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Health Tests

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Abdominal CT Scan (computed tomography scan)
Amniocentesis
Anoscopy
Arterial Blood Flow Studies of the Legs (segmental doppler pressures)
Back X-Rays (spine x-rays)
Barium Enema
Barium Swallow (upper gastrointestinal series or "upper gi series")
Biopsy of the Prostate and Transrectal Ultrasound
Bone Density Test
Bone Marrow Biopsy
Breast Ultrasound
Carotid Ultrasound (carotid doppler)
Chest X-Ray
Chorionic Villus Sampling
Colposcopy and Cervical Biopsy
Computed Tomography (ct scan) for Back Problems
Cystourethrogram
Echocardiogram
Electromyography
Electrophysiological Testing of the Heart
Endometrial Biopsy
Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography (ercp)
Excisional Biopsy of the Breast
Exercise Stress Test
Fetal Ultrasound
Fine-needle Aspiration (fna) of the Breast
Flourescein Angiography (test for diabetic retinopathy)
Holter monitor and event monitor
Hysterosalpingogram
Hysteroscopy
Kidney Biopsy
Laparoscopy and Laparoscopic Surgery
Liver Biopsy
Lumbar Puncture (or spinal tap)
Lymph Node Biopsy
Mediastinoscopy
Myelography (myelogram)
Oxygen Saturation Test
Pelvic Ultrasound and Transvaginal Ultrasound
Percutaneous Transhepatic Cholangiography (ptca)
Pleural Fluid Sampling (or thoracentesis)
Pulmonary Function Testing
Rapid Strep Test
Scratch Test for Allergies
Screening for Birth Defects in early Pregnancy (combined test, integrated test, and quadruple test)
Skin Biopsy
Snellen Test for Visual Acuity
Sputum Evaluation (and sputum induction)
Stereotactic Biopsy of the Breast
TB (tuberculosis) skin test
Testing for Vaginitis (yeast infections, trichomonas, and gardnerella)
Throat Culture
Tonometry
Upper Endoscopy (esophagogastroduodenoscopy)
Urinalysis
Venous Ultrasound of the Legs (lower extremity doppler)
Ventilation-Perfusion Scan
Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
Wire Localization Biopsy of the Breast