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 ...

DEAR DR ROACH: I am a 74-year-old Chinese man with controlled hypertension, and I’m currently taking a statin at 10 mg. I am puzzled and confused with my recent tests results. They show that my ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I’m confused by the relationship between my blood glucose level and A1C. My blood glucose has crept up from 100 to 112 in one year after I started taking 40 mg of atorvastatin. My A1C ...

Diabetes is a risk factor for cognitive decline. In a study of the University of Turku and Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, the researchers observed that already a higher two-hour glucose ...

Women meeting Carpenter-Coustan (CC) criteria for untreated gestational glucose intolerance show β-cell impairment at 12 months postpartum.

An elevated blood glucose level one hour after the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) signals a critical metabolic state—even before prediabetes. Affected individuals respond particularly well to ...

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 ...

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Dear Dr. Roach: I’m confused by the relationship between my blood glucose level and A1C. My blood glucose has crept up from 100 to 112 in one year after I started taking 40 mg of atorvastatin. My A1C ...