Study: Flu viruses can spark heart attacks

Courtesy Headlines from the Associated Press  Mon, 09/21/2009 - 17:04

LONDON (AP) -- Heart patients who catch the flu may have more to worry about than just a fever or the sniffles: the virus could also spark a heart attack, new research shows....

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