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?