To check your blood sugar levels at home, you can use a glucose meter or a continuous glucose monitor. Here's what you should know about both devices.

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 ...

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 ...

In 2024 Stephen Rich and his colleagues published a study in which they assessed the genetic risk of developing type 1 ...

Medicare covers blood sugar (glucose) test strips for people with diabetes under Part B (medical insurance) if you get them from a Medicare-approved supplier. You may need to meet certain criteria. If ...

Patients increasingly take on their own healthcare amid long waits for doctors’ appointments and a rise in self-care options ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Memphis Mayor Paul Young is launching an initiative to provide at-home Type-1 diabetes screening kits to residents. Mayor Young and his wife, Jamila Smith-Young, are working to ...

Smartphone-powered home testing doubled CKD screening rates and improved diagnosis and follow-up care in patients with diabetes and hypertension. The intervention group showed a significant increase ...

A new study presented at the American Diabetes Association’s 85th Scientific Sessions revealed that smartphone-enabled home testing can improve early detection of chronic kidney disease (CKD), one of ...

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) ...

Before modern blood tests, doctors had to rely on color-changing chemical reactions to diagnose diabetes. In this experiment, ...