In patients with diabetes, strict glycemic control lowers the risk of cardiovascular events—which are the main cause of death in this setting 1 —and improves prognosis among those with chronic kidney ...

Cachexia refers to severe muscle and fat loss, anorexia and marked weight loss due to an underlying chronic disease condition leading to lower life expectancy. Quiz on Blood sugar Take this 10 ...

The A1C test can also be used to diagnose gestational diabetes in the first trimester.

Epidemiologic studies have shown a relationship between glycated hemoglobin levels and cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes. We investigated whether intensive therapy to target ...

You can’t turn on the TV without seeing ads for glucose-lowering GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy. A1C numbers are cocktail-party chatter. Helpful? Sure. But almost nobody knows the chemistry ...

The HbA1c assay is the gold-standard measurement of chronic glycemia and measures the amount of glucose that binds to hemoglobin over a period of 3 months. In the abbreviation “HbA1c”, ‘Hb’ refers to ...

In a recent study posted to the medRxiv* preprint server, researchers established the impact of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection on glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) ...

HbA1c, also known as glycated hemoglobin, is produced when glucose in the blood sticks to hemoglobin, a protein within red blood cells required for the transportation of oxygen. As a rule, the more ...

Dupont FO, Gagnon R, Menard J, Auray-Blais C, Ardilouze JL . Evaluation of the glycemic control in neonates: a novel technical approach for measuring fetal glycated hemoglobin. J Perinatol (in press).

BACKGROUND: Telemedicine, the use of telecommunications to deliver health services, expertise and information, is a promising but unproven tool for improving the quality of diabetes care. We ...