Abbott announced that its redesigned FreeStyle blood glucose test strips have received FDA approval. The new FreeStyle test strips do not use the GDH-PQQ enzyme, which can be affected by common ...

Medicare Part B covers blood sugar test strips as a type of durable medical equipment (DME). After paying the annual Part B deductible, a person will only pay 20% of the cost of the test strips.

On most afternoons, people arrive with backpacks and plastic bags filled with boxes of small plastic strips, forming a line on the sidewalk outside the store. Hanging from the awning, a banner reads, ...

Diabetes tests are expected to reach record sales due to the disease's epidemic proportions. The global market for blood glucose test strips will be worth $12.93 billion in 2021, its highest ever ...

Implementing a quantity limit policy for blood glucose test strips reduced costs without worsening short-term outcomes or causing patient harm, according to findings published in JAMA Internal ...

diabetes test strip Trividia Health (formerly Nipro Diagnostics) announced a voluntary recall of certain lots of TRUEread, TRUEtrack, and TRUEtest blood glucose test strips after determining that some ...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) - Diabetes is a disease that, for many, has become impossible to afford. With the high cost of insulin, many diabetics are looking for ways to cut back on other costs, including ...

The government warned diabetics Friday to watch for counterfeit versions of test strips commonly used to monitor blood sugar levels. The test strips, for use in glucose monitors made by a Johnson & ...

Routine self-monitoring of blood glucose levels by people with type 2 diabetes who are not taking insulin is an ineffective use of health resources as the modest benefits are outweighed by the ...

If a person is surprised about their blood sugar results, it may be that some factor — such as a damaged test strip — has produced a falsely high reading. It may also be a sign of an underlying health ...

Even when things go well, managing diabetes is not easy. Keeping tabs on this disease 24/7 takes planning, commitment, support, and the right tools. For years, a chief complaint among those living ...