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Cuban Cure?: A Cuban doctor Sunday offered to treat pop star Michael Jackson for a skin pigmentation disease as an act of “international goodwill.” Dr. Carlos Miyares Cao runs a special clinic on the island that treats sufferers of vitiligo, a disease that causes progressive loss of skin color. In his recent interview with Opray Winfrey, Jackson, 34, said he has a skin disorder that destroys skin pigmentation. Although he did not specifically name the disease, doctors said it could be vitiligo.
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