Decision Points About Treatments and Other Health Issues

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 treatment options or other decisions about your condition or issue:

Acne: Should I See My Doctor?

Advance Care Planning: Should I Have Artificial Hydration and Nutrition?

Advance Care Planning: Should I Receive CPR and Life Support?

Advance Care Planning: Should I Stop Kidney Dialysis?

Advance Care Planning: Should I Stop Treatment That Prolongs My Life?

Alzheimer's or Other Dementia: Should I Move My Relative Into Long-Term Care?

Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Have Catheter Ablation?

Atrial Fibrillation: Should I Try Electrical Cardioversion?

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

Bed-Wetting: Should I Do Something About My Child's Bed-Wetting?

Bed-Wetting: Should My Child See a Doctor?

Blood Transfusions: Should I Bank Blood Before Surgery?

Breast Cancer: Should I Have Chemotherapy for Early-Stage Breast Cancer?

Breast Cancer: What Should I Do If I'm at High Risk?

Breastfeeding: Should I Breastfeed My Baby?

Complementary Medicine: Should I Use Complementary Medicine?

Diabetes: Should I Get an Insulin Pump?

Diabetes: Should I Get Pregnant?

Fertility Problems: Should I Have a Tubal Procedure or In Vitro Fertilization?

Healthy Aging: Is It Time to Stop Driving?

Hearing Loss: Should I Get a Hearing Aid?

Heart Failure: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)?

Heart Failure: Should I Get a Pacemaker (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)?

Heart Rhythm Problems: Should I Get an ICD?

Heart Rate Problems: Should I Get a Pacemaker?

Hemorrhoids: Which Treatment Should I Use?

Hyperthyroidism: Should I Use Antithyroid Medicine or Radioactive Iodine?

Infertility: Should I Have Treatment?

Kidney Failure: Should I Start Dialysis?

Kidney Failure: What Type of Dialysis Should I Have?

Kidney Failure: When Should I Start Dialysis?

Kidney Stones: Should I Have Lithotripsy to Break Up the Stone?

Low Back Pain: Should I Have Spinal Manipulation?

Low Back Pain: Should I Try Epidural Steroid Shots?

Miscarriage: Should I Have Treatment to Complete a Miscarriage?

Multiple Pregnancy: Should I Consider a Multifetal Pregnancy Reduction?

Obesity: Should I Use a Diet Plan to Lose Weight?

Prediabetes: Which Treatment Should I Use?

Pregnancy: Should I Bank My Baby's Umbilical Cord Blood?

Pregnancy: Should I Try Vaginal Childbirth After a Past C-Section (VBAC)?

Prostate Cancer: Should I Choose Active Surveillance?

Stress Incontinence: Should I Have Surgery?

Stroke: Should I Move My Loved One Into Long-Term Care?

Supraventricular Tachycardia: Should I Have Catheter Ablation?

Testicular Cancer: Which Treatment Should I Have for Stage I Nonseminoma Testicular Cancer After My Surgery?

Testicular Cancer: Which Treatment Should I Have for Stage I Seminoma Testicular Cancer After My Surgery?

Uterine Fibroids: Should I Have Uterine Fibroid Embolization?

Warts: Should I Treat Warts?