Have you ever looked at your health checkup results and been told that your HbA1c is high?However, the fasting blood glucose measured on the same day was within the normal range. If your blood glucose ...

Blood sugar tests measure the amount of glucose in your blood and help detect prediabetes, diabetes, and blood sugar abnormalities early. The most common tests include the HbA1c test, Fasting Blood ...

Looking at your health checkup results,"My blood sugar was normal, but my cholesterol was high."Have you ever had that ...

A 35-year-old school teacher recently walked into my clinic with a question that many people with diabetes, or at risk of diabetes, may find familiar. A few weeks earlier, she had undergone a routine ...

Insulin resistance can develop silently for years, even when blood sugar levels appear normal. An endocrinologist explains ...

An HbA1c reading of 6.4% may fall just below the diabetes threshold, but calling it “almost normal” can be misleading. Neurologist Dr Sudhir Kumar says the reading is at the very upper end of the ...

A blood test can tell a person with diabetes that their blood sugar has been under control for the past three months. The ...

For adults with stage 4-5 CKD, an HbA1c range of 6.7% to 7.1% may be optimal for reducing macrovascular and microvascular complications. In advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD) and diabetes (type 1 ...