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MDedge Daily News: Shingles boosts stroke risk


 

Herpes zoster boosts short-term stroke and TIA risk. Americans don’t know about cancer drug shortages – but they want to. Complication rates rise after uterine fibroid morcellation’s boxed warning. And marijuana use may spur change in safety-sensitive industries.

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