Insert a test strip into your meter. Prick the side of your fingertip with a small needle called a lancet. Place the edge of the test strip onto the drop of blood. Wait a few seconds. Your blood sugar ...

Non-fasting glucose levels are usually 125 milligrams per deciliter of blood (mg/dL) or lower, but it can depend on when you last ate. A random blood glucose test is used to measure blood glucose ...

A new study finds that very few patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes are able to achieve normal blood glucose levels through weight loss alone. A team led by Andrea Luk of the Chinese University of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Women who developed first-time gestational diabetes and returned to normal blood glucose levels after pregnancy ...

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic disease in which the immune system attacks and destroys insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas, resulting in high blood levels of glucose. A study published January ...

Among all participants, those with blood glucose levels below 162 mg/dL one hour post-glucose load (shown in blue) had a higher survival rate. It is well known that preventing the onset of diabetes ...

In diabetes, tiny clusters of insulin-producing "beta cells" in the pancreas don't produce enough of the hormone to keep people healthy, and their blood glucose levels climb. Perhaps unsurprisingly, ...

Men and women with prediabetes, undiagnosed diabetes, and, notably, diagnosed diabetes were at higher risk of incident cardiovascular disease (CVD), whereas those with low-normal A1c were at lower ...