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?