Millions of Americans have diabetes or prediabetes. Simple screening at urgent care could change their futures.

Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) testing, an indicator of blood sugar levels over the past 3 months, should be used as a screening and diagnostic test for diabetes. Drawbacks in existing methods of diagnosing ...

Current guidelines for gestational diabetes recommend screening for everyone during the 24–28th weeks of pregnancy. Screening can help detect gestational diabetes to prevent complications from the ...

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recommended lowering the age to start screening for prediabetes and Type 2 diabetes among obese or overweight adults by five years, to age 35. "Clinicians ...

Should all adults with diabetes, including those who are asymptomatic, be screened for peripheral vascular disease (PAD)? According to Shihchen Kuo, RPh, PhD, associate research scientist of internal ...

Ellen Francis, PhD, discusses the benefits, challenges, and future implications of implementing earlier diabetes screening for pregnant women. This transcript has been lightly edited for clarity and ...

Millions of diabetes cases may be missed under the current U.S. screening guidelines, especially among Asian Americans, according to a new study. A better way to test for the condition would be to ...

The latest data on universal screening for type 1 diabetes (T1D) is reviewed in a session at this year's Annual Meeting of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) in Hamburg, Germany ...

Researchers have identified a handful of molecules circulating in the bloodstream that can signal a person’s risk of ...

Learn about the ORCHID Study, which focuses on optimising the screening and management of gestational diabetes in rural and ...