This common blood test indicates whether or not your body has been coping well with sugar over the last few months.

Recent advancements in medical diagnostics have highlighted the potential of simple tests in predicting an individual’s risk for an early death. A straightforward blood sugar test, for instance, can ...

Dear Doctors: I am a 66- year-old woman, and my blood test from a physical exam shows that my blood sugar is getting higher. I am not in prediabetes yet, but I really don't want to get there. In the U ...

A normal blood report does not always mean everything is fine. Hidden markers like hs-CRP, Lipoprotein(a), and HbA1c can reveal early metabolic and cardiovascular risks. Detecting these early allows ...

Beyond the myriad complications that come with diabetes, patients have to additionally put up with regular blood sugar testing – which involves either multiple pin pricks a day to draw blood or ...

Blood draws for several kinds of diagnostic tests require you to fast for several hours. Eating or drinking anything besides water can skew the results, leading to you needing to be retested. You may ...

Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...

For millions of people living with diabetes, a small sting is a part of their daily routine: a finger prick to draw a drop of blood required measure their glucose levels. 1 This painful but necessary ...

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At Tohoku University in Japan, a long-running health study has revealed a surprising new clue about life and death. The Ohasama Study, which has tracked local residents for more than four decades, now ...