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Former NFL quarterback Danny Wuerffel diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome

TheCelebrityCafe.com Staff
6/16/2011
Wuerffel is expected to make a full recovery from the rare autoimmune disorder

Danny Wuerffel, a Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback who played six seasons in the NFL with four different teams, has been diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome, a rare autoimmune disorder that affects roughly one out of every 100,000 people.

The potentially debilitating disease is believed to have surfaced when his immune system began attacking parts of the nervous system that control movement and sensation, mistaking them for a stomach virus he battled in early June.

White House Party Crasher and ‘Real Housewife,’ Michaele Salahi, Has Multiple Sclerosis

TheCelebrityCafe.com Staff
9/15/2010
The reality star stated that allegations she was anorexic were hurtful since she has had MS for 17 years

The Real Housewives of D.C. cast member, Michaele Salahi, who is best known for having crashed a White House state dinner party with her husband in 2009, released Cirque du Salahi: Be Careful Who You Trust Wednesday. In the book, the reality star dropped a bombshell that will serve as a public relations blow to Real Housewives cast members who have critiqued and joked about her thin physique.

Catherine Zeta-Jones Furious with Doctors for Failing to Detect Husband’s Throat Cancer Sooner

TheCelebrityCafe.com Staff
9/3/2010
The actress expressed frustration over the incompetence of her husband’s doctors despite his efforts to seek treatment

Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones’ husband, Academy Award-winning actor Michael Douglas, appeared on the Late Show with David Letterman earlier this week and revealed that he sought attention from doctors for several months before a tumor was found in his throat during a biopsy.

J.K. Rowling Donates $15.4 Million to Charity

Victoria Fitzgerald
8/31/2010
Author's gift to Edinburgh in memory of her mother

British newspaper The Telegraph has reported that J.K. Rowling, creator of the Harry Potter franchise, has donated $15.4 million to set up a multiple sclerosis research clinic.

The author lost her mother to complications relating to the degenerative disease in 1990 after a ten-year battle.

Cheryl Cole to Help Fight Malaria


8/15/2010
The multitalented British pop singer and reality TV judge hopes to help fight the disease she recently suffered from

British singer Cheryl Cole is set to become a charity ambassador.

Following her recovery from malaria last month, Cole has decided to help raise awareness of the disease, hoping to travel to the poorest parts of Africa, where it kills up to 3,000 people every day.

The "Fight For This Love" singer caught the deadly virus whilst on holiday in Tanzania with rumored boyfriend, dancer Derek Hough.

'Oregon Trail' Mock Movie Trailer Made

Tara Fowler
8/3/2010
The popular survival game gets its very own two and a half minute trailer!

Long before Halo and Gears of War, there was another pop culture gaming sensation: Oregon Trail.

Oregon Trail hit its peak when I was in first grade. Instead of learning cursive, we would all gather around the obnoxiously large computer with the miniscule screen and watch as one of us would try to brave the realities of 19th-century pioneer life on the trail. At any given moment, any one of your wagon-borne party could die in any number of ways. From dysentery to drowning, no one was safe.

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