Medically reviewed by Jane Kim, MD Low blood sugar can be caused by medications, alcohol, hormonal deficiencies, chronic diseases, or an overproduction of insulin.Symptoms range from shakiness and ...

When you think about who is likely to be impacted by low blood sugar, you may think of someone living with diabetes. Although people with diabetes are most likely to experience symptoms of low blood ...

People with prediabetes experience impaired insulin release and insulin resistance, explained Priya Jaisinghani, M.D., an ...

Daytime sleepiness may predict diabetic hypoglycemia Patients with high scores on the Epworth Sleepiness Scale were significantly more likely to have severe hypoglycemia. HealthDay News — Elderly ...

Screening criteria and preventive strategies are more explicit. The new guidelines recommend diabetes and prediabetes testing for asymptomatic individuals who are overweight and have additional risk ...

Patients with diabetes who have hypoglycemia or even low-normal glucose levels in the 24 hours prior to hospital discharge have a significantly increased risk of readmission within 30 days, in ...

An insulin that switches itself on and off in response to blood glucose levels has proven successful in lowering the risk of dangerously low glucose levels, or hypos, in animals. According to ...

Almost 2.4 million Americans wear continuous glucose monitors, or CGMs, to track their blood sugar—and not all of them have diabetes. More and more healthy people are wearing them to understand how ...

Continuous glucose monitoring can identify unrecognized hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia in dialysis patients, challenging ...