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October 04, 2005

Shingles Not Just an Old Person's Disease

My physician, Peter J. Ouellette of Georgetown University, took one look, asked a few questions and announced his diagnosis: shingles.

I repeated it, to make sure I had heard correctly. Shingles. (Washington Post)

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