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Double trouble: Alcohol-related liver diseases take a turn for the worse during COVID-19
15 Nov 2021
byElvira Manzano
Higher intake of alcohol and reduced care during the COVID-19 pandemic have triggered a spike in alcohol-related liver diseases, leading to some serious consequences, according to new research.
Double trouble: Alcohol-related liver diseases take a turn for the worse during COVID-19
15 Nov 2021Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease ups risk of severe COVID-19
12 Nov 2021
byStephen Padilla
Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) can escalate the incidence of severe COVID-19, but no association between MAFLD and COVID-19 death has been confirmed, suggest the results of a meta-analysis.
Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease ups risk of severe COVID-19
12 Nov 2021Novel tenofovir formulation noninferior to disoproxil fumarate in chronic hepatitis B
08 Nov 2021
In the treatment of patients with chronic hepatitis B (CHB), the novel tenofovir amibufenamide (TMF) is as good as tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) in terms of efficacy but with the advantage of better bone and renal safety, according to the results of a noninferiority trial.