Our Real Talk with a Doc columnist explains how to push back if your doctor's obsessed with weight loss. And what other health metrics matter more instead.

Market turbulence over the past year has seen investors looking to diversify and shore up their portfolios with safe haven assets like gold. Typically, the U.S. dollar, the Japanese yen and the Swiss ...

A study found that people with a predisposition to having higher blood sugar levels after eating had a higher relative risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease. The reason for this is still being ...

Type 2 diabetes becomes more dangerous to the heart the longer a person has it. Researchers found that after several years, red blood cells can begin interfering with healthy blood vessel function.

Spikes in blood sugar after eating may be more dangerous for the brain than previously thought. In a massive genetic study, people with higher post-meal blood sugar had a much greater risk of ...

As parts of efforts to guarantee safe, adequate and sustainable blood supply in the Centre of Excellence, the Lagos State Blood Transfusion Service (LSBTS) yesterday took its voluntary blood donation ...

When you treat your patient with diabetes, they may share incidents where they experience unexpected and sudden changes in their blood sugar levels. This can be scary for patients, and helping them ...

Apple Watch blood sugar monitoring is something the company reportedly wanted to do right from the start. A report back in 2023 said that the very first Apple Watch was initially intended to launch ...

The wearables industry has solved the relatively easy stuff: step counting, sleep tracking, fitness coaching. It has also solved more complex things like detecting atrial fibrillation and sleep apnea.

Keeping your blood sugar levels balanced and avoiding big spikes has a number of health benefits. When we eat food, our bodies break it down into glucose, which enters the bloodstream. The more you ...