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Everyone knows about flu shots, but most adults don’t get them. After all, they’re for babies and the elderly, right?

flu shots can save your life

Wrong. They’re for heart patients too.

Apparently, influenza, aka the flu, can bring about major complications of heart disease. In fact, the CDC recommends flu shots not only for heart disease patients, but also for their family members and caregivers. This is important, folks, and now is the time to act. If you are one of the 12 million Americans with a heart condition, call your doctor about this today. It can save your life this winter.

The Mended Hearts website has a good fact sheet about this issue here.

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