Mitch Winehouse collapsed at his home last week as the pressures of caring for his drug-addicted daughter took their toll, according to reports.

Doctors believe his health problems are stress-related and have advised him to rest. He is due to fly to Spain today for a much-needed holiday.

Mr Winehouse told The Sun: "I'm awaiting the results of tests. I'm going away for a few days and we will see what happens after that." [Telegraph]

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The five-time Grammy award winner and "Rehab" singer has been said to spend more than an hour a day soaking up ultraviolet rays, and sometimes fall asleep underneath her sunbed’s powerful lamps.

Experts usually recommend sessions that last a third as long, with at least 48 hours between sessions to allow the skin to heal. [Telegraph]

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Complex: Where did you lose your virginity?

Flavor Flav: Where did I lose my virginity? I lost my virginity in the bushes on a box.

Complex: Really?

Flavor Flav: Yea, in the bushes on a box. A girl and me were having sex on a box in the bushes, in some big tall bushes.

Complex: How uh…when was this?

Flavor Flav: This was when I was real, real, real, real, young.

Complex: Like elementary school? Or middle school?

Flavor Flav: Nah, I’m a tell you the truth; I lost my virginity when I was 6 years old. [Read the full interview...]

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On 23 June 2008 a spokesperson for Winehouse confirmed that she has been diagnosed with early signs of what could lead to emphysema.[90] Mitch Winehouse reported that his daughter's lungs are operating at 70 percent capacity. In addition he said she has an irregular heartbeat. Mr. Winehouse said these problems were caused by her chain cigarette smoking and crack cocaine usage. The singer’s father also reported that doctors have warned Winehouse that continued smoking of crack cocaine will result in her having to wear an oxygen mask and will be fatal.[91] In a radio interview Mitch Winehouse said the singer is responding "fabulously " to treatment which includes being covered with nicotine patches.[92] British Lung Foundation spokesperson Dr. Keith Prowse noted this type of condition can be managed with treatment. Prowse also said the condition is not normal for a person her age but "heavy smoking and inhaling other substances like drugs can age the lungs prematurely".[93] Dr. Norman H. Edelman, Chief Medical Officer for the American Lung Association explained that if she stopped smoking her lung functions would decline at the rate of a normal person but continued smoking would lead to a more rapid decline in lung function.[94] Photographs of the singer with a cigarette in her mouth, taken 23 June 2008, were widely published.[95] Winehouse was released from The London Clinic 24 hours after returning from a temporary leave in order to perform at the Mandela 90th birthday and Glastonbury concerts, and is now being treated as an outpatient. [Wiki]

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Amy Winehouse has left a London hospital after completing a stay of more than 10 days.

Show is now being treated as an outpatient, a rep confirmed to Access Hollywood.

The singer, who reportedly is in the early stages of what could lead to emphysema, will continued to be monitored. [MSNBC]

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