Pneumonia Vaccine Does Not Protect Against Heart Attacks or Strokes, Kaiser Permanente Study Shows

The pneumococcal pneumonia vaccination is not associated with a reduced risk of heart attacks or strokes, according to a Kaiser Permanente study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association that followed 84,170 men aged 45 to 69. The five-year prospective cohort study provides new insights about the association between pneumococcal vaccination and heart attacks and strokes. While previous studies have shown that preventing influenza by vaccination reduces the risk of vascular events, the effect of pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine on vascular events remains controversial, researchers said.

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