Continuous Glucose Monitoring vs Fingerstick Monitoring for Hemoglobin A Control in Veterans.

Background: Patients with diabetes have traditionally been required to use fingerstick testing to self-monitor their glucose levels. However, continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) collect glucose readings throughout the day and display daily trends, which allow clinicians to individualize treatment to achieve hemoglobin A (HbA) goals and simplify medication regimens. While studies have shown that CGMs improve HbA levels compared to fingerstick testing, this research has focused on type 1 diabetes and excluded veterans and patients on insulin therapy.

Players in the Women's National Basketball Association Are More Likely to Tear Their Anterior Cruciate Ligament if They Are a Guard, Forward, or Driving to the Basket: A Case-Control Study.

The Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) has grown in popularity since its induction in 1996. Furthermore, it is well known that female athletes are at an increased risk of anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears compared with their male counterparts. The purpose was to examine the player positions and player movements during basketball games and practices that contribute to ACL tears in WNBA players.

Mathematical modeling of therapeutic neural stem cell migration in mouse brain with and without brain tumors.

Neural stem cells (NSCs) offer a potential solution to treating brain tumors. This is because NSCs can circumvent the blood-brain barrier and migrate to areas of damage in the central nervous system, including tumors, stroke, and wound injuries. However, for successful clinical application of NSC treatment, a sufficient number of viable cells must reach the diseased or damaged area(s) in the brain, and evidence suggests that it may be affected by the paths the NSCs take through the brain, as well as the locations of tumors.