At Tohoku University in Japan, a long-running health study has revealed a surprising new clue about life and death. The Ohasama Study, which has tracked local residents for more than four decades, now ...

Checking your blood sugar can feel like a major inconvenience—not to mention, if you’re using a finger-stick test, it can hurt, too. Yet, monitoring your glucose level is key for good diabetes ...

If you haven’t had a recent blood sugar test for diabetes or prediabetes, you’re not alone: Nearly half of U.S. adults haven’t. But doctors warn that skipping the routine screening can have serious ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you’ve ever had your blood sugar tested, chances are you’ve heard your doctor mention your A1C. This simple blood test gives a ...

A decades-long study into key markers in the blood could pave the way for a simple blood test that can detect diabetes years before symptoms appear, researchers say. US scientists identified 235 ...