Former Jacksonville Jaguars QB David Garrard has Crohn’s Disease.  He’s raised money for the Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America ($180,000 in one year), has visited children with the disease, and recently set up his own foundation to educate the public and assist fellow-sufferers. The Michael J. Fox Foundation, now fifteen years old, distributes over $83 million each year to fund research on Parkinson’s Disease and increase public awareness. Celebrities with serious diseases, simply by publicizing the fact, have saved lives by calling attention to the illness.  There was a spike in testing for the BRACA 1 and 2 gene mutations associated with breast cancer after Angelina Jolie announced that she had the mutant gene and had undergone a double mastectomy. In 1998, Hillary Clinton had a blood clot, a deep vein thrombosis, or venous thromboembolism (VTE).  But the First Lady did not come forward with the information.  Even...(Read Full Article)