Lindsay Modglin is a nurse and professional writer who regularly writes about complex medical topics, as well as travel and the great outdoors. She holds a professional certificate in scientific ...

How closely should you be tracking your blood-sugar levels? People with diabetes have long used devices to monitor their glucose fluctuations. In the past few years, a broader group of people have ...

A normal fasting blood sugar level for someone between the ages of 50 and 60 is between 70 and 99 mg/dL. Blood sugar (glucose) targets for older people with diabetes tend to be different than for ...

Type 2 diabetes is a condition where the body struggles to manage blood sugar, and monitoring levels is key to staying ...

If you've ever paid attention to food labels, you've likely noticed that many ingredients, such as high fructose corn syrup, end with the suffix "ose." This is because this suffix is one way ...

Many older adults with diabetes can credit their old age to the work they put in to keep their blood sugar within what they believe to be a healthy range. But what if those efforts are actually making ...

Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus on health technology, eye care, nutrition and finding new approaches to chronic health problems. Expertise Public health, new wellness ...