The identification of patients at highest risk for cardiovascular disease is important to all physicians. Nephrology practices, in general, are replete with patients who have glucose intolerance and ...

The diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in clinical practice has been mainly based on the measurement of glucose levels in blood. Growing evidence, including results from a new large-scale population study ...

Green tea is believed to have several beneficial effects on health including antioxidant activity and an ability to reduce blood cholesterol. Findings from a new study suggest green tea also has ...

The comparative effectiveness of glucose-lowering medications for use with metformin to maintain target glycated hemoglobin levels in persons with type 2 diabetes is uncertain. In this trial involving ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers established the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ...

Diabetes represents a serious global epidemic. Diabetes causes its own direct adverse effects but also predisposes patients to the development of both cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic kidney ...

People who naturally stay up late may be more prone to obesity and poorer metabolic health in part because they consume more ...

About The Study: The findings of this study suggest that for older adults with diabetes, maintaining hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) stability in individualized target ranges over time is associated with a ...

The HbA1c assay is the gold-standard measurement of chronic glycemia and measures the amount of glucose that binds to hemoglobin over a period of 3 months. In the abbreviation “HbA1c”, ‘Hb’ refers to ...

The A1C test measures your average blood sugar levels over two to three months. If you are 35 or older, you should get screened for diabetes every three years. The A1C test can also be used to ...