Pregnancy blood tests are over 99% accurate at detecting hCG, a hormone that rises after conception. False negatives can occur if the test is taken too early, so timing is important. Blood tests can ...

When you’re expecting a baby, you hope nothing goes wrong. But at least one in 20 people who are pregnant develop a scary complication called preeclampsia, a high blood pressure disorder that kills 70 ...

A new blood test can be performed in a pregnant person’s first trimester to help assess their risk of developing preeclampsia, a potentially life-threatening pregnancy complication. It’s the first and ...

Labcorp has begun rolling out a new blood test that aims to predict the risk of a pregnant person developing preeclampsia, with screening results available as early as the first trimester. The test is ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A liquid biopsy of maternal plasma cell-free RNA predicted early- and late-onset preeclampsia. A researcher told ...

What Vanessa Drummond, 27, initially thought was the beginning of a new chapter turned out to be something completely unexpected: a rare condition known as Gestational Trophoblastic Disease (GTD). It ...

Deciding when to take a pregnancy test can be a little anxiety-inducing. You might feel especially stressed or confused if it's your first time testing. Don't worry: Once you get the hang of it, the ...

Early pregnancy diabetes can affect both mother and baby if left unmanaged. Here’s what it means, who is at risk, and how ...