New study suggests fish oil derivative may benefit heart health

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New numbers suggest that a purified fish oil derivative, a prescription drug called Vascepa, is more effective at preventing cardiovascular events than previously thought

The drug lowered the rate of these events in high-risk patients -- including strokes, heart attacks and deaths from cardiovascular causes -- by 30% overall versus placebo, according to a study published Monday in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

Additional questions remain about how the drug actually works. Experts say it's unclear whether the drug prevents cardiovascular events by acting directly on triglycerides or whether they are a marker for some other process going on in our bodies. Or perhaps some combination of the two.Roughly a quarter of Americans age 20 and older have elevated triglycerides, according to data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

 

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2017 6月 健康診断前にサバ缶を食い続けたら・・・ YouTubeより ---------- まずは、日本の鯖の缶詰から始めて見てはいかがですか。 1ヶ月の間、鯖の缶詰を食べたら、中性脂肪が下がりました。

I really hate commercials masquerading as news. That being said, my doctor switched me from OTC fish oil to Vascepa and my cholesterol dropped from 300+ to 112 in 6 months. YMMV.

How much did Big PhRMA pay you to write this article?🤔

Is this a test...bayer.

i'll stick to Cod Liver Oil

Just eat fish...like the Japanese

That's good. Fish oil has a lot of benefits for human health.

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