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Scientists
have revealed, after careful study and testing that fish oils markedly
reduce the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis so that patients in some ways return
to normal.
At a conference of the British Society for Immunology in December, l997
and summarized in the journal Immunology Today, June l998* (though not in
the mainstream media,) they also reported favorable effects on organ
transplants and the disease, lupus.
On July 22, l999, The New York Times observed that a top-rated basketball
player, Sean Elliot, would soon receive a kidney transplant. Since
physicians rarely read their medical journals, it is sad to say that his
doctor is far more likely to use the powerful and admittedly destructive
drug cyclosporin than the rather benign fish oil capsules.
DETAILS: Favorable reports on the use of fish oils have also been reported
in the journals Arthritis Rheum., Journal of Clin. Investigation, Clinical
Science, New England Journal of Medicine, Amer. Jrl. of Clin. Nutrition,
etc., etc.
*Credit for summarizing the meeting should go to Dr. Philip Calder, Inst.
of Human Nutrition, U. of Southampton, Southampton, UK SO16 7PX.
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