Taking a pregnancy test too early can procure a false negative result. How do you know when it's time to take one?

A pregnant woman took a routine prenatal test at 35, which gave her confusing results. Ultimately, it was the first sign of ...

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 ...

Current guidelines for gestational diabetes recommend screening for everyone during the 24–28th weeks of pregnancy. Screening can help detect gestational diabetes to prevent complications from the ...

The new screening recommendations put an emphasis on ending racial disparities. Doctors and healthcare providers should monitor pregnant patients' blood pressure regularly throughout pregnancy, ...

A multidisciplinary quality improvement initiative may establish a framework to better identify and address iron deficiency ...

Hormone levels in very early pregnancy are lower than later in pregnancy, which can make test line appear faint. For accuracy, follow the test instructions and retest if you’re unsure. When you take a ...

Iron deficiency in early pregnancy may be associated with lower language and motor development scores in children at two ...

By Dr. Liji Thomas, MD By pairing late-pregnancy risk screening with personalised timing of birth, researchers show how term ...

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Relying on testing to guide vaccination recalls an approach the United States tried in the 1980s and early ’90s that still led to thousands of cases of hepatitis B among children every year.