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Chozen Takei

Amy Winehouse death: Toxicology reports alcohol, but no drugs - latimes.com - 1 views

www.latimes.com/...lcohol-20110823,0,957083.story

Amy Winehouse

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  • Mystery of Amy Winehouse's death continues
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  • Amy Winehouse did not have drugs in her system, according to a statement by the "Back to Black" singer's family.
  • there was alcohol present in her body at the time of death,
  • untimely death on July 23. Some had theorized that the "Rehab" singer, who had struggle
  • drug problems, may have succumbed to
  • an overdose.
  • seeking treatment for alcohol issues and her family had earlier said that she may have gone "cold turkey"
  • raising the risk of stroke and heart attack.
  • And though alcohol was detected in Wine
  • house's system, it's not clear whether it played any role in her death
  • too much, or too little.
  • emphysema -- a
  • rare disease in the twenty-something set;
  • a mystery.
  • Chozen Takei on 24 Aug 11
     
    There have been no significant sings of alcohol in Amy Winehouse's body, and the mystery of her death continues.
Hye Rin Bae

Toronto News: Survey: Teens on Facebook more likely to do drugs - thestar.com - 0 views

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survey teens facebook to do drugs

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  • That’s the kind of Facebook status update making American teens more likely to drink and take drugs, according to a phone survey of 1,037 teens by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
  • Teens who use social media are five times likelier to smoke, three times likelier to use alcohol and twice as likely to use marijuana than those who don’t, the survey found.
  • It warns that viewing photos of kids passed out drunk or lighting up a joint on social media sites has an even greater impact on teens.
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  • Forty per cent of teens said they were exposed to such images, half of them before they were 13. This group were also more able to procure weed or prescription drugs and four times more likely to smoke up.
  • psychiatrist
  • skewed
  • portrayal
  • demographics
  • Parents were skeptical, according to the survey. Of a phone poll of 536 parents, a majority said they did not think social media made their child more likely to drink or use marijuana.
vy Nguyen

Teens on Facebook are more likely to drink and do drugs, says study - Tech Talk - CBS News - 0 views

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  • A recent study finds that teens on social networks are more likely to experiment with drinking alcohol and drugs.
  • way before the Internet was born, let alone social networks.
  • Is it fair to assume that underage drinking and substance abuse is Facebook's fault?
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  • it's the images of intoxicated friends they've seen online that could reel them in.
  • after seeing images of their peers doing just that
  • images alone are enough to convince some youth that substance abuse is a normal thing,
  • "Forty percent of the teens in CASA's survey said they have seen images of intoxicated kids, including some who are passed out, as well as pictures of peers using drugs," says WebMD.
Chozen Takei

Certain foods may be the best medicine for lowering 'bad' cholesterol - latimes.com - 0 views

www.latimes.com/...foods-20110824,0,7258520.story

cholesterol

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  • Certain foods may be the best medicine for lowering 'bad' cholesterol
  • statin drugs or a low-fat diet, a study finds.
  • two remedies: cholesterol-lowering statin drugs and a diet that cuts out foods high in saturated fat,
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  • ice cream
  • red meat
  • butter.
  • lowering
  • artery-clogging cholesterol, what you eat may be more important than what you don't eat.
  • such as soy protein and nuts
  • reduce bad cholesterol far more effectively than a diet low in saturated fat.
  • That could drive down a person's risk of fatal heart attack or stroke by 10%, the authors suggested.
  • dump their drugs for tofu,
  • "Patients don't want to take the medications, and I'm afraid that if you tell them there's a diet that works just as well, then they'll do that instead," he said.
  • 1 in 6 Americans has a high overall cholesterol level,
  • makes a person nearly twice as likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke as someone whose total cholesterol falls into a healthy range.
  • (LDL) cholesterol is one component of this overall number.
  • nation's most commonly prescribed medications,
  • 355 million prescriptions dispensed,
  • soy protein, nuts,
  • "sticky" fiber such as that found in oats and barley,
  • plant sterols.
  • handful of nuts such as almonds or walnuts every day, and to substitute milk and meats with soy and tofu products as much as possible.
  • Chozen Takei on 25 Aug 11
     
    Soy Protein, Nuts, and plant sterols is helpful for lowering cholesterol levels, and better than medicine.
Ho Sung Han

Dangers of Facebook for teens - chicagotribune.com - 0 views

www.chicagotribune.com/...teens-20110824,0,7541231.story

shared by Ho Sung Han on 25 Aug 11 - No Cached
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  • received
  • National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University.
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  • The center does an annual survey on teen attitudes toward drinking and drug use.
  • This year’s report found something new and alarming: Teens who regularly use Facebook and Myspace are much more likely than social network avoiders to drink, smoke and use marijuana.
  • Maybe a kid has a parent who drinks heavily or uses drugs, or lives in a neighborhood where such things are commonplace.
Giang V

BBC - Newsbeat - Name registration delays Amy Winehouse foundation - 0 views

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  • Name registration delays Amy Winehouse foundation
  • Amy Winehouse's father Mitch has said his plans to launch a foundation in his daughter's name have been delayed.
  • 'The Amy Winehouse Foundation' has been registered by someone else.
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  • "The plan is to help all children - not just rehabilitation, not just substance abuse. It's to help all children in need."
  • donations
  • "hold off" on his plans "for the time being".
  • don't know what to do with them at the moment."
  • Amy's father had announced his plans to set up a foundation in his daughter's name at the singer's funeral in London on 27 July.
  • He added that the 27-year-old had "conquered" her drug addiction before her death but had been "trying hard to deal with her drinking".
  • inquest
  • adjourned
  • toxicology
  • She was found dead at her home in north London on 24 July.
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