Americans spend about 20 billion dollars a year trying to reduce inflammation and eliminate pain, but many of the products designed to do that have pretty significant side-effects.  Today we’ll discuss why omega-3 fatty acids, the fat found in fish and fish oil supplements, are some of the safest and most effective anti-inflammatories around. Joseph Maroon, M.D., a neurosurgeon at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and the author of the new book Fish Oil, the Natural Anti-Inflammatory, joins us. Dr. Maroon answers calls.