Lindsay Modglin is a nurse and professional writer who regularly writes about complex medical topics, as well as travel and the great outdoors. She holds a professional certificate in scientific ...

Q: 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 level is 5.1 ...

Many people are confused by normal fasting sugar readings alongside higher HbA1c lab results. This mismatch highlights hidden blood sugar rises after meals. Experts now consider HbA1c a stronger ...

For most healthy women, optimal fasting insulin levels should be less than 25 mIU/L (milli-international units per liter), ...

Dr. Omar Al-Heeti is an assistant professor of medicine at Southern Illinois University and practices internal medicine with a specialty in infectious diseases. He received his medical degree from the ...

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While such fluctuations can be unsettling, they are not uncommon in diabetes and warrant careful interpretation rather than ...