These are four of those tests that doctors and federal recommendations say otherwise healthy patients should not get - and that you probably don't want to get anyway. There are some exams that healthy people simply should not get, tests that research doesn't show to make us any healthier and tests that often involve a decent amount of discomfort. This is not, however, true of every medical test that modern medicine has at its disposal. There are numerous screenings that the federal government recommends happen on a regular basis, ranging from tests for sexually transmitted diseases to ones detecting certain cancers. Medical exams can be important, life-saving events.
