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Dr. Atkins's widow--yes, that Atkins--is determined to shrink America's obesity epidemic. So far, she's pledged $450 million to studying its link to nutrition and disease.

Eli Broad
Education, Medical Research

Sun America finance tycoon has poured $2 billion into public education and medical research. His annual Broad Prize awards $1 million to stellar urban school districts.

Jimmy Carter
Global Health

Nobel Peace Prize winner, widely admired ex-president, tireless disease-prevention worker. Latest crusade: ending river blindness in Africa. Not bad for a peanut farmer.

Michael J. Fox
Parkinson's Research

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