If a person experiences joint pain and tests positive for an antinuclear antibody (ANA) test, this may suggest the presence of an underlying condition causing joint problems and discomfort. An ANA ...
Several conditions can cause a false-positive syphilis test result. However, healthcare professionals often use two different tests to diagnose a person with syphilis. Syphilis is a sexually ...
New mothers say they had to undergo devastating investigations after hospitals reported their false positive drug tests to child welfare agencies shortly after they gave birth. This report is ...
A single positive HIV viral load test often falsely identified HIV infection in people who were using long-acting cabotegravir (Apretude) for preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), according to results from ...
Doctors may order a cyclic citrullinated peptide (CCP) antibody test and other exams to confirm or rule out a rheumatoid arthritis (RA) diagnosis. A positive CCP antibody test doesn’t necessarily mean ...
Imagine this: a man takes a pregnancy test as a joke or out of curiosity, only to see two pink lines appear. It sounds impossible, even funny, but doctors warn that such a result should never be ...