Study suggests the shot can reduce risk for first heart attack
(NEWSER) - The flu shot may be good for you in more ways than one. A new study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, found that adults who took the flu vaccine were less likely to experience their first heart attack in the following year, CNN reports. Researchers looked at the medical records of more than 16,000 first-time heart attack sufferers, age 40 and over, and almost 62,700 who hadn’t had an attack. More»