Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While experts are sympathetic to the stress false positives can cause, they're urging women to keep going to annual screenings, ...

False-positive mammography results are common, but a large population-based cohort study conducted in Sweden found an elevated incidence of developing and dying of breast cancer up to 20 years after a ...

Women who receive a false-positive mammography have a higher likelihood of developing breast cancer in the following 20 years, according to a new study. Women who had the highest risk were between 60 ...

It was anything but a bundle of joy. A woman was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive form of cancer after experiencing symptoms that led doctors to initially believe she was pregnant. But instead of ...

It was possible -- albeit rare -- for people not infected with SARS-CoV-2 to have persistent false positive rapid antigen COVID-19 tests, longitudinal data showed. Among a large cohort of over 11,000 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." TAKING A COVID-19 TEST is probably your first instinct when you wake up with a fever or sore throat or ...

A case of false-positive alcohol toxicology tests believed to be linked to treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitors raises concern that the widely used diabetes drugs could ...

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 ...