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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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Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody (5 June 1981 – 22 March 2009) was an English celebrity. She came into the public spotlight while appearing on the third series of the then Channel 4 reality TV programme Big Brother in 2002, an appearance which led to her own television programmes and the launch of her own products after her eviction from the show.

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