Lowering your A1C can significantly reduce your risk of heart disease. You can lower your A1C by eating more fiber and protein, cutting back on refined carbs, and more.

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 ...

What to Do if Your Blood Sugar Is High Causes of High Blood Sugar How to Prevent High Blood Sugar If you have diabetes, keeping your blood sugar (glucose) levels within a healthy range is vital for ...

Millions of U.S. adults are living with undiagnosed prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes. During the month of March, the Red Cross ...

*Another potential reason is the timing of the urine sample. “Perhaps the urine sample was taken some time after a short-lived increase in blood sugar, such as after a large meal, and the sugar was ...

The free test, which shows blood sugar levels and diabetes risk, is available to American Red Cross donors throughout March.

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 ...

Through the end of March, the Red Cross is offering all donors a free A1C test — a screening that measures average blood sugar levels and can detect early signs of pre-diabetes and diabetes.

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 ...

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 ...