{"id":12026,"date":"2018-11-23T02:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T07:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12026"},"modified":"2018-11-20T08:37:04","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:37:04","slug":"fish-oil-drug-looks-heart-healthy-just-dont-swallow-it-hook-line-and-sinker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=12026","title":{"rendered":"Fish Oil Drug Looks Heart-Healthy. Just Don\u2019t Swallow It Hook, Line And Sinker."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Shefali Luthra for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333; text-transform: none; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'PT Serif', Georgia, serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; float: none; display: inline !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">When biopharma company Amarin teased its latest clinical trial results this fall, it stirred both\u00a0buzz and controversy\u00a0in the medical community by suggesting its drug, Vascepa, could transform heart disease prevention. The company\u2019s stock skyrocketed. <a href=\"https:\/\/khn.org\/news\/fish-oil-drug-looks-heart-healthy-just-dont-swallow-it-hook-line-and-sinker\/?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=67649525&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--SC41P7Anltzm0tqC1HWjCXUCE0S8v-AdXHg1gsy4DfsQScpCiFHRsWvKxA4JwoFQuBn91kwFTxDWwDLZ9eAOKMloTUQ&amp;_hsmi=67649525\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 15px; padding: 0px; outline: 0px; border: 0px currentColor; color: #444444; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.6; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; font-stretch: inherit; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit;\">Kaiser Health News is a nonprofit national health policy news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. 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