An NHS foundation trust has transitioned from traditional clinic-based oral glucose tolerance testing (OGTT) to a new at-home diabetes testing technology to improve access to gestational diabetes ...

A gestational diabetes test checks blood sugar, or glucose, levels during pregnancy. Before the test, people should avoid consuming food and drinks that are high in sugar and simple carbohydrates, as ...

Available at-home A1C test kits require users to send blood samples from finger pricks to a lab and wait for results. These types of at-home testing methods are thought to be less accurate than ...

What Is C-Peptide? Why It’s Done How It’s Performed What’s Next The C-peptide test is a way of estimating how much of the hormone insulin your body creates. This test can help doctors determine what ...

At-home test kits, also known as at-home medical tests or self-tests, are kits that you can purchase online, at supermarkets, or at your local pharmacy and use to detect or monitor certain diseases ...

Caring for a baby is a full-time job, often causing new mothers to overlook their own health needs. This situation is exemplified by the low compliance with postpartum glucose screening among women ...

This article is part of “Innovations In: Type 1 Diabetes,” an editorially independent special report that was produced with financial support from Vertex. In 2024 Stephen Rich and his colleagues ...

Among adults aged 30 years or older presenting to the emergency department (ED) without a prior diagnosis of type 2 diabetes (T2D), A1c testing combined with the Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) ...