Most people with diabetes should test their blood sugar (or blood glucose) levels regularly. Knowing the results lets you adjust your strategy for keeping the disease in check. Research shows that in ...

Symptoms of hyperglycemia (high blood glucose) can include increased thirst, hunger, urination, and fatigue. Some symptoms are more severe or rare.

DeFronzo, who recently co-authored a paper in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism and helped coin the term, ...

Medicare Part B covers blood sugar test strips as a type of durable medical equipment (DME). After paying the annual Part B deductible, a person will only pay 20% of the cost of the test strips.

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m confused by the relationship between my blood glucose level and A1C. My blood glucose has crept up from 100 to 112 in one year after I started taking 40 mg of atorvastatin. My A1C ...

Normal blood sugar levels are about 70-100 mg/dL. Your blood sugar will naturally fluctuate a bit throughout the day in response to food and other factors. However, it ideally stays within a set range ...

Blood sugar fluctuations are normal, but in people with diabetes, who don't produce enough insulin, blood sugar spikes and ...

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 ...

Novo Nordisk on Tuesday said that a mid-stage trial evaluating Amycretin in people with type 2 diabetes yielded positive ...

Ozempic is an injectable medication used to help manage blood sugar levels and other health risks in people with type 2 diabetes. For most standard bloodwork drug tests, Ozempic is unlikely to show up ...