Health
Could fish oil fight inflammation?
Plentiful in foods like fish and flaxseed, omega-3 fatty acids have long been linked with cardiovascular health, and new research is looking at the biology behind how it might work.
Dec 12, 2019
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Supplements don't preserve kidney health in type 2 diabetes
Supplements of vitamin D and omega-3 fatty acids (often sold as fish oil) do not help people with type 2 diabetes stave off chronic kidney disease, according to findings from the largest clinical study to date of the supplements ...
Nov 8, 2019
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Health
Nutritional supplements and diets not always protective, research suggests
Do the nutritional supplements people take or the diets they adhere to actually protect them against cardiovascular problems and death?
Jul 8, 2019
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Home remedies: Can fish oil supplements treat depression?
Fish oil supplements may ease depression in some people. Some studies in adults suggest that omega-3 fatty acids may help treat mild to moderate depression, but more research is needed.
Jun 27, 2019
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Health
Getting your nutrients: From the source or supplements?
(HealthDay)—Americans are making shifts in the supplements they take—fewer multivitamins and vitamins C and E, more fish oil and vitamin D. Many think of supplements as magic bullets, but studies don't always support ...
Jun 6, 2019
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Medical research
Feeding juvenile rats extra omega-3 PUFAs and vitamin A shown to reduce negative health impact of stress
A team of researchers with members from Italy, Brazil and Ireland has found that giving rats exposed to a stressful environment extra doses of omega-3 fatty acids, resulted in a reduction of the kinds of mental and physical ...
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Could omega-3 fatty acids help prevent miscarriages?
Compounds found in fish oil prevent pregnancy complications, including preterm birth, neonatal death, and stillbirth, in mice when the complications are caused by a common oral bacteria, according to research published today ...
Feb 7, 2019
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Cardiology
The benefits of heart health supplements come with cautions
We've all heard the advice to take a fish oil with omega-3 fatty acids to improve heart health, but are you actually getting the benefits they claim to provide? One Baylor College of Medicine cardiologist says probably not, ...
Feb 4, 2019
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Immunology
Fish oil does not appear to improve asthma control in teens, young adults
Fish oil does not appear to improve asthma control in adolescents and young adults with uncontrolled asthma who are overweight or obese, according to new research published online in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society.
Jan 25, 2019
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Health
Fish oil supplementation can slow muscle loss during immobilization
A study published in The FASEB Journal demonstrated that dietary supplementation with omega-3 fatty acids (or fish oils) reduced the rate at which young women lost muscle mass during a period of immobilization.
Jan 10, 2019
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