Most people with diabetes should test their blood sugar (or blood glucose) levels regularly. Knowing the results lets you adjust your strategy for keeping the disease in check. Research shows that in ...

More than one-third of US adults has prediabetes, a serious condition that can lead to type 2 diabetes. And a whopping 80% of those people don’t even know they have prediabetes, according to the ...

Diabetes is the eight-leading cause of death in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention – and that figure may be underreported. Experts say diabetes symptoms ...

Diabetes is a chronic condition that happens when your blood sugar levels are too high. It develops when your pancreas either does not make any insulin or is not able to use it properly. This leads to ...

During pregnancy, high blood glucose levels mark gestational diabetes. Gestational diabetes blood sugar goals are typically the same as those in people without the condition. After their initial blood ...

More than 11% of Pennsylvania adults have been diagnosed with diabetes. Many more have diabetes or prediabetes but aren’t aware they have it. During Diabetes Awareness Month and as we approach this ...

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 ...

Diabetes is a chronic condition where the body cannot properly regulate blood sugar (glucose) levels. In type 1 diabetes, pancreas produces little or no insulin and in type 2 diabetes, body resists ...