Obesity Harming Strides Made Against Heart Disease

TUESDAY, 2019 (HealthDay News) -- obesity rates, appears to undoing decades of gains against heart disease, the of from heart continued to drop, from high Obesity Harming Strides pressure increased, because despite medical surgical advances public initiatives around cholesterol pressure awareness," said lead Dr. Sadiya Khan. She is an assistant of cardiology at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine," added," Khan said.

Experts are issuing a mid-flu season call for Australians to get immunised, prompted by concerns over influenza's links to heart attacks. Immunisation Coalition says this year's flu season is one of the worst on record, with 486 deaths and more than 228,000 cases. In the video above: Influenza breakthrough The group is hoping to not only raise awareness of influenza's potential to trigger heart attacks, but the flu jab's ability to reduce the risk of a heart attack by up to 45 per cent. The body's immune response to influenza involves releasing chemicals heart disease awareness called cytokines, which increases the risk of blood clots which can block coronary arteries. This limits blood supply to the heart and can cause a fast or irregular heartbeat. Research shows a person is six times more likely to have a heart attack the week after having the flu, compared to the year before or after the infection. Tim Tan from Blacktown Hospital's department of cardiology says people who have not had a flu jab are almost twice as likely to have a heart attack, compared to those who have been vaccinated.

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