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Every diabetic knows that one of the major burdens of the disease is managing supplies. From insulin to alcohol wipes, diabetes is a resource-intensive disease, and running out of anything has the ...

How often should you check your blood sugar? The answer depends on the type of diabetes you have, your blood glucose level targets, and more practical matters, such as whether you can afford or have ...

If you have a family history of elevated blood sugars, your doctor may want to run a diabetes test or two to track your potential for developing types of diabetes. If you’re wondering what blood tests ...

Checking your blood sugar can feel like a major inconvenience—not to mention, if you’re using a finger-stick test, it can hurt, too. Yet, monitoring your glucose level is key for good diabetes ...

One of the most widely used tools for diagnosing and monitoring diabetes is the glycated haemoglobin test, commonly known as HbA1c. This test measures the percentage of haemoglobin in the blood that ...

When screening pregnant women for gestational diabetes, casual blood glucose testing misses 70% of the cases. This Kobe University study should encourage obstetricians to depend on more reliable tests ...

Experts warn that relying solely on HbA1c for diagnosing type-2 diabetes in India may lead to misleading results.

A Lancet Regional Health study warns that HbA1c, India's most used diabetes test, may misdiagnose or delay detection due to ...

Pregnancy can be a roller coaster of screenings, tests, and health check-ups to ensure you and the baby are happy and healthy. One of these routine prenatal checks is the pregnancy glucose test, which ...

Samuel Virtue receives funding from the British Heart Foundation, Medical Research Council and The Wellcome Trust. The glucose tolerance test is the standard method for detecting diabetes. But our new ...