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Whitney Houston Cause of Death: Autopsy Answers Will Take Time, Doctors Say
- Posted on Feb 22nd 2012 11:59AM by Kenneth Partridge
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As host Dr. Travis Stork says in the clip below, there are only a handful of things -- brain bleed, blood clot, heart attack, etc. -- that can cause sudden death. He then asks guest Dr. Michael Fishbein, a pathologist at the UCLA Medical Center, to explain the process of an autopsy.
The first step, Dr. Fishbein says, involves studying the deceased's medical history and determining if drug use or disease might have been the culprit. Examiners then look for signs of foul play or injury.
"Then we open the body and systematically examine all the organs," the doctor says.
Given that Houston had admitted to using cocaine, the doctor says that use of stimulants could lead to an enlarged heart, and that such a condition could lead to sudden death, even if the person had kicked their habit.
"Someone can die of cocaine abuse and not have any cocaine in their system if they've used cocaine in the past," Dr. Fishbein says.
"In this case, everyone is assuming Whitney Houston died of a drug overdose, but I think, frankly, it's premature and perhaps unprofessional," he adds.
The unfortunate reality is it causes all this speculation, but there's a systematic way to figure it out," Dr. Stork says at the end of the segment. "We can conjecture all we want."
You heard the good doctor: Conjecture away.
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It was Murder Homicide by the Drug Cartels.
If you see Drugs call the news and the law and email it to all that you know that are good let us all help put an end to drugs.
GOD WILL NOT HELP THE ONE THAT PUT DRUGS IN ANYONE.
The Lord's Little Helper
Paul Felix Schott
Always miss you whitney :(
February 29 2012 at 4:02 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThere is no story here.Unless you consider the drug use by a addict
headline news a vast number of americans use drugs everyday.
And, death will soon follow drugs are poison thats why they
make you high just like paint fumes take enough and you
will die,thats a fact.
The tv crime shows wrap up an autopsy in minutes and solve the crime in less than an hour. That's fiction. The fact of the matter is real life autopsies take weeks not minutes. Everyone needs to be patient. We'll find out the cause of death after all tests have been done.
February 26 2012 at 2:27 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyJust a humble thought
-In light of such tragedies what if we all worked as community on lyrics, poem, etc.? Where we work together… where no one is better than anyone else?
-Why not?
-Below is extremely rough/rushed drafts for example/Extremely sorry about that!
Please feel free to do what ever desired with following:
(Please know not trying to make any statements with following, etc! Don’t pretend to have any answers about such subjects! Thank you for understanding!)
(Nay sayers, etc. please don't apply, etc.)
Come in out of the darkness
There’s enough light for us two
Stop chasing shadows
For they can soon stand taller than you
Everyone needs somewhere they can walk to
Somewhere someplace to call their home
Everyone needs someone they can talk to
Someone somebody when they are all alone
Come in out of storm’s rain
For there’s shelter here for us all
Tears can sadly go unnoticed
When shed in lives of pain
Let them fall
Let us comfort you
One and all
Let them fall
Let them fall
For the Sun will shine once again
Not for one but for in doing so… by comforting one another… then for us all
========= Below is another extremely rough/rushed drafts for example/Extremely sorry about that!
Speaks volumes
When the sensitive die
Are we too insensitive
Even just to try
To ask the real reasons why?
She is beautiful
Inside and out
Dies beneath spirit’s surface… amongst waters of doubt
When will the wise be the ones
To ask what these tragedies are truly all about?
What if we were wrong
About the judgements of History
What really killed him
When all along
Could it not have been you and me?
To say the least
Sadly the countless more
We are all in need of revelations… reach out… save… heal one another
Otherwise what are we truly living for?
When one reaches out… bares their souls
Should these strengths not be praised
For is it not more noble
To seek our own strengths
By eternally comforting those needing to be consoled
Than hiding in the futility of comforting our own insecurities
Judgement's evils and questions raised… need not control?
Bottom line is
We’re all in this life together
And yes we all do rely on one another
For in our present time
And the best of all worlds
Peace without peace within
Never allows for that one true blessed gift
The blessed gifts of peace of the mind
Now if we all always needed somewhere to walk to
Somewhere someplace to call home?
And if we all always needed someone to talk to
Someone somebody when they’re all alone?
What kind of world would that be?
When it’s very simple...
What it comes down to is up to you and me
You and me
You and me
Seek what it means to truly be free
You and me
You and me
For sometimes within such simplicity
Awaits the answers of truly being free
You and me
Just a humble thought
-In light of such tragedies what if we all worked as community on lyrics, poem, etc.? Where we work together… where no one is better than anyone else?
-Why not?
-Below is extremely rough/rushed drafts for example/Extremely sorry about that!
Please feel free to do what ever desired with following:
(Please know not trying to make any statements with following, etc! Don’t pretend to have any answers about such subjects! Thank you for understanding!)
(Nay sayers, etc. please don't apply, etc.)
Come in out of the darkness
There’s enough light for us two
Stop chasing shadows
For they can soon stand taller than you
Everyone needs somewhere they can walk to
Somewhere someplace to call their home
Everyone needs someone they can talk to
Someone somebody when they are all alone
Come in out of storm’s rain
For there’s shelter here for us all
Tears can sadly go unnoticed
When shed in lives of pain
Let them fall
Let us comfort you
One and all
Let them fall
Let them fall
For the Sun will shine once again
Not for one but for in doing so… by comforting one another… then for us all
========= Below is another extremely rough/rushed drafts for example/Extremely sorry about that!
Speaks volumes
When the sensitive die
Are we too insensitive
Even just to try
To ask the real reasons why?
She is beautiful
Inside and out
Dies beneath spirit’s surface… amongst waters of doubt
When will the wise be the ones
To ask what these tragedies are truly all about?
What if we were wrong
About the judgements of History
What really killed him
When all along
Could it not have been you and me?
To say the least
Sadly the countless more
We are all in need of revelations… reach out… save… heal one another
Otherwise what are we truly living for?
When one reaches out… bares their souls
Should these strengths not be praised
For is it not more noble
To seek our own strengths
By eternally comforting those needing to be consoled
Than hiding in the futility of comforting our own insecurities
Judgement's evils and questions raised… need not control?
Bottom line is
We’re all in this life together
And yes we all do rely on one another
For in our present time
And the best of all worlds
Peace without peace within
Never allows for that one true blessed gift
The blessed gifts of peace of the mind
Now if we all always needed somewhere to walk to
Somewhere someplace to call home?
And if we all always needed someone to talk to
Someone somebody when they’re all alone?
What kind of world would that be?
When it’s very simple...
What it comes down to is up to you and me
You and me
You and me
Seek what it means to truly be free
You and me
You and me
For sometimes within such simplicity
Awaits the answers of truly being free
You and me
Just a humble thought
-In light of such tragedies what if we all worked as community on lyrics, poem, etc.? Where we work together… where no one is better than anyone else?
-Why not?
-Below is extremely rough/rushed drafts for example/Extremely sorry about that!
Please feel free to do what ever desired with following:
(Please know not trying to make any statements with following, etc! Don’t pretend to have any answers about such subjects! Thank you for understanding!)
(Nay sayers, etc. please don't apply, etc.)
Come in out of the darkness
There’s enough light for us two
Stop chasing shadows
For they can soon stand taller than you
Everyone needs somewhere they can walk to
Somewhere someplace to call their home
Everyone needs someone they can talk to
Someone somebody when they are all alone
Come in out of storm’s rain
For there’s shelter here for us all
Tears can sadly go unnoticed
When shed in lives of pain
Let them fall
Let us comfort you
One and all
Let them fall
Let them fall
For the Sun will shine once again
Not for one but for in doing so… by comforting one another… then for us all
========= Below is another extremely rough/rushed drafts for example/Extremely sorry about that!
Speaks volumes
When the sensitive die
Are we too insensitive
Even just to try
To ask the real reasons why?
She is beautiful
Inside and out
Dies beneath spirit’s surface… amongst waters of doubt
When will the wise be the ones
To ask what these tragedies are truly all about?
What if we were wrong
About the judgements of History
What really killed him
When all along
Could it not have been you and me?
To say the least
Sadly the countless more
We are all in need of revelations… reach out… save… heal one another
Otherwise what are we truly living for?
When one reaches out… bares their souls
Should these strengths not be praised
For is it not more noble
To seek our own strengths
By eternally comforting those needing to be consoled
Than hiding in the futility of comforting our own insecurities
Judgement's evils and questions raised… need not control?
Bottom line is
We’re all in this life together
And yes we all do rely on one another
For in our present time
And the best of all worlds
Peace without peace within
Never allows for that one true blessed gift
The blessed gifts of peace of the mind
Now if we all always needed somewhere to walk to
Somewhere someplace to call home?
And if we all always needed someone to talk to
Someone somebody when they’re all alone?
What kind of world would that be?
When it’s very simple...
What it comes down to is up to you and me
You and me
You and me
Seek what it means to truly be free
You and me
You and me
For sometimes within such simplicity
Awaits the answers of truly being free
You and me
I loved you Whitney Houston I loved your songs
February 23 2012 at 8:50 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOk, even without any medical knowledge one should be able to deduce from the article that all the instant causes of death mentioned brain bleed, heart attack, blood clot in lung, could all be confirmed during the visual observation portion of the autopsy. Since cause of death had to be deferred pending tox, clearly tells me they found nothing of the organs to cause near instant fatality.
February 23 2012 at 2:08 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThe world loved you..your singing was so beautiful. how can people say any bad things about. I sure hope not. R.I.P. beautiful lady....From Beverly..Edmonton Alberta Canada
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