Studies in Preventing the Oxidation of Fish Oils and Fish-Products-II

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 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...

Fish oils for depression?

A 58-year-old man’s condition was stable on a selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI) after 3 major depressive episodes in the previous 10 years. He disliked the idea of taking a drug for a long time and at one point took himself off the SSRI and started taking St. John’s wort. However, the reappearance of symptoms of depression soon persuaded him to resume the SSRI. As discussed in a pre...

How fish oils work

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The role of fish oils in psoriasis.