To check your blood sugar levels at home, you can use a glucose meter or a continuous glucose monitor. Here's what you should know about both devices.

If you have diabetes or may be at risk, it's important to make sure your blood sugar levels are healthy and normal. Here's ...

Some information about our bodies can only be discovered through blood tests. Tests that are performed at home often need a finger prick to draw blood. People who have diabetes and don’t have a ...

If you have diabetes, checking your blood glucose level is probably a big part of your health care routine. After all, keeping your blood glucose levels in your target range is an important step in ...

More than one-third of US adults has prediabetes, a serious condition that can lead to type 2 diabetes. And a whopping 80% of those people don’t even know they have prediabetes, according to the ...

The prevalence of diabetes is escalating globally, often described as an epidemic. This condition arises when the body either ...

A gestational diabetes test checks blood sugar, or glucose, levels during pregnancy. Before the test, people should avoid consuming food and drinks that are high in sugar and simple carbohydrates, as ...

During November, the American Red Cross is partnering with National Diabetes Month to offer free hemoglobin A1C testing to ...

Continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) are wearable technologies that track blood sugar in real time and help patients with type ...

Medicare covers blood sugar (glucose) test strips for people with diabetes under Part B (medical insurance) if you get them from a Medicare-approved supplier. You may need to meet certain criteria. If ...