An A1C test is a blood draw used to diagnose and manage prediabetes and diabetes. Learn more about who needs this test and ...

A doctor orders an A1C test to check whether someone has prediabetes or type 1 or 2 diabetes. Doctors also use this test to monitor blood glucose levels in people with diabetes to check how well ...

Primary care doctors can treat most patients with diabetes, but occasionally, you may want to call in a specialist. Here’s ...

Relatively inexpensive and accessible self-management interventions to help people manage Type 2 diabetes have been found to significantly reduce the blood sugar marker used to diagnose and manage the ...

A recent study shows that wearable technology can support patients with type 2 diabetes in maintaining purposeful exercise ...

The study explores whether Prolia/Xgeva (denosumab), a widely used therapy for osteoporosis and bone tumors, can regenerate ...

According to the American Diabetes Association (ADA), up to 25% of people with an A1C of 5.5% to 6% will develop type 2 diabetes in 5 years, and up to 50% of those with an A1C of 6% to 6.4% will.

If you have diabetes, your A1C levels should be checked at least twice a year. A1C measures sugar that’s attached to hemoglobin in your blood. One type of hemoglobin, hemoglobin A, is the most ...

For patients with inadequately controlled type 2 diabetes receiving dulaglutide, switching to tirzepatide is associated with additional hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) reduction and weight loss compared with ...