Looking to cash in on the wave of sympathy for celebs with rare diseases, A-Rod reveals he has gum disease

No shit. Gum disease, the silent and sneaky killer, takes another retired A-lister in the prime of life, or at least not too far past it. My thoughts and prayers are with the family at this difficult time. It must have been a terrible blow. At least it's not hair loss or liver cancer. As my dear nonagenarian father likes to say; "nothing is ever so bad that it couldn't be worse." So buck up, Alex. Thanks to modern science, many people now enjoy long and happy lives with dental implants.