Brad Reisfeld is a professor of chemical and biological engineering, biomedical engineering, and public health at Colorado State University. Your blood serves numerous roles to maintain your health.

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It is well known that preventing the onset of diabetes reduces the risk of death, and that managing blood glucose levels is key to preventing diabetes. However, it remains unclear whether there are ...

While a lot of us tend to think that Prediabetes is not a cause for much worry, the fact of the matter is that Prediabetes is ...

Discover why your vitamin B12 levels could be affecting your brain health, even if your test results come back "normal".

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Medically reviewed by Danielle Weiss, MD A doctor can test your TSH levels with a blood test to diagnose thyroid ...

Jessica was a writer on the Wellness team, with a focus on health technology, eye care, nutrition and finding new approaches to chronic health problems. Expertise Public health, new wellness ...

The device itself is small, but the hype around it is big. Continuous glucose monitors are only about the size of a quarter, but the companies that sell them make huge claims about their health ...

People who sit on the low or high side of normal vitamin B12 levels are still at risk of cognitive impairment, according to a new study. The researchers behind the study say we need to rethink the ...