Health News from Medical News Today: HbA1C Test For Glucose Monitoring Poorly Predictive In Dialysis Patients

Health News from Medical News Today Latest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day. HbA1C Test For Glucose Monitoring Poorly Predictive In Dialysis Patients 31 May 2011, 6:00 pm The gold standard long-term glucose monitoring test for patients with diabetes proved to be of limited value in dialysis patients, according to a new study at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. The study appears online in the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology and is scheduled for the July print issue. Blood sugar monitoring is a vital part of diabetes management. Patients and physicians rely on the hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) test to measure an individual's average blood sugar level over the prior three months... You are receiving this email because you subscribed to this feed at blogtrottr.com. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you can unsubscribe from this feed.