At-home blood tests are great for anyone looking to find out more about their health, but they’re not always as simple as they might seem. Here’s how to prepare and carry out one of the tests.

not by users at home. Pregnancy tests check your urine or blood for human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), a hormone your body releases when a fertilized egg attaches to the lining of your uterus ...

Your at-home pregnancy test confirmed the big news when it found hCG — aka the pregnancy hormone — in your urine. And your doctor might take a closer look at your levels via blood tests to ...

A pregnancy test measures the presence of the hormone human chorionic gonadotropin, or hCG ... If an at-home pregnancy test is positive, "the majority of people don't need a blood pregnancy ...