Once reserved for people with diabetes, blood sugar monitors are now available over-the-counter. Two doctors explain what ...

THE festive season may be a time for merriment and celebration but from experience, this is also when many diabetic patients end up in the emergency department, says a health specialist.

The same dissociation is commonly encountered in overt diabetes after glucose challenge alone. 14 Cortisone thus appears to induce a "metabolic decompensation" similar in type to that seen in ...

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A 75-gram oral glucose tolerance test is also used. This checks the BG 2 hours after ingesting a sugary drink containing 75 grams of carbs. Glucose challenge test: During a glucose challenge test ...

Your healthcare provider will likely repeat the fasting blood sugar test on two separate occasions to confirm the diagnosis. The OGTT is a glucose challenge test. Fasting blood glucose is usually ...

This is similar to the glucose tolerance test used to diagnose diabetes and ... a forearm vein is used to sample blood 30 minutes after a glucose challenge, but that sampling yields muddled ...

GPs struggle to integrate albuminuria screening for chronic kidney disease due to confusion over prescribing and interpreting ...

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