From Yahoo health. Reasoning at the link.
http://health.yahoo.net/experts/dayinhealth/shot-prevents-heart-attacks
Scientists from TIMU Study Group and
Network for Innovation in Clinical Research analyzed published clinical trials
involving a total of 3,227 patients, half of whom had been diagnosed with heart
disease. Participants, whose average age was 60, were randomly assigned to either
receive flu vaccine or a placebo shot, then their health was tracked for 12
months.
Those who got the flu shot were 50
percent less likely to suffer major cardiac events (such as heart attacks or
strokes) and 40 percent less likely to die of cardiac causes. Similar trends were found in patients with
and without previous heart disease. The findings suggest “that flu vaccine is a
heart vaccine,” lead study author Jacob Udell told
Fox News.
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