MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'hemoglobin a1c'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:36:54 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2774847&cid=t_107952_134_f&fid=34841&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.diabetesmine.com%2F2009%2F09%2Fhome-a1c-testing-vs-the-lab.html So it was time again for my A1C and other blood tests last week. Over-time, in fact.  You know how I hate going in to the lab when I have to be fasting for lipid tests and can’t even have a latte on the way over in the morning. Ugh! And who ever said diabetics [...] (Source: Diabetes Mine) Diabetes Mine blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2774847 Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:00:35 +0100 2774847 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1423300&cid=t_107952_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F05%2Fmandatory-registries-for-diabetes.html In 2005, I wrote about the blatant invasion of privacy of with patients with diabetes' health records happening in New York City. Yours truly represented (see p. 49) the interests of people with diabetes at the 2005 public hearing on what was then a proposed registry, and I have remained outspoken on this issue. But thanks to a complete lack of representation from the representatives at the American Diabetes Association, and the American Civil Liberties Union who were handling the case until internal turmoil at the ACLU New York chapter resulted in a resignation of the woman handling the case, there has been little challenge or even media attention about the issue. Even fellow New Yorkers, never a group that keeps their opinions to themselves, expressed an inexplicable non-interest in the ... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1423300 Tue, 06 May 2008 02:00:00 +0100 1423300 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=696854&cid=t_107952_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F06%2F26%2FDiabetes-control-has-improved-dramatically-in-U.S.%2F Filed under: Type 1, Type 2, Childhood, Adult Onset, Research, ExerciseMy dad keeps track of his daily blood sugars and corresponding insulin usage on a spreadsheet. When he visits his doctor, he brings it along -- a self-generated report card of his blood glucose control. He has always been organized, down to the tools in the garage. In 2001, only one-third of Americans with diabetes had their disease well-controlled. This was based on lab tests of 4 million type 1 and type 2 diabetics. Poor control silently damages blood vessels, which results in a host of problems such as limb loss, blindness and heart disease. But diabetes management is improving. Quest Diagnostics Incorporated analyzed 22.7 million hemoglobin A1C lab tests of diabetics between 2001 and 2006. The A1C reveals whether a... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=696854 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 04:00:00 +0100 696854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=676325&cid=t_107952_134_f&fid=35152&url=http%3A%2F%2Fsstrumello.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F06%2Fe-medical-records-dont-guarantee.html If you listen to the software industry or some politicians (including my own Senator, Hillary Rodham Clinton), the implementation of electronic medical records will remove vast amounts of waste that now sits on paper charts that are in many family doctors' filing cabinets nationwide. The claim is that those making these records electronic will miraculously enable any doctor, anywhere nationwide, to have access to a patient's full records, thus reducing errors. But the reality isn't quite as rosy as proponents would have you believe. For one thing, pushing doctors to adopt computerized medical records does nothing to guarantee this information will actually be used in treating patients, although it does eliminate medical billing and coding that adds to the time necessary to pay a claim. But... Scott's Web Log blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=676325 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:21:00 +0100 676325 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=644731&cid=t_107952_117_f&fid=34612&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thedoctorweighsin.com%2Fjournal%2F2007%2F5%2F27%2Fsage-a-needle-free-fast-free-diabetes-screening-test.html Given the drawbacks of the current commonly used diabetes screening methodology – fasting blood glucose – and the fact that more than 20 million people are thought to have undiagnosed diabetes in the US alone, an easier and more convenient screening test would be a very welcome addition to the diabetes testing armamentarium. Fasting Plasma Glucose The limitations of using fasting plasma glucose (FPG) as a screening test for diabetes include the following factors:You have to fast overnight before having the test – that means you have to get yourself to a clinic or laboratory in the morning before going to work. Hmmm. Not such an easy thing to do when you have to get the kids to school and yourself to work. So, if you are like me you keep putting it off and putting it ... The Doctor Weighs In blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=644731 Sun, 27 May 2007 23:19:17 +0100 644731