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Tuesday, January 1, 2008

Influenza injection is suggested for heart disease patients

It has been proved from several reports that taking injection against influenza once a year can reduce death rates in all ranges of age for people with heart disease. The ratio of patients who had a flu shot in 2005 was one to three adults.
Dr. Matthew M. Davis, lead author of the study and an internist at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, said:” we can save hundreds of people from death and thousands from influenza, if we injected at least 60% of cardiac disease patients in the US who are about 13.2 million patients. He also added:” although most heart disease patients visit their doctors in the time that they should get the influenza injection, the influenza injection can be found only in half of the cardiologists clinics.

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