Is hepatitis C a risk factor to posttransplant diabetes mellitus after renal transplantation in patients using tacrolimus?

The objective of this study was to evaluate the association between previous hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection and the occurrence of posttransplant diabetes mellitus (PTDM) among patients undergoing kidney transplants using tacrolimus (FK). From August 1999 to January 2003, 66 patients (36.4 +/- 15.

Street youth: social imbalance and health risks.

Street youth are children and adolescents who express, through their bodies and lives, misery and social abandonment. Paradoxically, they are also the embodiment of resistance and survival strategies in a very unfavourable environment. The current deterioration of citizens' rights and the social inequalities reflect the consequences of vicious cycles of economic and political crises in Brazil.