Beta-hCG is a shorthand term for a blood test used to measure hCG levels in early pregnancy. Find out what these levels mean. Many pregnant people and those trying to conceive may have heard the term ...

Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (HCG) is a crucial hormone produced by trophoblastic cells in foetal tissue. This chemical messenger plays a vital role in supporting pregnancy by facilitating the ...

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormone is what enables a full-term pregnancy to protect against breast cancer. Researchers have previously shown in rat models that hCG, when given during a 21-day ...

HCG pregnancy test kits are used to detect pregnancy by measuring human chorionic gonadotrophin (hCG), a type of hormone in the urine of a woman suspecting pregnancy. Once implantation is done, the ...

Quick quiz: does pregnancy cause weight loss or gain? It seems like a dumb question but it’s a test that the promoters of the “hCG diet” seem to have failed. Short for human chorionic gonadotrophin, ...

When a woman presents with symptoms of pain or bleeding in early pregnancy, the main diagnostic possibilities are a currently viable intrauterine pregnancy, a failed (or failing) intrauterine ...

Is the ultra-low-calorie diet with hormone injections safe or sustainable? Feb. 28, 2011— -- With one-third of Americans obese and many more overweight, the nation is desperate for a weight-loss ...

THERE’S no magic trick to losing weight, but people are still looking for a quick fix. This crazy new treatment has been slammed. The latest alarming weight loss trend is the “HCG diet”, which ...

SPRINGDALE, Ark.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NOW Diagnostics Inc. announced today it has received the EC Design Examination Certificate, allowing its ADEXUSDx ® hCG pregnancy test to be sold over-the-counter ...