Diabetes, a silent killer, is the leading cause of many serious health complications. This chronic medical condition is characterized by increased levels of sugar in the blood caused by the inability of body to produce or use insulin. The most frequent types of diabetes or diabetes mellitus are type 1diabetes, type 2 diabetes, and gestational [...]

Diabetes or diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder characterized by high glucose or sugar levels in blood. Our liver gives out glucose in to blood by synthesizing the carbohydrates we consume. The pancreas, an organ between liver and stomach, produce hormone insulin that regulates blood glucose level by breaking down glucose and supplying it to [...]

Portable blood glucose meters gave readings averaging as much as 16 percent in error in a study of 102 women with gestational diabetes conducted by Australian researcher Dr. Nimalie Perera, of the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Sydney. The study appeared in January 2011 in the journal Diabetes Care. Perera compared test results from six [...]