Flu causes heart attacks but vaccine protects: study
Mon Sep 21, 6:38 pm ET WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Influenza can help trigger heart attacks and may account for a 35 percent to 50 percent rise in heart attack deaths during flu season, British researchers reported on Monday. While a flu vaccine can prevent these deaths, fewer than half of the most vulnerable heart patients in Britain actually get a flu vaccine every year, however, they...
Read MoreStudy: Flu viruses can spark heart attacks
By MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer Maria Cheng, Ap Medical Writer Mon Sep 21, 8:48 pm ET LONDON – Heart patients who catch the flu may have more to worry about than just a fever or the sniffles: the virus could also spark a heart attack, new research shows. Amid the global outbreak of swine flu, experts say it’s crucial that heart patients get vaccinated against both regular flu and...
Read MoreSeasonal Cold or Swine Flu? Moms Face Tough Calls
By Deborah Kotz Deborah Kotz US News and World Report Mon Sep 21, 3:11 pm ET I sent my 11-year-old son to school today with a stuffy nose and mild cough, as I’ve done countless times in the past. Now, though, I’m wondering whether I should have kept him home. How do I know it’s really a garden-variety cold and not the swine flu? “That’s a great...
Read MoreCDC study: Swine flu deaths higher in older kids
By MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer Mike Stobbe, Ap Medical Writer Thu Sep 3, 8:19 pm ET ATLANTA – The first detailed study of U.S. children killed by swine flu found the outbreak differs from ordinary flu in at least one puzzling respect: It appears to be taking a higher toll on school-age youngsters than on babies and toddlers. At least 40 children have died, accounting for about one in...
Read MoreSt. Louis Businesses Prepare for Swine Flu
Catherine Wolf, KWMU (2009-09-02) null The check-out lines at a Schnucks grocery store in the St. Louis suburb of Ladue are staffed with cashiers and moving smoothly on a sunny summer afternoon. However, the lines could be moving slower this fall if health officials’ concerns for a severe swine flu outbreak are realized and many workers call in sick. The Centers for Disease Control...
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