For a quantitative test, hCG is measured in milli-international units per milliliter (miU/ml). An hCG level above 5 mIU/ml is a positive indicator of pregnancy.

Home pregnancy tests can detect HCG around 12 to 14 days after conception, when you're around 4 weeks pregnant – or about the time your period is due. ­ (The most common way to calculate your ...

Serum hCG Levels A single serum hCG measurement is used by some as a discriminatory level to help with the detection of ectopic pregnancy. The concept was initially developed with respect to ...

"Pregnancy hormone (HCG) is most concentrated in the first morning urine, so that may have the best chance of showing a positive, but obviously take the test whenever in the day you're able to." ...

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center expand on their earlier findings that human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) hormone is what enables a full-term pregnancy to protect against breast cancer. The ...

Previous ectopic pregnancy, gestational age and visible yolk sac were no longer significant. In addition, the number of methotrexate treatment doses was a protective factor in ectopic pregnancy ...

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) is a hormone that primarily functions to maintain pregnancy. However, some researchers have begun investigating whether hCG could help raise low testosterone ...