A continuous glucose monitor is a better option than pricking your finger daily. These wearable devices are stuck to your arm and connect to an app on your smartphone or Apple Watch to easily test ...

There is limited research on the clinical benefit of continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) in healthy individuals, but anecdotal ...

Smartwatches and rings that claim to measure blood sugar levels for medical purposes without piercing the skin could be dangerous and should be avoided, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned ...

People with type 1 diabetes achieved significantly better long-term blood glucose when their levels were monitored by health ...

Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

A quarter-size device that tracks the rise and fall of sugar in your blood is the latest source of hope — and hype — in the growing buzz around wearable health technology. Continuous glucose monitors, ...

A new technology recently reported in Nature Metabolism utilizes signal localization to improve the accuracy of non-invasive glucose measurement (NIGM). Study: Non-invasive measurements of blood ...

This diabetes technology offers a continuous stream of data to show a more complete picture of your blood sugars over time. This is different from a fingerstick meter that only represents that moment.

I have rarely, if ever, thought about my blood sugar. I think about sugar on occasion — the dentist demands it, and I get a headache when I eat an entire bag of Haribo dinosaur gummies. But a new ...

Continuous glucose monitors are essential for people with diabetes. For everyone else, it’s more complicated. By Dana G. Smith The reporter tested a C.G.M. for a week while working on this article. A ...

One day in September, I stood in front of my open refrigerator, ravenous but unable to figure out what I should eat. I was worried that whatever I chose to eat would cause the new app on my phone to ...

Type 1 diabetes is caused by an insufficient production of the hormone insulin by cells in the pancreas called beta cells and ...