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Pneumonia vaccine

not only prevents bacterial infections and injections seem to significantly reduce the risk of heart attacks in adults, Canadian researchers. Pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination or associated with a reduction of more than 50 per cent rate of heart attacks after two years, Dr. Danielle Pilon of the University of Sherbrooke and her colleagues reported in the issue during Tuesday at Canadian Medical Association Journal. Researchers compared the history of the disease, about 1,000 people who suffered a heart attack around 4000, which were strattera dosage not, but at high risk for another. The participants had an average age about 60 years. "We compared the level of vaccination in two groups, found that patients who did end up getting a heart attack are less likely to have been vaccinated," study author Dr. François LaMontagne said. Researchers knew that vaccination could change one stage atheroslerosis - the accumulation of cholesterol, fat, calcium from the blood within the arteries, which can harden and lead to heart attacks or strokes. "The hypothesis that vaccination may change if one of the steps in the formation of atherosclerosis, perhaps, it may reduce the risk of heart attack," said Pilon. "And this is what we found."

Assumption that vaccination can protect against heart attacks and strokes by preventing pnemonia is intelligent, Dr. Mohammed Majid from Texas Heart Institute in Houston said in the magazine notes the study. Pneumococcal pneumonia and other respiratory infections such as influenza and SARS, have been shown to cause a heart attack in some patients, said Majid. Majid suggested that doctors focus on increasing vaccination against pneumonia and influenza in high risk groups, as well as the level of vaccination far below targets in Canada and the USA, Canada, pneumoccocal vaccine for free, but only 39 percent of those who should receive the vaccine do so. Tom Mayo, 75, St. John's has heart disease and bypass surgery for its treatment. While Mayo said he does not like to receive the needle, it gets pneumoccocal vaccine, knowing that being older and increases his risk. "My wife is a nurse, and she watches me, and ensures that I get a regular needle," said Mayo. Results of case-control study should be confirmed, the pilot warned. If the results are correct, vaccination may go a long way to reduce heart attacks, says Dr. Chris Glover from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. The question is whether to vaccinate the general population to reduce heart attacks? "I think it is a very interesting question," Glover said. .