Monitoring your A1C is essential for both preventing and managing type 2 diabetes. Why? Regular testing can help detect elevated blood sugar levels and assess the effectiveness of your current ...

Hemoglobin A1c is a test used to measure your average blood sugar levels over the past 3 months. It can be a useful tool for managing diabetes and can be used to make adjustments to your treatment ...

During a joint symposium on Saturday, held as part of the 80th American Diabetes Association Scientific Sessions and hosted by JDRF President and CEO Aaron Kowalski, PhD, experts debated the merits ...

With positive lifestyle changes, however, it is possible to reverse the progression of diabetes and to move back into the normal blood sugar range. There are no drugs approved for the treatment of ...

Using the hemoglobin A1c blood test to diagnose diabetes tends to underestimate the prevalence of the disease, according to a new study. Using the hemoglobin A1c blood test to diagnose diabetes tends ...

For patients with diabetes who have had a stroke, glycated hemoglobin (A1c) level at the time of admission to the hospital was significantly associated with the risk for future vascular events in a ...

Those of us living with diabetes are encouraged to get our blood drawn every 3 months or so, either at a clinician’s office or a medical lab, to get our all-important A1C test, that indicates how ...

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