Blood Sugar

Samsung Galaxy Watch 4, Watch Active 4 might not support blood sugar reading feature: Report

Samsung Galaxy Watch Active 4 and the Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 are likely to be available in both Bluetooth only and cellular (LTE) variants.

Upcoming Apple Watch models may let you monitor blood glucose, alcohol, blood pressure levels

Apple is reportedly one of the major clients for the UK health tech firm Rockley Photonics, which focuses on tracking blood glucose levels.

Sucrose drinks instead of glucose ones may negatively affect hunger-regulating hormones in young adults

Due to the flak high-fructose corn syrup receives, many soft drinks, sports drinks, fruit juices, candies and cereals now contain sucrose instead and therefore its consumption has increased in recent years

COVID-19 patients with high blood sugar at higher risk of death even if they don’t have diabetes, study suggests

Researchers have found that the cumulative probability of mortality was significantly higher in patients with hyperglycemia - whether they had diabetes or not - as compared to those with normal blood sugar levels

Blood sugar control may help diabetes patients boost brain health, new study reveals

The researchers found that the group which focused on weight loss had mixed results in their cognitive scores, indicating that if you have diabetes, weight loss alone is not going to improve either brain health or overall health status.

Human body can cope with occasional over eating but continuous binging will have serious health effects

As little as 24 hours of overeating can have some negative consequences for our health, including elevated blood sugar concentrations.

Diabetic, pre-diabetic patients and those with high fasting blood sugar at higher risk of fatality due to COVID-19

The levels of ACE-2 increase in a diabetic person (a condition with high blood glucose levels) which allows the virus to attack the organs of the diabetic person in a more disastrous way.

What is brittle diabetes and how can it affect your organs

Brittle diabetes, also known as labile diabetes, is marked by frequent spikes and drops in blood sugar levels.

Blood sugar control drug could help prevent or slow kidney disease: Study

Researchers estimated that there could be 47 fewer cases for every 1,000 people taking the drug for 2.5 years.

Apple patents hint at devices that can smell toxic gases and measure blood sugar levels

Could these patents find their way on the next generation Apple Watch?