The test Indians trust most may be the reason everyone is diagnosing and getting treatment for diabetes too late.

Think your HbA1c test is only for diabetics? Expert debunk five common myths about blood sugar, testing frequency, and ...

A patient recently showed me his annual health check-up, blood sugar normal, HbA1c 5.8%, cholesterol "borderline." His doctor ...

Certain hemoglobin variants and conditions have been shown to affect red blood cell lifespan and hence may lead to false HbA1c results. A 63-year-old White woman presents to an endocrine clinic for ...

A Lancet Regional Health study warns that HbA1c, India's most used diabetes test, may misdiagnose or delay detection due to ...

A healthcare professional highlights that when a patient suffers from anaemia, the haemoglobin levels can drop below normal, ...

Women typically develop diabetes mellitus at a later age than men; however, women often have a higher mortality rate than men due to this condition. This has caused researchers to question whether the ...

Unsatisfactory control of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) leads to macro- and microvascular complications, resulting in high morbidity and mortality as well as increased healthcare costs. 1 This case ...

India’s over-reliance on glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) test alone for diagnosing and monitoring type-2 diabetes could result ...