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By Lisa Ryan Women who take fish-oil supplements during their last three months of pregnancy reduce the risk of their child developing asthma or wheezing, a new Danish study has found. Published in the New England Journal of Medicine, the study randomly assigned fish oil and placebos to more than 700 women in their thirdRead more

By Aboki Basira A Danish study has discovered that women who took fish oil supplements during pregnancy give birth to children with reduced risk of asthma. "I would say that the finding that the effect was there was maybe not the surprise, because there have been indications," says Dr. Hans Bisgaard, the study's lead researcherRead more

By ELSA VELASCO Los hijos de mujeres que tomaron suplementos de ácidos grasos omega-3 durante el embarazo tienen menor riesgo de sufrir asma e infecciones respiratorias durante la infancia. Es lo que concluye un estudio de la Universidad de Copenhague, Dinamarca, publicado ayer en The New England Journal of Medicine . En el ensayo participaronRead more

By Matthew Lin and Shaidah Deghan, MSc. Study Rundown: Asthma is a chronic disease that affects approximately 20% of young children, with the cost of care for these patients between 2005 and 2009 estimated as a little over $10 billion. The association between poor prenatal intake of n-3 LCPUFAs and increased risk of asthma inRead more

By Belinda Tasker Taking fish oil supplements during pregnancy can help mums reduce their child's chances of developing asthma during the first five years of life, medical researchers have discovered. A study of 695 newborns in Denmark found that the risk of developing asthma or a persistent wheeze dropped by a third among children whose mumsRead more

By Amy Norton The fish oil dose was high -- with fatty acid levels that were 15 to 20 times more than the average American gets from food. But there were no significant side effects, according to lead researcher Dr. Hans Bisgaard. He's a professor of pediatrics at the University of Copenhagen, in Denmark. HeRead more

By Kate Bueckert For the five-year study, 736 pregnant women were asked to take 2.4 grams of either fish oil or the placebo olive oil daily starting at 24 weeks of gestation. The study was a double-blind test, meaning neither the researchers nor the women knew who was taking which supplement. Researchers were able to followRead more

Credit: Light Imaging The study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that women who were prescribed 2.4 grams of long-chain omega-3 supplements during the third trimester of pregnancy reduced their children's risk of asthma by 31 per cent. Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, which include eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), areRead more

By Ramya Ramaswami, M.B., B.S., M.P.H., Charles N. Serhan, Ph.D., D.Sc., Bruce D. Levy, M.D., and Maria Makrides, B.N.D., Ph.D. Ms. Franklin is a 30-year-old woman who is 20 weeks pregnant with her second child and is seeing you today for a routine prenatal visit. She is a healthy woman with a history of well-controlled asthma.Read more

December 29, 2016 — Women who took fish oil during the last three months of pregnancy significantly lowered the risk that their children would develop asthma, a study in Denmark has found. Among children whose mothers took fish-oil capsules, 16.9 percent had asthma by age 3, compared with 23.7 percent whose mothers were given placebos.Read more