A nurse practitioner-led remote patient monitoring program improves glycemic control in uninsured patients with diabetes despite engagement barriers, with the sharpest A1c drop in the first 3 months.

Things changed one day last fall when his wife shared her blood test results. Her once-high triglycerides, a heart disease risk factor, had fallen by 68 percent. Her hemoglobin A1C, a marker of blood ...

The A1C test can also be used to diagnose gestational diabetes in the first trimester.