Rethinking A1c goals for type 2 diabetes - Harvard Health Blog - Harvard Health Publishing

Rethinking A1c goals for type 2 diabetes - Harvard Health Blog - Harvard Health Publishing

Rethinking A1c goals for type 2 diabetes

POSTED MARCH 26, 2018, 10:30 AM

Monique Tello, MD, MPH
Contributing Editor

“Treat the patient, not the number.” This is a very old and sound medical school teaching. However, when it comes to blood sugar control in diabetes, we have tended to treat the number, thinking that a lower number would equal better health.