Regular flu shots might save heart failure patients

Annual flu vaccination is regarded as a safe and low-cost way to improve survival rate among elderly heart failure patients, according to a new research.

The findings, showed that flu vaccination was associated with an 18 per cent reduced risk of premature death and a 19 per cent reduction in both all-cause and cardiovascular death when compared with no vaccination.

Getting a flu shot less than once per year but more than not at all was associated with a 13 per cent reduced risk of all-cause death and an 8 per cent reduced risk of cardiovascular death.

Recent studies have indicated that the influenza vaccination coverage of patients with heart failure is inadequate,” said lead author .

“I hope that our study can assist in making physicians and cardiologists who care for patients with heart failure aware of how important influenza vaccination is for their patients. Influenza vaccination may be regarded as a standard treatment in heart failure similar to medications,” he added

Influenza can be very serious or even fatal for patients with heart failure because heart failure patients are often older than 65, have compromised circulation and other health complications, and infection may exacerbate heart failure symptoms.

Moreover, heart failure is expected to increase over the next decade as the population ages, highlighting a greater need to provide better care for these patients.

In this study, researchers analyzed data on 134,048 patients with newly diagnosed heart failure over a 12-year period.

Though the research only looked at patients with newly-diagnosed heart failure, the protection from a flu shot is likely to benefit any patient with heart failure, the Dr. noted.

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STEM CELLS: LIFE’S BUILDING BLOCKS

The human body consists of more than 200 mature cell types; each has a distinct and specialised function. Whether it’s the heart muscle cells that beat rhythmically or red blood cells that deliver oxygen to every part of our body, all specialised, “working cells” have their role to play.

Stem cells are different to our mature working cells: they have an amazing ability to not only make more of themselves, but also to create new tissues when they divide and develop. This is how we make all the functioning cells of the body.

The discovery of stem cells was one of the greatest achievements of modern medicine. With this ability, stem cells play an essential role during the development of the human body after fertilisation.

However, stem cells do not all disappear after the body is fully developed. Some remain in our body as a “reserve”, and are crucial in the recovery of damaged or older tissues. Their ability to produce different kinds of specialized cells makes them so unique and powerful for medical therapy.

Umbilical cord stem cells are “neonatal stem cells” and considered to be earlier than “adult stem cells”. They are less mature (less committed) than stem cells found in the bone marrow or organs of adults or children.

Although, the majority of stem cells are haematopoietic stem cells, cord blood also contains early mesenchymal and other early stem cells in smaller amounts.

Uniquely, umbilical cord derived stem cells are known to have a wider ability than adult stem cells to produce different human tissues.

This amazing discovery is now being applied to develop treatments for serious human diseases. This is why we at Cryo-Save are so excited about using umbilical cord derived stem cells in therapy.

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