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Dispute Over Fish Oil Gets Smoky Hot  by: Tom Attea It appears that fish oil prevents second heart attacks but primarily in Europe. It has become the usual practice over there to prescribe purified fish oil to patients who have had a heart attack. Their longevity increases through the likely benefit of preventing future heart attacks. But in the U. S. fish oil, as a rich source of omega-3, hasn’t been given nearly as much of an opportunity to benefit our cardiovascular systems, at least, not the prescription-grade of the fishy substance known by the brand name of Omacor, which is, among other tidy benefits, mercury-free. Now, the dispute has gotten smoky hot. We read such notices as, “Most cardiologists here are not giving omega-3’s, even though the data supports it. There’s a real disconnect,” said Dr. Terry Jacobson, a cardiologist at Emory University in Atlanta. “They have been very slow to incorporate the therapy.” It appears, in fact, that if a prescription is sent to many a health insurance company in the USA that calls for Omacor, the patient receives a note that it’s not covered and generic fish oil is recommended as a relatively inexpensive substitute. Only trouble is, of course, the OTC varieties are not as reliably pure or concentrated. With more and more studies demonstrating the benefits of fish oil, the question is, when will American medicine finally get hooked? About The Author Tom Attea, humorist and creator of http://NewsLaugh.com, has had six shows produced Off-Broadway. Critics have called his writing "delightfully funny," "witty," with "good, genuine laughs" and "great humor and ebullience." This article was posted on October 13, 2006 Read More Articles from the "Humor" Category: Western Leaders Release Video; Urge Muslims To Convert To Islam by Tom Attea Preacher Gets Religion; Is Overcome By Tolerance by Tom Attea U. S. May Become Nonaligned Nation; Cites Worldwide Ingratitude by Tom Attea Malice In “I Wonder Who I Amâ€� Land by James L. Snyder Why Are The Most Successful Electric Cars On Mars? by Tom Attea Wind Power Gets Big Boost: Politicians Agree To Direct Speeches At Turbines by Tom Attea Oui, Monsieur, The French Are Not Immune; Si, Signore, Even The Pope Must Do The Rope A Dope by Tom Attea Happily On The Evil Side by Jimmy Tiep Very Clever Mozart: For not having Mohammed’s head in the original production of Idomeneo by Tom Attea The Invention Of Land; An Eyewitness Account - Part Two of The Invention of Everything by Tom Attea << Back to "Humor" Index

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