The blood sugar level of diabetic patients keeps increasing and decreasing. This is why doctors advise these patients to ...

The finger prick gives a drop of blood that goes into a machine to provide a blood sugar reading. Dr. Michael Natter, an endocrinologist at NYU Langone Health and a diabetic, compared finger ...

Intensive management of diabetes pays fewer dividends as patients age and raises the chances of hypoglycemia. But many people ...

Glucose levels can fluctuate daily and spike for various reasons, not just following a carb-heavy meal. Inadequate hydration, ...

The different types of diabetes—prediabetes, type 1, type 2, type 1.5—have different courses of treatment and management. But ...

Testing your blood sugar is easy, even if you haven't done it before. You'll need the following things-- the test strips and the meter, lancing device and the lancet, bandages, alcohol swabs ...

Continuous glucose monitors can help manage blood sugar levels. Newer machines called continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) can help make this process easier. They let you keep track of your blood ...

Thirty-seven million Americans have Type 2 diabetes, and another 97 million are at risk. High blood sugar is an early warning sign to watch for. Thankfully, small and sustainable lifestyle changes ...

Originally designed to help people living with diabetes manage their blood sugar, these devices are now being used by the health-conscious to track how different foods affect their glucose levels.