Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is the #5 cause of death in the world, and includes diseases like Emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking is often a cause of COPD, so promising new research out of Japan may be welcome news to anyone that opted for cigarettes over health in their life. We already knew that…
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A new study out of Australia finds that children with ADHD given daily fish oil supplements had significant improvements: “They were able to concentrate better, they were calmer, less impulsive, that sort of thing,” Ms Sinn said. “The same improvements were not reported from children who took the placebo.” Not bad. How much was given?…
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According to an article at nature.com, studies done by Charles Serhan and his team of researchers at Harvard suggest that you might want to take aspirin with your fish oil: Their work in human cells and in mice showed that omega-3 fatty acids in the fish oil are converted into lipids that seem to suppress…
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In the search for fossil-fuel alternatives for automobiles, some are turning to hydrogen power, some to electric power and some to… fish oil? Apparently, a new kind of fuel is emerging called biodiesel, which is described as “a mixture of around 20 percent vegetable oil and 80 percent diesel.” However, Wikipedia’s entry on biodiesel indicates that…
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