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On the fence about getting a flu shot? Maybe this news will make your decision easier: In two separate studies, Canadian researchers at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre reveal that flu vaccines can protect your ticker too. The jab may reduce heart attack and stroke risk by 50 percent and heart-related death by 40 percent. The studies involved over 3,200 people, almost half with heart disease. While researchers still don’t understand how the flu shot protects our hearts, they speculate that it may counteract infl ammation and immune responses associated with artery-hardening plaques.
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