Should patients with type 2 diabetes test their blood glucose (BG) levels?
The American Diabetes Association recommends BG testing for all patients. But British researchers Andrew Farmer and colleagues announced at the June meeting of the American Diabetes Association that BG monitoring in type 2s resulted in no change in hemoglobin A1c results and suggested that the costs would be better spent “supporting other health-related behaviors.”
The announcement set off a feeding frenzy of...
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Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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