How To Lower Your A1C, For People Without Diabetes

A few years ago you may not have known about A1C, but now, it seems to be the buzz of every pharmaceutical commercial on your TV. The A1C test measures your…

Some in-home tests for average blood sugar levels less accurate than traditional method

August 25, 2022

A trio of in-home tests that measure average blood sugar levels in patients with diabetes are not as accurate as in-office screening methods, new research by…

Why Patients with Diabetes are More Prone to Amputations and How Plastic Surgery Intervenes

Approximately 34.2 million Americans have diabetes and approximately 88 million Americans have prediabetes, according to the Centers for Disease Control and…

In All Kinds of Weather

Josh Pickering, a UF senior biochemistry major, and Brandon Burns, a fourth-year medical student in the UF College of Medicine, traveled to Puerto Rico the…

Diabetic supplies for Hurricane Harvey victims gathered by UF Health researcher’s non-profit group

When Hurricane Harvey swamped Southeast Texas, many people lost access to crucial medical supplies. A Gainesville nonprofit group led by a University of…