You can help keep your blood sugar levels steady with lifestyle habits like eating a balanced breakfast, getting better sleep, and being active throughout the day.

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This population-based study used plasma pTau217 to estimate how common Alzheimer’s disease neuropathological changes are across age and cognitive status in a Norwegian community cohort. Prevalence ...

Since Froedtert Hospital adopted the test, the mortality rate for sepsis patients has decreased by 42% and hospital length of ...

A young woman treated for suspected methaemoglobinaemia instead experiences worsening haemolysis that reveals a previously ...

A simple blood sugar test one hour after drinking a glucose solution may help doctors spot early signs of type 2 ...

If you’re a huge fan of energy drinks, you might want to listen up: a case study out today shows the perils of drinking too many of these caffeine-rich beverages. An otherwise healthy 50-year-old man ...

At her first prenatal appointment for her first pregnancy, Shana Westlake of Beacon, New York, remembers entering her OB-GYN's office full of anxiety. "They took my blood pressure, and it was ...

The man’s unchecked bleeding was a mystery for years before a scan revealed the cause.

Dear Dr. Roach: I have low thyroid levels. My blood tests say that the levels are OK, but I still have all the symptoms. I received biological hormones, which helped a lot, but yams bind to the ...

Medically reviewed by Kelly Wood, MDKey TakeawaysThyroid blood tests help figure out how well your thyroid gland is working.TSH helps the thyroid gland know when to make more thyroid hormones. Free T4 ...