Journal of Women's Health Care
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McManus A

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• Review Article
  Women's Health Care: the Potential of Long-Chain Omega-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids
  Author(s): Hunt W and McManus A Hunt W and McManus A
  
  Health care requirements are challenged by longer life expectancies with the fastest growing age group being women aged 85 years and older. The health care requirements for older women require further investigation with clinical trials seeking to represent this growing proportion of our population. Gender specific and general health care requirements for women over their lifespan need to be aimed at prolonging health adjusted life expectancy. Health care utilization has been linked to exposure to printed and online health information although which is the causal factor is unknown. Health literacy remains a concern in the transmission of health information especially with regard to complex messages such as the many health benefits associated with marine sourced long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids. These health benefits include: all-cause morbidity, coronary heart disease, ca.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-0420.1000142

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