostate Cancer Screening: Should I Have a PSA Test?
- Sleep Apnea: Should I Have a Sleep Study?
- STI Testing: Should I Get Tested for a Sexually Transmitted Infection?
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Current as of: February 27, 2023
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:
Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine
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Current as of: February 27, 2023
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review: Adam Husney MD - Family Medicine
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