People who are trying to conceive may wonder if a blood pregnancy test can be wrong. These tests, which are done at a health care provider's office or in a lab, are over 99% accurate. Blood tests ...

A new blood test has potential to identify a hard-to-predict but sometimes deadly pregnancy complication weeks before it would normally be found, leading to early treatment and possibly prevention.

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) is a simple blood test during pregnancy that helps detect rare genetic conditions early, ...

A new blood test is helping doctors predict the risk of preeclampsia earlier in pregnancy. It's a common complication of pregnancy involving high blood pressure. But Dr. Angela Angel, an ...

A new blood test has an 80% accuracy in predicting preterm preeclampsia, according to a new study. The condition, which results in over 70,000 maternal deaths and 500,000 fetal deaths each year ...

Veronica Paulus is a former STAT intern supported by the Harvard University Institute of Politics. A new blood test could predict preeclampsia as early as the first trimester. In a new study, ...

The glucose tolerance test screens for gestational diabetes during pregnancy. Typically, your doctor or medical professional will ask you to have a glucose screening test first. Depending on the ...

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A new blood test is helping doctors predict the risk of preeclampsia earlier in pregnancy. It’s a common complication of pregnancy involving high blood pressure. But Dr. Angela Angel, an ...