People are snapping up more fish-oil supplements than ever. They're taking them to treat a long list of ailments: menstrual cramps, heart disease, asthma, bipolar disorder, high blood pressure ...

While fish oil contains omega-3 fatty acids that can have health benefits, taking too much can have side effects. Fish oil is well known for its wealth of health-promoting properties. It contains ...

Then in the May 1999 Archives of General Psychiatry, Andrew Stoll, MD, and colleagues reported a study of fish oil in 30 manic-depressive patients. Sixty-four percent of those who took 10 grams of ...

Research has linked fish oil to several benefits. Omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil supplements help protect eye health and reduce inflammation. Some evidence suggests that fish oil pills are ...

Both fish-oil pills and krill-oil supplements supply the healthful omega-3 fatty acids DHA and EPA. But there are differences. Krill oil comes from small crustaceans, not fatty fish, and typically ...

A landmark study published in JAMA Network Open has revealed that fish oil supplements could offer significant protection against Alzheimer’s disease. The research is particularly relevant for ...

Among patients with prostate cancer, a high omega-3, low-omega-6 diet with fish oil led to a Ki-67 index decrease.

Adding fish oil or omega-3 fatty acids such as those in fish oil or the supplement lutein/zeaxanthin to a recommended cocktail of vitamins C and E, beta carotene and zinc did not further reduce the ...

In a paper published December 13 in Cell Reports, Li and his colleagues detail the mechanism through which the ingestion of fish oil can cause hair loss in mice. The finding raises questions about ...