Omega-3s may not protect against faulty heart rhythm Maxepa:
Specialty based of oil extract from fish mince (BSIP/UIG via
Getty Images) The study, published in the Journal of the
American College of Cardiology, adds to a growing pool of
disappointing evidence regarding the protective effects of
omega-3 fatty acids on heart health. "The results for atrial
fibrillation are important negative findings, answering key
clinical and research questions," said Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian,
an omega-3 expert at the Harvard School of Public Health, who
was not involved in the current study. The new research,
combined with other trials, "indicates that short-term fish oil
use is unlikely to prevent recurrent atrial fibrillation," he
said. But if the supplements don't prevent heart rhythm
problems, they don't appear to be dangerous, either. "In all
these studies, fish oil was safe and well-tolerated, with no
evidence for increased bleeding," Mozaffarian told Reuters
Health. Atrial fibrillation, in which the heart's upper chamb