Fish Oil Supplements Help With Heart Failure

From the Washington Post;

Daily supplements of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids -- the kind found in fish oil -- reduced deaths and hospitalizations of people with heart failure, an Italian study found.

But a cholesterol-lowering statin drug had no beneficial effect in a parallel heart failure trial.

"There is a benefit of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids for heart failure patients."

Full text at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/31/AR2008083100444.html