In The News: 05/04

Sound Fishy? Cod-Liver Oil Can Delay Cartilage Damage Maybe your mother knew something, after all. Cod-liver oil—that nasty stuff she made you take as a child—has been shown to slow the destruction of joint cartilage in osteoarthritis patients, potentially reducing the need for joint-replacement surgery later in life. A study conducted at Cardiff University in Wales, U.K., shows that tissues from 86 percent of 25 patients awaiting joint replacement who took 2,000mg of cod-liver oil daily…