Pneumonia Vaccine may lower heart attack risk, a Canadian study finds

According to a Canadian study, vaccination against pneumonia almost halves the risk of a heart attack.

In this study the researchers from the University of Sherbrooke in Quebec compared 999 people (who were admitted to different Canadian hospitals for heart attacks) with those 3996 who were admitted for other reasons. The researchers didn’t find any difference in those who had or hadn’t the penumococcal vaccine in the previous year, but a 50 percent lower rate in those who were vaccinated two years earlier.

The study has been published in the current issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

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Enormous Impacts of High Cholesterol

High cholesterol emerged as one of the dangerous diseases in the world. Millions of people are involving in the disease of high cholesterol. Therefore it is estimated that every second American has caught up with symptoms of high cholesterol.

The lifestyles of the people have changed. People are used to binge eating that includes various kinds of foodstuffs, such as heavy cheese, butter, oily and spicy foodstuffs, enormous amounts of sweets and cookies, etc.

The patterns of keeping healthy and fit body have gone away. Now people don’t perform kinds of exercises, such as brisk walking, jogging, sprinting, swimming, yoga exercise, dance trainings, and weight lifting, etc.

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