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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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