Republished with permission of Amy Tenderich of DiabetesMine.com
For at least three consecutive years now at the annual ADA Conference, we keep hearing about a rumored switchover from the A1c as the gold standard average glucose measurement. Instead, we'll get something new and supposedly easier to understand: a new measure that more closely reflects the mg/dL (and international mmol/l) numbers we all get on our home glucose meters. This new test is now dubbed the eAG (estimated average...
The first blood glucose meter made in China for the U.S. debuted at last month’s American Diabetes Association’s 66th Scientific... Read more »
Just before lunch this afternoon I checked out the new FreeStyle Freedom Lite blood glucose monitoring system from Abbott Diabetes Care.... Read more »
Your doctor has just read a research study that tested 10,000 people with type 2 diabetes and found that the new drug Flabaway was very... Read more »
Over the years, I have been fortunate to be active and body conscious, which in the long run has paid off with no diabetes complications.... Read more »
Bright and early Monday morning, I met my new endocrinologist. I was pleasantly surprised to learn that his office was in the same... Read more »
An endocrinologist group has asked the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to increase the standards for glucose monitors. The American Association of... Read more »
(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A recent study sheds new light on the standard hospital practice of glucose control. The study indicates that for critically... Read more »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says that people on dialysis, or who take biologic drugs, could be getting a falsely high reading if they... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Oral glucose tolerance testReferencesAmerican Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes -- 2010. Diabetes Care.... Read more »
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
Home glucose monitoring; Self monitoring of blood glucoseReferencesAmerican Diabetes Association. Standards of medical care in diabetes--2010.... Read more »
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