New guidelines from the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) address laboratory measures in the diagnosis and management of diabetes. The document, ...

Type 1 diabetes is a chronic autoimmune condition in which the pancreas produces little to no insulin. “Both adult and childhood-onset type 1 diabetes are due to autoimmune destruction of cells in the ...

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Available at-home A1C test kits require users to send blood samples from finger pricks to a lab and wait for results. These types of at-home testing methods are thought to be less accurate than ...

In this interview, Instron's Landon Goldfarb discusses the importance of mechanical testing for medical devices used in diabetes care and treatment. How has the treatment of diabetes changed over the ...

Medicare Part B covers blood sugar test strips as a type of durable medical equipment (DME). After paying the annual Part B deductible, a person will only pay 20% of the cost of the test strips.