Preventing Heart Failure

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Fish oil supplements may work slightly better than a popular cholesterol-reducing drug to help patients with chronic heart failure

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Fish Oil Supplements Help With Heart Failure

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Daily supplements of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids -- the kind found in fish oil -- reduced deaths and hospitalizations of people with heart failure, an Italian study found.

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Smart Girls Eat Fish

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Girls who eat more omega-3 fatty acids outsmart those who eat higher amounts of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research. As a result of this and other studies, government dietary recommendations--especially those aimed at pregnant women--should emphasize fish over soy and corn oils, which are respectively high in these fatty acids.

Women who accumulated more fat on their hips than on their waists--and who, therefore, had low waist-hip ratios like many movie stars--had higher cognitive test scores, as did their children

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Can blindness be prevented through diet?

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Increasing intake of the omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA, found in popular fish-oil supplements, may protect against blindness resulting from abnormal blood vessel growth in the eye, according to a study published online by the journal Nature Medicine on June 24. The study was done in mice, but a clinical trial at Children抯 Hospital Boston will soon begin testing the effects of omega-3 supplementation in premature babies, who are at risk for vision loss.

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Omega-3 fatty acids protect eyes against retinopathy, study finds

Luneetty submitted, created time 1 year 5 months (www.eurekalert.org)

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids protect against the development and progression of retinopathy, a deterioration of the retina, in mice. This is the major finding of a study that appears in the July 2007 issue of the journal Nature Medicine.

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Study: Omega-3 fatty acids reduce blood pressure

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Study: Diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can help lower a person's blood pressure. Fatty fish, walnuts, flaxseed, canola oil good sources of Omega-3s. Omega-3 intake also linked to overall lower cancer, heart disease risk

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Vitamin D, omega-3s might cut eye disease risk

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"Taking vitamin D and eating fish — especially those high in omega-3 fatty acids — may reduce the risk of the most common cause of blindness among the elderly, researchers said on Monday."

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