In the latest issue of the online magazine we look at the numbers in the lives of people with diabetes — some of them can help you gain better control of you diabetes. From blood test results to your BMI, our guide read more »

Meagan Esler in her blog for Diabetes Health has been considering how it feels to share her HbA1c results (they call it the A1C in the US), where she says, “Some people are perfectly happy divulging their three-month blood sugar average, known read more »

Menarini Diagnostics has launched a compact system for HbA1c testing at point of care in the diabetes clinic and doctors surgery. The New Clover A1c enables Health Care Professionals to make on-the-spot decisions such as changes in insulin therapy and diet, and read more »

A study has been undertaken whereby HbA1c changes over more than 3 years were evaluated in type 1 diabetic patients who were younger than 18 years and correlated with measures of weather conditions (ambient temperature, hours of sunshine and solar irradiance). The conclusion was read more »

HbA1c results are currently given as a percentage. However, the way in which HbA1c results are reported in the UK is changing. From 31 May 2011, HbA1c will be given in millimoles per mol (mmol/mol) instead of as a percentage (%). To help read more »

A Task and Finish group is being chaired by Professor Marshall of Newcastle University to educate diabetics and health-care professionals about the adoption of the International Federation of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine (IFCC) standard of measuring HbA1c. From April 2009 all HbA1c read more »