Most people with diabetes should test their blood sugar (or blood glucose) levels regularly. Knowing the results lets you adjust your strategy for keeping the disease in check. Research shows that in ...

When it comes to maintaining health, it can be helpful to understand an optimal baseline for some matters. Learning a healthy weight range for your height, age, and gender, for instance, can be useful ...

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 ...

Share on Pinterest Some at-home diagnostic testing companies will now send a mobile phlebotomist to your home for a blood draw. Wagner Okasaki/Getty Images While at-home diagnostic testing is not new, ...

You probably don’t have time (or want to) to sit in a waiting room every time you want to check in on your health. That’s where at-home lab testing comes in, an option becoming more popular in recent ...

Brad Reisfeld is a professor of chemical and biological engineering, biomedical engineering, and public health at Colorado State University. Your blood serves numerous roles to maintain your health.

Blood sugar checks are essential for the diagnosis and treatment of every form of diabetes. “Glucose monitoring is critical for preventing short-term and long-term complications of diabetes,” says ...