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… Health Screenings: Should I Buy Commercial Tests? Decision Point You may want … remember The goal of screening tests is to find a disease early so you can treat it. Not all screening tests are right … Heel tests provide a different form of results that don't give the same information as DXA results. This means there …
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… Peripheral Arterial Disease: Should I Have Surgery? Decision Point You may want to have a … and medicines to ease symptoms and lower your risk of a heart attack and stroke. If you still have symptoms, you may … risks than bypass surgery. Risks of bypass surgery include: Infection. Bleeding. Heart attack or stroke. Leg swelling. …
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… Rotator Cuff Problems: Should I Have Surgery? Decision Point You may want to have a … Key points to remember You may be able to stop or reverse early rotator cuff damage without surgery. Try using rest, … even another surgery to relieve it. Surgery poses risks of infection, pain that won't go away, and slow healing …
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… Depression: Should I Stop Taking My Antidepressant? Decision Point You … decisions. I stopped taking my depression medicine a year ago. I had been on the medicine for a year, and my … well, I need more help than counselling and self-care can give me. More important Equally important More important I …
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… Prostate Cancer: Should I Choose Active Surveillance? Decision Point You may … For most men, this slow growth means they have time to learn all they can before they decide whether to have … Risks of prostate biopsies include bleeding and infection. You may worry that the cancer might get worse …
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… Pelvic Organ Prolapse: Should I Have Surgery? Decision Point You may want to have a … Not being able to empty your bladder. Pain during sex. Infection. Bladder injury. A hole or opening that forms … 5 to 20 out of 100 people have a second surgery within 3 years. footnote 1 , footnote 2 This means that about 80 to 95 …
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… Sleep Apnea: Should I Have a Sleep Study? Decision Point You may want to … problems including high blood pressure, stroke, diabetes, heart failure, and depression. It also can lead to car … the lungs (pulmonary hypertension). Depression. Irregular heart rhythms . Heart failure . Coronary artery disease . …
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… Varicose Veins: Should I Have a Surgical Procedure? Decision Point You may … You can exercise, prop up your legs when resting, wear compression stockings, and lose weight if needed. Key … Examples of risks: You could bleed a lot. You could get an infection. You might have numbness in your legs. You could …
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… Pregnancy: Should I Have CVS (Chorionic Villus Sampling)? Decision … in these cells is the same as that in the baby's cells. Early in your pregnancy, a doctor can take a sample of these … test, while 454 did not. footnote 1 Other risks include: Infection. There is a chance that you could get an infection …
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… Headaches: Should I Take Medicine to Prevent Migraines? Decision Point … don't have auras. Migraines run in families. But it's not clear why some people get them and others don't. The cause of … cause serious side effects, especially for people who have heart disease and high blood pressure. If over-the-counter …
