If you want to protect your heart, stick to exercise and a healthy diet, and pass on the fish oil pills, says a new study.
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Omega-3s as Study Aid? DHA May Help Lowest-Scoring Readers Improve
In a four-month trial of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA, some improvement was seen in children’s reading scores and behavior, but only in the lowest performing students
Fish Oil Fail: Omega-3s May Not Protect Brain Health After All
A meta-analysis finds that taking omega-3 supplements may not do much to preserve memory, but here’s why the finding isn’t the last word.
Study: Could Diet Help Prevent Vision Loss?
Here’s another reason to get your daily recommended allowances of vitamins and minerals: to lower the odds of vision loss in midlife.
Study: Baked, Broiled — But Not Fried — Fish Is Good for the Heart
Want a healthier heart? Try adding fish to your diet. But be careful how it’s cooked, a new study warns: baked or broiled fish will boost heart health, but fried fish is probably better left uneaten.
Is Eating Fish Good For You — Even If It’s Fried?
Among the most familiar foods on the good-for-you list are fruits, vegetables and fish. But does fried fish count?
Study: Fish Oil Pills Don’t Stall Alzheimer’s
There was good reason to believe that fish oil, which has been linked to health benefits for the heart, might also work its medical magic on the brain, particularly with Alzheimer’s disease. Preliminary studies hinted that …
Study: Fish Oil Supplements May Not Benefit Pregnant Moms or Babies
Pregnant women have a lot to worry about when it comes to keeping their bodies and their developing babies healthy. Now researchers in Australia report that fish-oil supplements, a popular nutritional boost that many moms-to-be …
Got Fish Oil?
Mounting evidence supports the healthy-heart benefits of omega-3 fatty acids. You’ve probably heard of them before; they’re the fatty acids found in fish or fish-oil supplements.
This month, a group of scientists writing in the Journal of the American College of Cardiologyhas gone back to review decades’ worth of past studies on the …