fish oil better than statins for prevention of death?

Dear All, As many of you may know, Tim Russert, host of Meet the Press, passed away recently from sudden cardiac death. I wanted to take this time to share with you a little information about sudden cardiac death, and a prevention strategy that may be of help to you, your family or friend -- which is that fish oil, 1 g of EPA and DHA a day can reduce the risk of sudden cardiac death greatly. Here is more information on sudden cardiac death: http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4741 In the video, I refer to several different studies; 1) This is the big 1999 fish oil study that I mentioned http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/10465168 2) Here is the link to the review showing that fish oil beats out statins in reducing risk of death: http://archinte.ama-assn.org/cgi/content/full/165/7/725 More information on primary and secondary endpoints: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1120143 Here is the link to my website: www.bostonmedicalstudent.wordpress.com

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YouTube | June 15, 2008

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