Digging deep into diabetes: achieving better glycemic control in diabetic patients in a resident-run clinic.

: Diabetes mellitus (DM) affects over 30 million Americans with an estimated annual cost of $327 billion in 2017. Patients with diabetes, especially with financial and/or social hardships, pose challenges in achieving target hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) values. Understanding patient-specific barriers offer opportunities to improve outcomes in patient care.

Acetabular morphology in bladder exstrophy complex.

Little information is available concerning the acetabular morphology in adults with a history of bladder exstrophy. We documented the pelvic anatomy in adult patients with bladder exstrophy who never had prior surgery. We retrospectively reviewed 31 patients (62 hips) seen from 1976 to 2003 for urologic problems related to bladder exstrophy without adjunctive pelvic osteotomy.

Ciliary neurotrophic factors enhances peripheral nerve regeneration.

Background: Adjunctive measures to enhance nerve repair have focused on a variety of trophic factors that alter the physiologic response to nerve injury through Schwann cell-axonal interactions.

Objective: To evaluate the effects of two trophic factors, ciliary neurotrophic factor and nerve growth factor, on axonal response to injury.

Design: A prospective, randomized, blinded animal study with a placebo control using lactated Ringer's solution.