Quest and Labcorp may be archrivals in the diagnostic testing market, but they appear to agree on at least one thing: the ...

Backers claim the tests can predict a child’s risk of autism using a strand of hair or a mother’s blood, but critics say they are not ready for the market.

The Cash Price Laboratory service is set to launch on Jan. 14. UNC Health Southeastern Main Laboratory hours are Monday ...

When you’re expecting a baby, keeping an eye on your health becomes even more important. One key step many people take is the ...

“We record an amazing number of signals when we study sleep,” co-senior researcher Dr. Emmanuel Mignot, a professor of sleep ...

The Northern Irish government will cover laboratory costs for bluetongue pre-movement testing, easing financial pressure on ...

At last year’s CES, Eli Health announced the Hormometer — an at-home hormone test for cortisol that utilized saliva and a ...

Margaret Crane, inventor of America’s first home pregnancy test, in 1965. Credit: Anna Kaufman In 1965 Margaret Crane was a young designer creating packaging for a pharmaceutical company. Looking at ...

Wendy Wisner is a journalist and international board certified lactation consultant (IBCLC). She has written about all things pregnancy, maternal/child health ...

Thanks to genetic science, gene editing, and techniques like cloning, it’s now possible to move DNA through time, studying ...

A routine medical checkup for a Trenton toddler uncovered dangerous lead levels. A mother struggled to navigate home ...

It has also become a big driver in the number of older single mothers in the U.S. at a time when the country's overall birth ...