A doctor at the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, in Philadelphia, found that a patient at the center had experienced a false positive urine test after taking ...

These color-enhanced scanning electron microscope images show nanosheets resembling tiny rose petals. The nanosheets are key components of a new type of biosensor that can detect minute concentrations ...

Testing blood ketone levels before breakfast, lunch, and dinner identified a greater number of ketosis episodes than testing urinary ketone levels in women with gestational diabetes (GD). The presence ...

Diabetes patients' lives could be about to get safer following the granting of regulatory approval for a world-first wearable monitor combining glucose and ketone tracking for warnings ahead of ...

Ketones are a type of acid your body produces when it needs to break down body fat for energy. Trace amounts of ketones in your urine aren’t usually a cause for concern, but high levels can indicate a ...

New guidelines from the American Association of Clinical Chemistry (AACC) and American Diabetes Association (ADA) address laboratory measures in the diagnosis and management of diabetes. The document, ...

Urine levels of adenine, a metabolite produced in the kidney, are predictive and a causative biomarker of looming progressive kidney failure in patients with diabetes, a finding that could lead to ...