You’re nearing your third trimester and you’ve been told you have to take a test for diabetes at your next appointment. Maybe you’ve seen the posts on the message boards—the desperate ones that say, ...
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 ...
DEAR DR ROACH: I am a 74-year-old Chinese man with controlled hypertension, and I’m currently taking a statin at 10 mg. I am puzzled and confused with my recent tests results. They show that my ...
There are three prominent warning signs of diabetes: excessive thirst, urination, and hunger.
Prediabetes is a condition that develops before the onset of type 2 diabetes. Here's how to know if you're at risk and how to treat it.
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 ...
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 ...
The Sanofi partnership will support clinical validation and regulatory submissions for Revvity’s new assay. Elsewhere, ...
Caring for a baby is a full-time job, often causing new mothers to overlook their own health needs. This situation is exemplified by the low compliance with postpartum glucose screening among women ...
A new report from Bloomberg today details that Apple quietly tested an app this year designed to “help people with prediabetes manage their food intake and make lifestyle changes.” The test comes as ...