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Routine arthritis drug boosts risk of shingles, scientists warn (EARTHtimes.org)

Hamburg, Germany - A medication routinely prescribed for arthritis appears to increase the risk of contracting the excruciatingly painful viral skin condition known as shingles, according to a team of German scientists. Patients with rheumatoid arthr…