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Infectious disease experts say everyone 6 months and older should get vaccinated against the flu. New research suggests there are health benefits beyond protecting against the virus. Eric Schnakenberg, a family physician at Community Care Family Medicine in Clifton Park, sometimes encounters patients who are hesitant to get vaccinated against the flu. When that happens, he tells them that getting a flu shot confers a little-known bonus benefit: preventing heart attacks. The shot’s ability to limit heart-stressing inflammation associated with contracting the flu.
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