Flu vaccination and heart disease prevention

Heart attacks is the disease that can happen in people with over weight and people with hyperglycaemia . However, new studies has published about flu vaccination can protect people from heart attacks. That's what 2012 Canadian Cardiovascular Congress found.

It showed people who got an influenza vaccine were 50 percent less likely to experience a major cardiac event such as a heart attack, stroke or cardiac death, compared with those who had a placebo vaccine.

 "In addition to leading a heart healthy life, having an annual flu shot could be another easy way to help prevent cardiac events," Heart and Stroke Foundation spokesperson Dr. Beth Abramson said in a statement."

Source: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-204_162-57542114/flu-shot-linked-to-heart-disease-protection/