Before preparing for my interview with Dr. Mehmet Oz, host of the Emmy-award winning The Dr. Oz Show, I must admit I had never heard of the HCG diet and couldn't quite wrap my head around. Think about ...

A positive test for the presence of human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) before menopause is an indication of pregnancy. 1 A positive hCG test in menopausal women poses a diagnostic challenge, despite ...

Is the hCG diet a safe, healthy and effective way to drop pounds? Or is it a gimmicky, unhealthy and even unsafe regimen that doesn’t help its followers achieve long-term weight loss? Many experts ...

The developing placenta secretes the glycoprotein hormone hCG, human chorionic gonadotropin, soon after fertilization. In normal pregnancy, this hormone can be detected in serum in just seven days ...

If you thought those HCG diet ads sounded too good to be true, the Food and Drug Administration agrees with you. Today, the FDA and Federal Trade Commission went after a bunch of companies that sell ...

FitnessEdge.net, a website that specializes in providing information about accessing the HCG diet in a range of US cities, announces it's launch. HCG is a medical acronym for the hormone Human ...

HCG, the hormone at issue in the suspension of Dodgers left-fielder Manny Ramirez, is produced naturally in the bodies of pregnant women. It helps the unborn child develop. A synthetic form of human ...

To evaluate the role of hGH, plasma testosterone (T) and dihydrotestosterone (DHT) were measured before and 72h after an IM injection of hCG (1500 I.U./m 2) in seven prepubertal GH-deficient children ...

Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN) after a hydatidiform mole is either treated with single- or multi-agent chemotherapy determined by a multifactorial scoring system. Women with human chorionic ...