CHICAGO — In patients who received an organ transplant, diabetes — whether diagnosed before or after transplantation — was linked to elevated risk for mortality, researchers reported at ENDO 2026.
The researchers analyzed data from 803,762 U.S. patients who received a single organ transplant between 1987 and 2021 and were included in the United Network for Organ Sharing or Organ Procurement & Transplantation Network databases. Among the cohort, 441,362 had a kidney transplant, 264,461 had a liver transplant, 75,777 had a heart transplant, 42,174 had a lung transplant, 6,923 had a pancreas

A smartphone-based home albuminuria testing kit may help to increase albuminuria screenings for patients with hypertension or diabetes, according to study data published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases.
Early albuminuria screenings could help identify and manage chronic kidney disease earlier, according to Alexander R. Chang, MD, MS, professor in the departments of nephrology and population health sciences at Geisinger Medical Center, and colleagues. The researchers investigated whether the use of Minuteful Kidney could help increase screening for populations at risk for CKD.

ORLANDO — Among adults undergoing transbronchial biopsy, use of a 1.1 mm cryoprobe resulted in a higher diagnostic yield vs. 2 mm forceps, according to findings presented at the American Thoracic Society International Conference.
This study was simultaneously published in JAMA.
“The diagnostic yield was significantly higher with the ... 1.1-mm cryoprobe over standard forceps for transbronchial biopsy,” Jeffrey Thiboutot, MD, MHS, interventional pulmonologist at Johns Hopkins University, said during his presentation.
In the open-label, outcome assessor-masked, multicenter, randomized FROSTBITE-2