HEALTH TIPS: More help from the flu shot 4
Health Tip – Audio Version - More help from the flu shot 4
Health Tip – Healthy Next Step: Inactivated Influenza Vaccine: What You Need to Know (PDF – KB) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
Dr. Harlan Krumholz of Yale says people with heart disease should protect themselves from the flu and heart disease by getting the flu shot yearly.
“It’s a tricky little bug that changes a bit year to year, and so the protection you get in one year doesn’t necessarily cross over to protection in the next year. And the best recommendation now is get it every year, protect yourself from the flu, and we think that will also reduce your risk with heart disease.”
Health Tip courtesy of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Last revised: September, 26 2006