Flu shot may reduce risk of cardiac event by 50 per cent,
cardiac deaths by 40 per cent
Toronto - Getting a flu shot may not only protect you from
getting sick, it might also prevent heart disease.
Two Toronto-based researchers presented studies at the 2012
Canadian Cardiovascular Congress which found that the influenza vaccine could
be an important treatment for maintaining heart health and warding off
cardiovascular events like strokes and heart attacks.
Dr. Jacob Udell, a cardiologist at Women’s College Hospital
and the University of Toronto, and his team from the TIMI Study Group and
Network for Innovation in Clinical Research looked at published clinical trials
on this subject, dating back to the 1960s.