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Entecavir plus traditional Chinese medicine cuts HCC risk in CHB
Among patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), treatment with entecavir (ETV) and Biejia-Ruangan compound (BRC), an antifibrotic traditional Chinese medicine, helps reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), a recent study reports.

Noninvasive scores use LSM to detect cirrhosis, advance fibrosis in NAFLD
Using liver stiffness measurements (LSM) combined with routine clinical parameters, Agile 3+, and Agile 4, both noninvasive scoring methods, can accurately identify advanced fibrosis (AF) and cirrhosis, respectively, in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), reports a new study.

Bariatric surgery provides cardioprotection in patients with severe obesity, NAFLD
Patients with severe obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) appear to benefit from bariatric surgery, which significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD), a study has found.

High glycaemic burden associated with HCC development and fibrosis progression in patients with CHB + T2D
High glycaemic burden is associated with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development and fibrosis progression in patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB) and type 2 diabetes (T2D) (CHB + T2D), researchers from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) have reported.

Alcohol-related liver disease poses increased risk of cardiovascular disease
Patients with biopsy-proven alcohol-related liver disease (ALD) appear to have a higher frequency of cardiovascular disease (CVD) than their counterparts without ALD, according to a study. The increased rates are especially pronounced just after ALD diagnosis.

Third-dose vaccine beats tolerance in cirrhotic COVID-19 patients
A third-dose administration of a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine results in a more substantial decrease in COVID-19 in patients with cirrhosis compared with the general population, according to a study. This suggests that the third dose can overcome vaccine hyporesponsiveness in this population.

Slow disease progression seen in people with NAFLD
A 23-year longitudinal follow-up in a population-based cohort has shown a slowly progressive trend in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), with liver-related outcomes affecting only a small number of people, reports a recent study.


