Rachel Zabel, an Australian researcher from Queensland University of Technology, is set to test the health benefits of fish oil in people with chronic kidney disease. "Research shows that patients with kidney disease on dialysis experience a range of complications thought to relate to chronic inflammation," she said. Fish oils have known anti-inflammatory properties due to their high concentration of eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA). "EPA has been used successfully in other population groups with chronic inflammation… however the anti-inflammatory effects have not yet been applied to patients on dialysis," she said.
Source: Queensland University of Technology, Apr 30, 2007
