the article focuses on the cardiovascular benefits... which appear to have been self-propagated by some adhoc "because x study says it helps!" without anyone do

the article focuses on the cardiovascular benefits... which appear to have been self-propagated by some adhoc "because x study says it helps!" without anyone doing critical thinking on their own part. Unfortunately it isn't apparent that that is the the focus until you look at where the article is hosted. So I'll vehemently agree with your initial observation that the original title is link-bait at best. There are many studied and documented benefits of fish oil. This hardly "puts a nail in the coffin" for the supplement but hopefully it gets people thinking and some more studies funded so we can get a better picture. Of course if our food just had a better omega-3 :omega-6 ratio we'd be in a situation where the supplement wouldn't be the necessary...