For people living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), keeping blood sugar levels in check is a constant challenge. A new clinical trial at UVA is aiming to simplify diabetes management by testing an ...

For athletes with diabetes, continuous glucose monitors are game-changers, helping them avoid dangerous blood sugar crashes ...

Some experts claim that reducing fluctuations throughout the day can help protect against heart disease, even for people who ...

Health-related technologies have evolved significantly in the modern world, offering people innovative tools to manage their ...

When testing one's blood sugar levels at home, some use a blood sugar meter to prick their finger so that a drop of blood can be tested by the medical device. Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGM ...

Although blood sugar testing is mostly done by pricking a finger and getting the results on a dedicated handheld device, Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) have been growing steadily. Indeed ...

Testing your blood sugar is easy, even if you haven't done it before. You'll need the following things-- the test strips and the meter, lancing device and the lancet, bandages, alcohol swabs ...

Reviewed by Dietitian Emily Lachtrupp, M.S., RD Checking your blood sugar can feel like a major inconvenience—not to mention, ...

Monitoring of the body’s blood sugar is essential to the treatment of diabetes. But getting effective glucose readings has ...

Testing your blood sugar gives you important information about how well your type 2 diabetes management and treatment plan is working. It lets you see how factors such as food, exercise ...

For people living with Type 1 Diabetes (T1D), keeping blood sugar levels in check is a constant challenge. A new clinical trial at UVA is aiming to ...

And the way the hemoglobin A1C test works is it measures the amount of the sugar that's attached to the protein in red blood cells, hemoglobin. And this measures really on average how is your ...