Prescription fish oil supplements containing omega-3 fatty acids might help prevent death from heart disease in patients who recently had a myocardial infarction, as well as hospitalizations in those with heart failure, but there is a lack of evidence to support taking them to prevent heart disease in the general population, according to a new science advisory from the American Heart Association (AHA) (Circulation 2017 Mar 13. [Epub ahead of print]).
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