C. Ronald Kahn, M.D. President and Director, Joslin Diabetes Center What is the A1c blood test? The hemoglobin A1C test is a measure of what we call long term glucose control. The way this works ...

Apple has been testing a health-focused app that's aimed at diabetes prevention, reports Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The app isn't ...

The Apple Watch is already chock-full ... Just the news of an Apple-driven way to measure blood sugar levels caused the market value of two of the biggest glucose monitor manufacturers to fall.

With no cure currently available for either type 1 or type 2 diabetes, patients need to regularly monitor their blood glucose levels (BGLs) to manage the disease. While traditional BGL-measuring ...

Diabetics must regularly monitor their glucose to regulate their blood sugar levels at any given time. Those without the chronic condition don't have to watch it as closely, but that doesn't mean ...

For people with diabetes, staying healthy requires more than just blood sugar control. Careful diet choices, especially ...

The consequences of using the unapproved devices could be serious, as erroneous blood glucose measurements could lead people with diabetes to ... apnoea to the Apple Watch, coinciding with the ...

New research presents a solution to a fundamental challenge: ensuring accurate glucose readings from wearable devices. Read more.

Blurry vision or vision changes According to the CDC, blurry vision associated with diabetes is caused when high blood sugar damages blood vessels in the retina. When blood vessels are damaged, they ...

Type 2 diabetes can easily go undetected if blood sugar levels are not properly managed. It can quietly disrupt sufferers lives with tiredness and frequent urination which are often seen as ...

Prediabetes is a condition that occurs when blood sugar level is higher than normal and can develop to type 2 diabetes. Prediabetes can be reversed through proper diet and exercise whereas there ...