Decision Points for Medical Tests

Topic Overview

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?

Autopsy: Should I Have an Autopsy Done on My Loved One?

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?

Headaches: Should I Have Imaging Tests to Find Out What's Causing My Headaches?

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?

Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Should I Have Tests for IBS Symptoms?

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?