Recent News & Comments About fish oil supplements
Fish oil shows little effect on Tourette's tics
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some parents swear by fish oil as a treatment for the "tics" caused by Tourette's disorder, but so far the research evidence is slim. In a small study of children with Tourette's, researchers found that omega-3 fatty acids were no better than a placebo at reducing the severity of tics -- the sudden, involuntary movements or vocalizations that mark Tourette's. On the ...
Graft Patency For Hemodialysis - Fish Oil Supplements Show Mixed Results
A study in the May 2 issue of JAMA reveals that daily ingestion of fish oil did not lower the percentage of grafts with loss of patency, i.e. that remained open in patients with new synthetic arteriovenous grafts within 12 months. An arteriovenous graft is a synthetic tube that is grafted between an artery and vein in order to gain vascular access for hemodialysis...
Use of Fish Oil Supplements Shows Mixed Results Regarding Graft Patency for Hemodialysis
Among patients with new synthetic arteriovenous grafts (a synthetic tube grafted between an artery and vein) for vascular access for hemodialysis, daily ingestion of fish oil did not decrease the proportion of grafts with loss of patency (remaining open) within 12 months, according to a study in the May 2 issue of JAMA. However, fish oil recipients had a longer time without thrombosis (formation ...
Fish Oil Doesn't Cut Failure Rate of Hemodialysis Grafts
TUESDAY, May 1 (HealthDay News) -- Taking fish-oil supplements does not significantly lower the failure rate of grafts used for hemodialysis, a new study finds.
For those with heart disease, the benefit of fish oil supplements seems to be nil
THE QUESTION Might fish oil supplements, which are thought to help prevent cardiovascular disease, also provide a benefit to those with heart problems? THIS STUDY analyzed data from 14 studies, involving 20,485 adults (average age: 63) who had had a heart attack, congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease or another form of cardiovascular disease. They had been randomly assigned to take a ...
DSM seeks boost from dietary supplements deal
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch food and chemicals firm DSM is buying the world's biggest producer of a fish oil extract believed to boost brain power for about 420 million euros ($534 million), as it targets parts of the food sector resistant to economic swings. DSM, which has sold off much of its cyclical bulk chemicals business in recent years to turn itself into the world's largest vitamins ...
Dutch company snares Nova Scotia-based Omega-3 producer for $540 million
HALIFAX - A Dutch company specializing in sustainable dietary supplements has bought Ocean Nutrition Canada, a Nova Scotia-based manufacturer of fish oil.
Dutch company acquires N.S.-based Omega-3 producer for $540 million
By The Canadian Press HALIFAX - A Dutch company specializing in sustainable dietary supplements has bought Ocean Nutrition Canada, a Nova Scotia-based manufacturer of fish oil. Royal DSM says in a release ...
Dutch company snaps up N.S. fish oil producer for $540-million
Royal DSM purchases Ocean Nutrition Canada, plans to expand its dietary supplement division
Study: Fish better than fish oil
A recent study in Australia has shown that eating fish with Omega-3s may very well be more beneficial to general heart health and well-being than dosing up on supplements.
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