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As a philanthropist and AIDs activist, Alicia Keys has been using her Grammy award-winning talent and fame to do some real good in the world. She even co-founded "Keep a Child Alive," an organization that has raised millions to care for HIV/AIDS patients in Africa and India!

Here's what she has to say about the disease here at home:

Tags: aids, alicia keys, awareness, campaign, empowered, female hiv, health, help, scary

Reach your audience any way you can, and if that means having David Arquette talk about boobies for the Keep A Breast Foundation, well, let's listen up!

Breast cancer prevention is imperative, and that means that more people should be encouraged to check themselves and their partners — any way you can! A large percentage of breast cancer is actually found by a spouse or loved one, so never count them out! It might even be fun!

KAB seeks to increase breast cancer awareness among young people through art events, educational programs and fundraising efforts, so they are better equipped to make choices and develop habits that will benefit their long-term health and well-being. For more fab info, make sure you CLICK HERE!!

Tags: awareness, breast cancer, david arquette, foundation, message, psa

Yes, fecal transplants are real and yes, they do cure people.

We previously mentioned that a woman's life was saved by a fecal transplant!

She had too much of the deadly bacteria C. difficile in her system after antibiotics she was taking killed off all the good bacteria.

What happens is, there is good bacteria in your gut that keeps the bad stuff at bay.

So when your gut gets all out of whack, sometimes it only takes a simple fecal enema to clear it up!

Tags: awareness, doctor, doctors, fecal transplant, feces, gross, health, life, nasty, poo, poop, procedure, science, shit, success, surgery, treatment

Are you still getting into the 2013 groove?

That's neat — Barbra Streisand has you beat. She's already well into being the best version of herself in 2013, and has announced a $2 million pledge for women's heart research. How's that workout resolution of yours coming along?

LOLz!

She spoke at President Bill Clinton’s second-annual Health Matters: Activating Wellness in Every Generation Conference, and talked about health and junk food:

Tags: amazing, america, american, awareness, barbra streisand, campaign, donation, education, food, health, million, research, wellness, women, work, workout

Sometimes, stars really do instill inspiration in us.

Today is one of those days, as the likes of Brad Pitt, Sir Paul McCartney, Katy Perry, Robert Carlyle, and others, have pledged support in honor of male cancer awareness for International Men’s Day.

Tags: awareness, brad pitt, campaign, cancer, cause, change, donate, health, inspiration, katy perry, love, money, paul mccartney, prevent, prevention, star, strong, support

Giuliana Olmos, a sophomore at USC, plays on the women's tennis team.

She wanted to do something to make a difference in her community, so she organized an inter-sport tennis tournament to raise money for charity.

Then she learned one of her teammate's moms had breast cancer.

She said:

Tags: athlete, athletes, awareness, benefit, breast, breast cancer, charity, college, community, diagnosed, mom, play, school, sport, tennis, tournament, usc

If you watch football, you may have noticed that the players have pink shoes, pink gloves, pink towels, etc.

This is all to raise awareness for Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

Well a high school football player decided to wear pink in honor of a friend's mother who died from breast cancer.

When his coach saw the pink he allegedly said:

Tags: awareness, breast, breast cancer, coach, football, high school, pink, play, player, players, practice, team