C. Ronald Kahn, M.D. President and Director, Joslin Diabetes Center What is the A1c blood test? The hemoglobin A1C test is a measure of what we call long term glucose control. The way this works ...

1 This committee suggested that glycated hemoglobin ... role of the A1c assay in the diagnosis of diabetes. Diabetes Care 32, 1327–1334 (2009). WHO Expert Committee on Diabetes Mellitus.

Your A1C measures the amount of sugar in your red blood cells and gives an average of your blood sugar over a three-month period. Why is that important? After all, when you have diabetes ...

Get The Healthy by Reader’s Digest newsletter Diabetes mellitus is a disorder where ... A blood test called A1C (short for hemoglobin A1C) is the standard test that reflects your average blood ...

2009 Breaking News from the floor of the ADA Meeting New Weight-Loss Drug Stops Progression Toward Type 2 Diabetes Phentermine and controlled-release topiramate change the hemoglobin A1c ...

Before addressing glucose and A1C, it is important to consider the factors that impact the results of any blood test. While laboratory medicine journals have devoted some discussion to the sources ...