1. The metabolic syndrome: Time to reflect

   • K. George M. M. Alberti
   • P. Zimmet

   Invited Commentary Pages: 259 - 261

2. Web alert

   News Pages: 262 - 263

3. Measuring endothelial function

   • Christopher J. Lockhart
   • Gary E. McVeigh
   • Jay N. Cohn

   OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 273

4. Inhibition of the renin angiotensin system: Implications for the endothelium

   • Carmine Savoia
   • Ernesto L. Schiffrin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 274 - 278

5. The metabolic syndrome and endothelial dysfunction: Common highway to type 2 diabetes and CVD?

   • Michaela Diamant
   • Maarten E. Tushuizen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 279 - 286

6. Preventing diabetes in high-risk individuals

   • E. Albert Reece
   • Carol J. Homko

   Clinical Trials Report Pages: 289 - 290

7. Microvascular complications and the diabetic pregnancy

   • Melton J. Bond
   • Jason G. Umans

   OriginalPaper Pages: 291 - 296

8. Hypertension and the pregnancy complicated by diabetes

   • Gustavo F. Leguizamón
   • Natalia P. Zeff
   • Alberto Fernández

   OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 304

9. Can we justify living donor islet transplantation?

   • Boaz Hirshberg

   Clinical Trials Report Pages: 307 - 309

10. Radiologic aspects of islet cell transplantation

    • Ziv Neeman
    • Boaz Hirshberg
    • Bradford J. Wood

    OriginalPaper Pages: 310 - 315

11. Assessment of islet function following islet and pancreas transplantation

    • Emily C. Dy
    • David M. Harlan
    • Kristina I. Rother

    OriginalPaper Pages: 316 - 322

12. The effect of whole organ pancreas transplantation and pit on diabetic complications

    • Timothy C. Lee
    • Neal R. Barshes
    • John A. Goss

    OriginalPaper Pages: 323 - 327

13. Current status of imaging pancreatic islets

    • John Virostko
    • Eric Duco Jansen
    • Alvin C. Powers

    OriginalPaper Pages: 328 - 332