Filtered By:
Specialty: International Medicine & Public Health
Vaccination: Influenza Vaccine
This page shows you your search results in order of relevance.
Order by Relevance | Date
Total 21 results found since Jan 2013.
Flu shot halves risk of heart attack or stroke in people with history of heart attack, study finds
(Women's College Hospital) The flu vaccine may not only ward off serious complications from influenza, it may also reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by more than 50 percent among those who have had a heart attack, according to new research led by Dr. Jacob Udell, a cardiologist at Women's College Hospital and clinician-scientist at the University of Toronto. What's more, the vaccine's heart protective effects may be even greater among those who receive a more potent vaccine.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - October 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Flu shot halves risk of heart attack or stroke in people with history of heart attack, study finds
(University Health Network) The flu vaccine may not only ward off serious complications from influenza, it may also reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke by more than 50 percent among those who have had a heart attack, according to new research led by Dr. Jacob Udell, a cardiologist at Women's College Hospital and clinician-scientist at the University of Toronto.
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - October 22, 2013 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Relative Burden of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Hospitalizations in Seniors
Conclusions Although CAP has a higher burden of hospitalization and total costs than MI, stroke, and OF in the elderly population, prevention efforts are much smaller for CAP. Prioritization of CAP prevention is needed to substantially reduce its burden.
Source: American Journal of Preventive Medicine - July 12, 2016 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: research
The trends and determinants of seasonal influenza vaccination after cardiovascular events in Canada: a repeated, pan-Canadian, cross-sectional study
CONCLUSION: Influenza vaccination is still at less than the recommended level in patients with CVD. Future research should consider the impact of interventions to improve vaccination uptake in this population.PMID:36794825 | DOI:10.24095/hpcdp.43.2.04
Source: Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention in Canada - February 16, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hanna Cho Sherilyn J D Houle Wasem Alsabbagh Source Type: research
