Would a combination of fish oil and aspirin help prevent bowel cancer? This is the subject of a study at University of Leeds, UK that is recruiting about 1000 people for the NHS bower cancer screening program.
New research at University of California reported a link between low levels of omega-3 acids in patients due to liver’s inability to produce omega-3 with Alzheimer’s disease. Daniele Piomelli and her team examined liver tissue from both Alzheimer’s and non-Alzheimer’s cadavers and found that the Alzheimer’s patients had a specific liver condition that prevented them [...]
Fish oil, when combined with epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG)—a polyphenol and antioxidant found in green tea, may affect chemical processes in the brain associated with Alzheimers disease, according to a study published in Neuroscience Letters.
Improving nerve regeneration after corneal surgery, preventing psychotic disorders in those at high risk for them and reducing cellular aging are three emerging benefits of the omega-3 fatty acids found in seafood, according to milestone research described in the April 2010 PUFA Newsletter and Fats of Life online publications for health professionals and consumers, respectively.
Scientific evidence of the health benefits of omega-3′s are now so firmly established that a team of world-renowned doctors have formed the first ever International Omega-3 Awareness Day on March 3rd, 2010. As Carol A. Locke, MD who is leading this effort puts it, “What’s so amazing is that people can obtain huge benefits right [...]
DENVER, Sept. 29 /PRNewswire/ — Researchers are seeing more benefits of omega-3 fatty acids (omega-3s), such as their ability to help prevent and slow age-related macular degeneration (AMD), an eye disease that is the leading cause of severe vision loss in older people. Fish consumption also seems to benefit seniors by thwarting dementia and the [...]
Supplements of docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), the omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oil, failed to slow the progression of Alzheimer’s disease in a 402-patient clinical trial, researchers reported. “The primary implication of this study is that we are not going to be able to make a recommendation for DHA in the aggregate for people with [...]
Omega-3 fatty acid supplements may boost memory in healthy aging adults. In a new study, people 55 and older with age-related memory complaints who took the fatty acid supplements for six months had almost double the reduction in errors on a test that measures learning and memory skills, compared with those who took a placebo. [...]
