Fish oils and cardiovascular disease

Cardiovascular effects of fish oils. Beyond the platelet.

T here has been considerable interest recently in the potential of fish oils to prevent coronary artery disease. The article by Braden et al, "Dietary Fish Oil Accelerates the Response of Coronary Thrombolysis With Tissue Plasminogen Activator: Evidence for a Modest Platelet Inhibitory Effect In Vivo" in a recent issue of Circulation' is another in a series of rigorous studies on the effects of...

Fish oils and glomerulonephritis.

Sir, I agree that fish oils administered at high dosage will reduce access thrombosis [1] and that fish oils lower serum triglycerides [2] and so protect against atherosclerosis. However, the evidence that fish oils really benefit patients with glomerulonephritis deserves closer scrutiny. In spite of impressive lymphocyte suppression in mice or in vitro, results accumulated over two decades sho...

Review of evidence Fish, fish oils, n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and cardiovascular health

Fish Oils and Diabetes Summaries of the latest research concerning fish oils and diabetes Fish oils benefit women with diabetes

BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. Several studies have found a clear inverse association between the consumption of fish and fish oils and the risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) and sudden cardiac death. However, it is not known whether this protective effect extends to diabetes patients. Researchers at the Harvard Medical School have just concluded a study to examine this. Their study included 5103 fem...

Fish oils and human diet.

Trends in global fish catches are described together with fish landings and fish consumption in the UK. The importance of n-6 and n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids as essential constituents of human diets is considered and the role of oily fish as a dietary source of the long-chain n-3 polyunsaturates, docosahexaenoic acid and eicosapentaenoic acid, is emphasized. The origin of n-3 polyunsaturate...