This study is one of the largest and most analytical studies of postransplant diabetes mellitus in pancreas transplant recipients performed to date in the tacrolimus era. Medscape Transplantation
The risk of non-traumatic lower-extremity amputation remains high among patients with type 1 diabetes, according to findings from a Swedish study published in the August issue of Diabetes Care. Reuters Health Information
A prospective cohort study shows that in patients beginning hemodialysis, an increased level of fibroblast growth factor 23 hormone is linked with mortality. Medscape Medical News
Risedronate is effective in maintaining or improving bone mass in postmenopausal women who have had chemotherapy for breast cancer, researchers report in the June 1st issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Reuters Health Information
