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Natalie Cole Diagnosed with Hepatitis C

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Natalie Cole Diagnosed with Hepatitis C

Originally posted 07/16/2008 07:00AM

Natalie Cole has been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, her rep confirms to PEOPLE.

The Grammy-winning singer, 58, discovered she had the disease during a routine visit to the doctor, but is responding well to treatment.

"Natalie has had a terrific response to her medication and is now virus negative," Dr. Graham Woolf, Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at U.C.L.A./Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, said in a statement."This gives her an increased chance of cure."

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Natalie Cole: Amy's Wins Send a 'Bad Message' | Amy Winehouse

Grammy Awards 2008

Natalie Cole: Amy's Wins Send a 'Bad Message'

Originally posted 02/11/2008 05:35PM

Dr. Phil, move over. There's a new advocate for tough love on the circuit: Natalie Cole.

The multiple Grammy winner – her first win, in 1975, was for best new artist of the year – told PEOPLE at Sunday's Warner Music Group post-Grammy party that she took a dim view of Amy Winehouse's awards sweep at the Grammy ceremony earlier in the evening.

"I don't think she should have won. I think it sends a bad message to our young people who are trying to get into this business, the ones who are trying to do it right and really trying to keep themselves together," said Cole, 58. "We have to stop rewarding bad behavior."

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