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 [...]
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. [...]
