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Flu Shots Do More Than Fight Off the Flu
Charlottetown Guardian (CAN); C9

[04/19/2003]

A recent study in the New England Journal of Medicine concluded that the flu shot not only protects the elderly against the flu but also against heart disease and stroke. The large study involved over 286,000 senior citizens and revealed that hospital stays for heart disease or stroke during two flu seasons were much lower among individuals who received flu shots.
 
     
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