New Study Findings Show No Benefit Of Prescription Omega-3 Fatty Acids In Prevention Of Recurrent Symptomatic Atrial Fibrillation In Affected Patients
Findings from a new study show, compared to placebo, treatment with high-dose prescription omega-3 fatty acids did not reduce the recurrence of symptomatic atrial fibrillation (AF) among patients with symptomatic paroxysmal AF or persistent AF who have no evidence of substantial structural heart disease…
November 16, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: acids-did, among-patients, atrial-fibrillation, diet, heart-disease, new-study, not-reduce, omega-3-fatty, on call diets, oncalldiets, recurrence, structural-heart, the-recurrence
Fish Oil Supplements During Pregnancy Do Not Aid Infant Brain Development, Study Finds
A popular supplement among pregnant women — docosahexaenoic acid, an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil — has no clear benefits for an infant’s cognitive development, contradicting a view among many obstetricians and their patients, according to a recent study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the New York Times reports…
October 22, 2010 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: among-pregnant, association, clear-benefits, cognitive-development, journal, nutritional counseling, omega-3-fatty, on call diets, popular-supplement, pregnancy / obstetrics, recent-study, times
