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Fish Are Better Than Some Drug Treatments For Heart Attack Victims

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BMJ

Diet Containing Oil-Rich Fish Confers More Benefit Than Some Pharmacological Regimens

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In a letter in this week's BMJ, Roger Harrison from Wigan and Bolton Health Authority and Michael Burr from the University of Wales College of Medicine comment on a study reporting that the benefits of a diet containing oil-rich fish for survivors of heart attack may exceed those from some pharma-cological regimens. In their study of 2033 male survivors of heart attack, deaths were reduced by one third among those who ate oil-rich fish on a regular basis. The authors of the letter point out that this simple and cheap dietary intervention was not found to have any important side effects.

Contact:

Roger Harrison, NHS Research Fellow, Wigan and Bolton Health Authority, Wigan
t:+44 1942 772760
f: +44 1942 772769

email:roger_harrison@yahoo.com

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