Annual Flu Shots May Benefit Diabetics
Filed in archive Treatment by Rhys on July 31, 2006

Some doctors feel that 'high risk' groups, including diabetics, should seriously consider receiving a flu shot every year.
Like other high-risk groups, adults with diabetes benefit from having a flu vaccination every year, regardless of age, Dutch researchers confirm.
The percentage of adult diabetics who get a flu shot ``remains low,`` note Dr Ingrid Looijmans-Van Den Akker from University Medical Center
, Utrecht and colleagues in the medical journal diabetes care, perhaps because of uncertainty about the vaccine`s effectiveness in people with diabetes. ``Influenza vaccination was associated with a 56 percent reduction in any complication, a 54 percent reduction in hospitalisations, and 58 per cent reduction in deaths,`` the investigators report.
Is this enough to convince you to face yet another needle?
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