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This is Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata.
Get a flu shot. It's already standard advice from your doctor. But it may be even more important for senior citizens at risk of heart attack.
Because a new analysis in the New England Journal of Medicine found that a flu infection raises the risk of a heart attack by six times... And other viral infections can also up the risk, to a lesser degree.
"These viruses cause a stress on the system overall, and so increase the metabolism, and so people who are at risk for having a heart attack, that can tip them over." Jeff Kwong, an epidemiologist at Public Health Ontario and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.
Kwong and his team evaluated that risk by studying the histories of 20,000 older adults with confirmed cases of influenza. And they found that within one week of a flu diagnosis, the group suffered six times as many heart attacks, on average, than they did during control periods, when they weren't sick.

Which Kwong says is another good reason to get a flu shot. "If you're at a high risk for heart disease it's probably a good idea to get one, to reduce the chance of heart attacks."
And since they also found a link between heart attack risk and infection with other viruses, like respiratory syncytial virus. Kwong has one more oft-repeated piece of advice to keep you healthy during the cold and flu season: "washing your hands frequently, to prevent all sorts of respiratory infections."
That practice will guarantee some heart-healthy exercise, too: to wash your hands properly, you have to get off the couch.
Thanks for listening for Scientific American — 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata.

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重点讲解

重点讲解：
1. at risk of 处境危险；有风险的；在危险中；
An estimated seven million people are at risk of starvation.
估计有700万人面临着饿死的危险(dZrZ[fw4hZ.(dJD!~g。
2. on average 平均起来；按平均值；
New diseases are now emerging at the unprecedented rate, on average, of one per year.
新疾病现正以平均每年一种的空前速度出现Px]UdK#@Vo。
3. all sorts of 各种各样的；形形色色的；
I was just a kid and full of all sorts of wild ideas.
我不过是个孩子，充满各种奇异的想法JBu]hl7NpotodH*Q。
4. get off 走开；离开；
We'd better get off the lake before the storm breaks, or we'll get soaked.
我们最好在暴风雨来临之前离开湖面，不然我们会淋透的O*tkkl-y&YgH3。