Fish oil fights weight loss due to chemotherapy

Monday, February 28, 2011 - 12:10 in Health & Medicine

A new analysis has found that supplementing the diet with fish oil may prevent muscle and weight loss that commonly occurs in cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that fish oil may help combat cancer-related malnutrition...

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