A pregnancy test works by detecting a hormone called hCG in your urine. Over time, the chemicals in the test can lose their ...

What should have been one of the most joyous times of Dr. Naseem Khorram’s life turned into one of the most terrifying. The Los Angeles-based nephrologist was getting routine bloodwork during her ...

In what doctors in Los Angeles are calling a "medical miracle," a mother gave birth to a baby boy shortly after discovering ...

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.

False claims about a Plan B morning-after pill being hidden in over-the-counter pregnancy tests are resurfacing on social media. The posts allege that if you split open the contents of a pregnancy ...

A California woman was scheduled to have a large cyst removed but, in the lead-up to the procedure, learned she had a rare ...

A pregnancy test's purpose is to determine whether a woman is pregnant. Typically, the test is discarded after use, not dismantled—as some TikTok users are doing. In a dangerous trend that has swept ...

A dye stealer pregnancy test occurs when the positive line appears darker than the control line. This happens as hormone ...