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

Prenatal tests are helpful, but it's important to understand what they find. A positive test result doesn't always mean your baby will be born with a disorder. You'll want to talk with your doctor ...

Why do some women go through a battery of tests when they fall pregnant and some not? We provide a chart for quick reference.

The Los Angeles-based nephrologist was getting routine bloodwork during her second pregnancy, standard testing to screen for any chromosome abnormalities in the fetus, such as Down syndrome.

Your health insurance usually covers tests that are recommended by a doctor. This can mean that a $268 prenatal blood test may only cost you $70, based on your plan's benefits. For prenatal tests that ...

As an example, CF carrier testing can identify couples who are both carriers. When the CF mutations are identified in the parents, prenatal diagnosis can be performed to determine whether a fetus ...

In 2013, researchers reported an eye-opening case of a healthy pregnant woman with a puzzling prenatal test result. A routine genetic screen using cell-free DNA—a highly accurate blood test ...

Her patient was a pregnant woman who had opted for noninvasive prenatal testing, or NIPT, a screen for Down syndrome and a handful of other conditions that had been on the market for only two years.

The result confirms that noninvasive prenatal testing (NIPT) outperforms second-trimester serum screening (STSS) in accuracy and cost-effectiveness, as NIPT identifies twice as many DS cases as STSS.