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Vaccines against the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) induce weaker and more transient immune responses in liver transplant recipients, those with cirrhosis, or those with chronic liver disease (CLD), according to a study presented at The Liver Meeting Digital Experience 2021 by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD 2021).

Stopping dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) after 1 month appeared safe in high-bleeding risk (HBR) patients with acute myocardial infarction (MI) who were implanted with a newer coronary stent, a prespecified subanalysis of the MASTER DAPT* trial has shown.

Liver injury is not uncommon among patients with vaccine breakthrough COVID-19, indicating the importance of monitoring liver injury enzymes, according to a study presented at The Liver Meeting 2021 by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD 2021).

Supplementation with resveratrol does not appear to provide much benefit in the management of cardiometabolic risk factors in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), metabolic syndrome (MetS), and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), suggests a study.

In post hoc analyses of the phase III SINUS-24 and SINUS-52 trials, the monoclonal antibody dupilumab continued to render improvements for patients with severe chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP), as well as among those with comorbid asthma regardless of asthma characteristics.