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FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- A new law will ensure that vaping companies making electronic cigarettes using synthetic nicotine, in fruit flavors that appeal to teenagers, can be regulated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. When the law took effect Thursday, it closed a loophole that allowed the products to avoid oversight. Now, they must follow the same federal sales restrictions and age requirements as tobacco products, the Associated Press reported.The new law "allows FDA to protect the public health from the harms of tobacco products, regardless of the source of nicotine," the FDA said in a statement Wednesday. These vaping companies must register with the FDA and submit their products for review within 30 days, the AP reported. The change doesn't ban these...

FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a healthy plant-based diet may help you head off type 2 diabetes, a new study suggests.Healthy plant-based foods include fruits, vegetables, nuts, coffee/tea, vegetable oils and legumes. Unhealthy plant-based foods include refined grains, fruit juices, potatoes, sugar-sweetened beverages, and sweets/desserts."Our findings support the beneficial role of healthy plant-based diets in diabetes prevention and provide new insights for future investigation," the researchers wrote in the April 8 issue of the journal Diabetologia.For the study, the investigators analyzed data from more than 10,600 participants in three long-term U.S. studies. Most were white and middle-aged (average age: 54 years). On average, they had a body mass index (BMI) of...

FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Alcohol abuse is a known cause of liver disease. But one in four adults worldwide has a liver condition not connected to drinking that ups the risk of heart disease, according to an American Heart Association scientific statement.Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) occurs when abnormally high amounts of fat are deposited in the liver, sometimes resulting in inflammation and scarring. The condition often goes undiagnosed.This "is a common condition that is often hidden or missed in routine medical care. It is important to know about the condition and treat it early because it is a risk factor for chronic liver damage and cardiovascular disease," said Dr. P. Barton Duell, chair of the statement writing committee and a professor of medicine...

FRIDAY, April 15, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer patients' blood type may play a role in their risk for dangerous blood clots, researchers say.Cancer and its treatments increase the risk for venous thromboembolism (VTE). That includes deep-vein thrombosis (DVT, a blood clot that typically forms in the deep veins of the leg) and pulmonary embolism (PE, a life-threatening condition that occurs when a blood clot breaks free and travels to the lungs' arteries).VTE is the leading cause of preventable hospital deaths in the United States.Factors such as tumor or cancer type are now used to identify cancer patients at high risk of VTE, but many go unidentified. This study concluded that cancer patients with non-O blood types, such as types A, B and AB, are at increased risk for VTE."We've...