D iet should be considered an important part of a patient's treatment along with medication, surgery, and other options, several experts said Wednesday at a "Food Is Medicine" meeting sponsored by ...

Understanding what counts as normal, high, or low blood sugar is important as it explains how glucose works in the body, typical target ranges for children and adults, and why monitoring is essential.

Accurate use of a glucometer is vital for effective diabetes management. Many factors can affect readings, including unwashed ...

Insert a test strip into your meter. Prick the side of your fingertip with a small needle called a lancet. Place the edge of the test strip onto the drop of blood. Wait a few seconds. Your blood sugar ...

Blood glucose is not a fixed number. Understanding when to test could help make every reading more relevant and more useful in your daily life.

Your glucometer guides daily choices, but are the readings reliable? Learn what affects accuracy and how to ensure consistent results.

Actress Kristen Bell reportedly uses a simple yet effective approach to biohacking. In an interview with E! News correspondent Zuri Hall on the Emmys 2025 red carpet, Bell’s "Nobody Wants This" ...

The kids are alright — on GLP-1s, that is. A new study found that the blockbuster treatment Mounjaro can dramatically lower blood sugar and body weight in children as young as 10 with Type 2 diabetes.

In a Reddit post, the woman writes that her husband's mom even "gets alerts on her phone about his blood sugar" Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for ...

Home blood sugar testing has become efficient and nearly painless with the use of modern devices. Regular monitoring, guided ...

This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hi. I’m Art Caplan. I'm at the Division of Medical Ethics at NYU Grossman School of Medicine in New York City. The FDA recently cleared, for the first time ...

Imagine checking for colon cancer with nothing more invasive than a routine blood draw -- no bowel prep, no sedation and no awkward stool kit to mail. A new blood test called SHIELD is now available ...