"Fish oil supplements may work slightly better than a popular cholesterol-reducing drug to help patients with chronic heart failure, according to new research released Sunday....Good news. It would be interesting to see if this prevents problems in healthy people too.Fish oils also are thought to increase the body's good cholesterol levels, as well as possibly stabilizing the electrical system in heart cells, to prevent abnormal heart rhythms.
In contrast, statins act on the body's bad cholesterol, which may not have a big impact on heart failure."
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Monday, September 01, 2008
The Associated Press: Fish oil appears to help against heart failure
The Associated Press: Fish oil appears to help against heart failure:
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