In this resource, general readers can find information about medical exams, tests, and other screening, diagnostic, and disease-monitoring procedures. First presented are preventive care guidelines and screening and genetic tests, followed by laboratory blood tests, biopsies, bone marrow tests, lumbar puncture, throat cultures, toxicology screens, urinalysis, and imaging tests like x-rays, ultrasound, computed tomography (CT), mammograms, neurological imaging, new techniques, and magnetic resonance (MRI), nuclear, and thermal imaging. Specific tests for conditions and diseases like allergies, cancer, celiac disease, cardiovascular disorders, diabetes, and kidney and thyroid dysfunction are included, and other tests include catheterization, endoscopic, electrical, and home and self-ordered tests, such as those for cholesterol, drugs, ovulation, hepatitis C, HIV, and prothrombin. Information is drawn from publications from the Centers for Disease Control, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, and other medical organizations. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)