Heart Disease and Omega 3

Omega-3 fatty acids said to reduce the risk of heart disease.
The Washington Post (1/28, Bell) reports that omega-3 fatty acids have received a recent "bump in popularity" as the result of heavy marketing and a 2004 FDA ruling which determined that foods containing them "may reduce the risk of one form of heart disease." The high profile "has made omega-3s the darling of the supplement world," although Benjamin Caballero, a professor at the John Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health warns that omega-3s can also "thin the blood," and "should not be used by stroke patients."