Pneumococcal vaccine associated with 50 percent lower risk of heart attacks
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 - 02:28
in Health & Medicine
Pneumococcal (pneumonia) vaccination was associated with a 50% lower risk of heart attacks 2 years after vaccination, suggests a large hospital-based case-control study published in CMAJ.
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