Everything You Need to Know About Medical Tests

Gathers information about X-rays, CAT and MRI scans, ultrasound, heart and brain monitoring, endoscopy, biopsies, vision and hearing tests, blood tests, hormone tests, urine tests, and cultures.

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Comprehensive guide to more than 550 laboratory tests and diagnostic tests, including all kinds of Blood Tests, X-Rays, Biopsies, CT and MRI scans, etc. For each test, the reader will find: why it's being done: what happens before, during and after (includes whether to fast, avoid activity, etc.) what both normal and abnormal findings are and what they mean: and, what he/she can do to prevent inaccurate results. Special feature "What You Must Tell Your Doctor", identifies crucial info a person should tell the doctor. Will include a forward by a doctor from a prestigious medical facility.