Woman’s leg pain leads to shocking discovery of dangerously high blood sugar.

The A1C test has long been considered the gold standard for measuring diabetes management success. But now, continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology provides a new measurement option for people ...

New American Red Cross data reveals that 1 in 5 blood donors have elevated A1C levels -- a sign that prediabetes and diabetes are prevalent among adults in generally good health. The findings are ...

Depending on your age and health conditions, you may have had an A1C test. The blood test measures the average amount of sugar in your blood over the past three months. I had the test last spring and, ...

Three academic perspectives offer insights on the persistent misconceptions about artificial intelligence in healthcare.

Our Real Talk with a Doc columnist explains how to push back if your doctor's obsessed with weight loss. And what other health metrics matter more instead.

Taking Jardiance and metformin together is generally considered safe and can be more effective for managing blood sugar than using either medication alone. These medications work differently to lower ...

One of the first things you learn when you start reporting on education is that a community’s income and its school’s educational metrics are inextricably linked. As a neighborhood’s income increases, ...

Since the emergence of COVID-19 in late 2019, the gold standard in testing for the disease has been a nuclear-derived technique: real-time reverse transcription–polymerase chain reaction, or real-time ...

For decades, Neal Barnard, MD has been transforming medicine with food—and using plant-based nutrition to prevent and reverse chronic disease.

Your heart is your home. Like a house, it relies on two essential systems to function properly: an electrical system and a plumbing system. The electrical system controls your heart’s ...