REDNOVA NEWS REDNOVA EXTRAS Posted on: Thursday, 23 June 2005, 12:00 CDT             Change Font Size: Caution on Fish Oil Supplements People who have diets high in fish oil have been shown to be at lower risk of dying from heart attacks. But a new study has found that fish oil supplements may pose a risk to some patients who use implanted defibrillators to control irregular heart rhythms. The researchers said the results did not mean that the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish do not help fight heart disease. But the study, which appeared in the June 15 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association, does suggest that fish oil does not help in the way that many researchers had thought. The theory had been that the fatty acids helped stop irregular heartbeats known as arrhythmia, which can lead to cardiac arrest. So for this stud

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