What are at-home gender test kits? If you're eager to find out whether you're having a baby boy or a girl, you don't have to wait for your healthcare provider to do the test – there are at-home gender ...

Of course, you may also be itching for information much earlier in your pregnancy, which is why the "ring gender test" — a superstitious method that has been passed down from generation to generation ...

In 2017, Dr. Barbi Phelps-Sandall, an obstetrician who has been practicing in the San Francisco Bay area for more than two decades, had just learned about a new blood test only available at select ...

She found it was easy to register her tests as the directions were straightforward. Snyder also warns that some at-home tests may require a big blood sample ... took about a week to arrive ...

In this article, we use “male and female” to refer to someone’s sex as determined by their chromosomes, and “men and women” when referring to their gender (unless quoting from sources ...

More than 600,000 people in the US will have their first stroke this year. The American Stroke Association wants to arm ...

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A creatinine clearance test measures GFR by examining creatinine levels in your urine over 24 hours. Lower results in your age range might indicate poorly functioning kidneys or decreased blood ...

Known as the "silent killer", high blood pressure has become a serious epidemic. Take this test to find whether you are at risk. Read each question carefully and answer as truthfully as possible.

With heart attacks, every second counts. A new blood test diagnoses them in minutes rather than hours and could be adapted as a tool for first responders and people at home. "Heart attacks require ...