“Testing doesn’t have to be cruel,” she says. “By pricking the edges of your fingers, you reduce the pain significantly, making the process less of a chore and more of a routine.

These monitors are convenient and avoid the pain of constant finger pricks. There are some downsides to the system, but for ...

Millions of diabetic patients who rely on invasive methods involving needle pricks to check their blood sugar levels may soon ...

While most of the tests involve pricking your finger, you’ll often need more than a few drops of blood to fill the vial you’re provided with, which can be tricky if you don’t know what you ...

The most exciting thing that hopefully will arrive in the next five years or so are alternate ways to check your blood sugar, ways that avoid what can be a painful finger prick to determine what ...

A finger-prick blood test to diagnose the deadliest form of stroke might be twice as effective at spotting it than using a patient’s symptoms alone. The test, which works similarly to a lateral ...

In the Majengo area of Nyeri town, Jane Muthoni washes her dishes with a lot of pain. One of her fingers is swollen and turned red. "I finished washing my children's clothes using a detergent sold ...