Health care blog

No matter how untouchable and god-like many celebrities seem to be, we begin to recognize their humanity through their weaknesses. Whether it is substance abuse, scandalous divorce or an incurable disease- we are able to relate more to the celebrities when they go through the “bad” time in life. Increasing awareness has been awarded to celebrities battling and dying from the decease of the 21st century-cancer. The phenomenon has received vast media attention and nowadays no star is able to go through diagnosis or treatment without the whole world finding out about it. The most recent cancer victim is Christina Applegate a young, talented start of sit-coms and movies. Diagnosed early in 2008, she was able to keep the information private for some time, but eventually doctors and media have begin to spill the beans. Although Christina has fully recovered from cancer, the world has lost many talented stars to cancer’s poisonous existence. Amongst the victims are Luciano Pavarotti, Paul Newman and the unforgettable Shirley Temple.