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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.

Treatment with OC-01 (varenicline solution) nasal spray in patients with dry eye results in a substantial increase in tear production in the study eyes as well as in milder presenting nonstudy fellow eyes, according to data from the ONSET-1* and ONSET-2 trials.

Kidney transplant recipients from living donors with hypertension are at significantly increased risk of renal allograft loss compared to those from normotensive living donors, reveals a study. Moreover, outcomes are similar to recipients of normotensive deceased donors.

Patients who are on long-term statin therapy may have a reduced risk of severe COVID-19–related outcomes including mortality, intensive care unit (ICU) admission, and requirement for mechanical ventilation, according to a study presented at Anesthesiology 2022.

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.

Treatment with dulaglutide is both effective and safe in Asians with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), a recent meta-analysis has found.

Coinfection of tuberculosis (TB) among people with HIV initiating antiretroviral therapy (ART) aggravates the risk of death, a recent study has found.