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Can Celebrity Sickness Boost Public Health?

By Katie DrummondSep 8th 2010 – 3:35PM
 John Paul Filo, CBS / AP

John Paul Filo, CBS / AP

(Sept. 8) -- Celebrities: They're just like us. That's true of putting on pants (one leg at a time!), grocery store trips, drunken faux pas and also, more seriously, illness. Surprisingly, though, when the rich and famous get sick, their diagnoses might actually improve the health outcomes of their fans and...

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A celebrity, also referred to as a celeb in popular culture, is a person who has a prominent profile and commands a great degree of public fascination and influence in day-to-day media.

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