Get your flu vax...to prevent a heart attack?

[mama1803]

A new angle on trying to convince us to get a flu vaccine--

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/09/21...ion=cnn_latest

[Amatullah0]

Oh goody!

[Sileree]

Study on flu shots and heart-attack risk questioned

http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/cidrap/con...2110heart.html

"...two other researchers who were asked to comment on the study said it is flawed, mainly because the authors did not conduct separate assessments of the effects of vaccination on heart attack risk during flu season and at other times of the year. They said such an assessment is a key test of whether apparent reductions in risk instead actually reflect the fact that people who get vaccinated tend to be in better health than those who don't (the "healthy user effect")."