News that 47-year-old Whitney Houston has been diagnosed of the potential lung disease Emphysema. Houston’s reps are claiming this is false. Hit the jump to read the rest of the story.
With all due respect to Whitney Houston’s lungs, rumors that the pop diva is battling emphysema aren’t exactly the most unbelievable reports out there. Though, if true, they would be among the saddest.
The National Enquirer claimed this morning that the 47-year-old, whose past habits don’t exactly make her the poster child for healthy living, has been diagnosed with the early stages of the potentially deadly lung disease.
The tabloid even goes so far as to claim that doctors (apparently ones who weren’t paying attention the day they taught patient confidentiality in med school) told her to quit smoking, or, to put it bluntly, she’ll die.
But is it true? Is Whitney Houston really suffering from this debilitating disease, or is it the tabloid that has been smoking a little too much? Press pause on those high notes, because this rumor is…
