The Emergency Room (ER) at Torrance Memorial Medical Center, California, has set up a specific area for patients suffering from flu symptoms. Hospital officials said out of the 300 patients seen daily in the ER, 60 patients are diagnosed with flulike symptoms and approximately 20 other patients have flu symptoms with other complications. — TNS
Not into the flu shot? Think of it as a heart attack vaccine instead.
That’s because the first week or so of a flu infection appears to make you much more susceptible to a heart attack, according to a new study in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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