Blood pregnancy tests can tell you if you're pregnant 6 to 14 days after conception. You'll need to wait longer before taking ...

Digital tests take the guesswork out of analyzing a pregnancy test, but they are not necessarily more accurate.

Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) on pregnant women to detect the risk of a fetus having rare genetic abnormalities may often be wrong, according to recent reports. These tests, according to ...

During pregnancy, there are a variety of tests performed to keep track of the health of both the mother and the unborn child. Prenatal genetic testing is optional but gives parents-to-be information ...

Our team of maternal-fetal medicine specialists and prenatal genetic counselors have extensive training and experience in prenatal genetic testing. Providers throughout the Mountain West regularly ...

BioReference Laboratories Inc. in Elmwood Park acquired the U.S. Ariosa centralized laboratory prenatal testing business from Roche. The Harmony Prenatal Test, Ariosa’s non-invasive prenatal screening ...

A disturbing report from The New York Times on the unreliability of prenatal blood testing for genetic abnormalities should do more than make us wish that the testing companies were better regulated.

This summer, I asked New York Times readers to send me their medical bills. Some submitted bills for prenatal screenings for as much as $8,000. I learned there was a bigger story: For some screenings, ...

Sickle cell anemia is a rare blood disorder passed down in families. Doctors can test for the trait that causes it before, during, or soon after birth. Sickle cell anemia (SCA) is an inherited blood ...

On Nov. 1, Kate Manriquez, whose first child is due in May, did what many women do a couple months into their pregnancies: She gave a blood sample at her doctor’s office for a genetic test meant to ...