-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the death of marie osmond 's 18-year-old son has been classified as a suicide , police said sunday . a family spokesman on saturday said that michael blosil had died . los angeles police department spokeswoman karen rayner told cnn she could not release further information because the death is a los angeles county coroner 's case . the coroner 's office said the case was on `` security hold '' and nothing further would be released sunday . in a statement issued saturday through a spokesman , osmond said : `` my family and i are devastated and in deep shock by the tragic loss of our dear michael and ask that everyone respect our privacy during this difficult time . '' osmond 's web site describes her as `` the proud mother of eight beautiful children who are always her greatest treasures . '' people who carry a lot of fat around their middles are three and a half times more likely to develop memory loss and dementia in old age , research shows . scientists have found that people with a lot of abdominal fat have lower levels of the protein that also controls how the liver metabolises fat . marie osmond and her brother donny hosted the national television variety show `` the donny & marie show '' from 1976 to 1981 . afterward , she had acting and singing careers . she recently competed in a season of `` dancing with the stars . '' in 2001 , she wrote `` behind the smile , '' about her experience with postpartum depression . cnn 's lynn lamanivong contributed to this report . conrad clitheroe , left , and gary cooper , right , were thrown in jail after being arrested for writing down aircraft registration numbers in dubai . three british men who have spent two months in prisons in dubai and abu dhabi after they were seen plane spotting are to be freed . conrad clitheroe , 54 and gary cooper , 45 , from stockport , along with their ex-pat friend neil munro were stopped by police for writing down aircraft registration numbers at fujairah airport . called pparalpha , it controls fat metabolism in the liver , but . it also resides in the brain 's memory centre -- the hippocampus -- and . they were taken to a police station and despite being told they would not be detained , were put into prison . families of the three men confirmed they had been told they would finally be able to return home and charges of espionage would not be brought against them . attorney nasser hashem said the men would be free to go after the court accepted a defense argument that they were pursuing their passion for plane spotting and had no ill intent . the news means mr clitheroe , who suffers from a heart condition , will be able to return home to celebrate his first wedding anniversary with his wife valerie on may 9 . she said : ' i am absolutely ecstatic . apart from our wedding and the birth of my children this is the best day of my life . controls memory and learning . people who carry a lot of fat around their middles are three and a half times more likely to develop memory loss and dementia in old age . ' i just ca n't wait to see him , to hug him , to hold him . ` we got a call from the lawyer at 10am today to tell us he 'd been in court and the case had been dropped . ` we then confirmed it with the consulate . ' i am just so happy , we 've been ringing everyone to let them now . i 'm in a bit of shock too , i do n't feel like it can be real . ` how can you hold someone for that long with no charges ? i do n't understand it but i 'm so so glad . ' earlier this month mrs clitheroe had raised concerns because her husband had run out of blood pressure medication . the men had travelled to dubai for a four-day holiday on february 18 . all three friends were keen to see fujairah airport , which is used by older and rarer aircraft . they drove the 70-mile journey there on february 21 , but were stopped by an off-duty policeman after they slowed down to note the registration numbers of planes . mr clitheroe has always insisted they never took any photographs . although plane spotting is not illegal in the united arab emirates , it is not understood and is frowned upon . mr clitheroe posted this picture on february 19 as he pursued his hobby at the sheraton deira hotel in dubai . the men were taken to a police station , where they were allegedly told they could only leave if they signed a form in arabic saying they would not practise their hobby there again . but after signing the document , without asking for a translation , they were kept in custody overnight . they were brought before a prosecutor the next day and then moved to fujairah prison . when people are overweight , they initially just have depleted pparalpha levels in their livers but eventually in their whole bodies , including their brains . their case was escalated to a matter of ` national security ' . sharing a cell with over 20 others , eating on the floor and forced to stare at the four walls for most of the day , the families were concerned about their welfare - particularly as mr clitheroe needs medication for his heart condition . neurological scientists at the rush university medical centre , in chicago , in collaboration with the national institutes of health , believe their finding could lead to the development of an injection to improve learning and memory in people with dementia . dr kalipada pahan from rush university medical centre said : ` we need to better understand how fat is connected to memory and learning so that we can develop effective approach to protect memory and learning . ` while pparalpha deficient mice are poor in learning and memory , injection of pparα to the hippocampus improves learning and memory . ' dr pahan said : ` further research must be conducted to see how we could potentially maintain normal pparalpha in the brain in order to be resistant to memory loss . ' researchers found people with a lot of abdominal fat have lower levels of the nuclear regulator pparalpha in their livers and brains making them 3.6 times more likely to develop dementia . valerie clitheroe -lrb- pictured with her husband -rrb- said both he and mr cooper had been keen plane spotters since boyhood and pleaded for their release . a judge last month extended their custody licence , which was up again on april 12 , but an admin error delayed the hearing until today . the research was published in the journal cell reports . previous research has suggested that passive smoking , sleep apnoea , drinking and taking drugs , type 2 diabetes and heart disease can all also increase a person 's risk of dementia . dementia currently affects about 800,000 people in the uk . mrs clitheroe , who had recently written to the prime minister for support , added : ` conrad was beginning to think the worse and that they would never be released . things had seemed to be so against them from the start that they thought it was going to end badly . ` we thought they would be charged with something and fined so it 's come as a shock that there are no charges at all . we had started planning to go out there to deal with the lawyers face to face . ' mrs clitheroe said the men had been keen plane spotters since they were children . the men were held after being seen by police writing down aircraft registration numbers at fujairah airport . the families of mr clitheroe and mr cooper were helped by charity ` detained in dubai ' to pay # 9,000 for a lawyer to fight their case . a crowd-funding site set up by the men 's work colleagues has raised more than # 5,000 . today radha stirling , the founder of detained in dubai said charges of espionage against the trio had finally been dropped at the supreme court in abu dhabi . ` the charges are being dropped with no fines or penalties . they 've had a long time to wait to be told your case is ridiculous , ' said ms stirling .
people with lots of abdominal fat have lower levels of a protein called pparalpha in their brains and livers - increasing the risk of memory loss . this is because the protein controls memory and learning . the finding could lead to the development of injections to treat dementia .
, she wrote `` behind the smile , '' about her experience with postpartum depression . cnn 's lynn lamanivong contributed to this report . conrad clitheroe , left , and gary cooper , right , were thrown in jail after being arrested for writing down aircraft registration numbers in dubai . three british men who have spent two months in prisons in dubai and abu dhabi after they were seen plane spotting are to be freed . conrad clitheroe , 54 and gary cooper , 45 , from stockport , along with their ex-pat friend neil munro were stopped by police for writing down aircraft registration numbers at fujairah airport . called pparalpha , it controls fat metabolism in the liver , but . it also resides in the brain 's memory centre -- the hippocampus -- and . they were taken to a police station and despite being told they would not be detained , were put into prison . families of the three men confirmed they had been told they would finally be able to return home and charges of espionage would not be brought against them . attorney nasser hashem said the men would be free to go after the court accepted a defense argument that they were pursuing their passion for plane spotting and had no ill intent . the news means mr clitheroe , who suffers from a heart condition , will be able to return home to celebrate his first wedding anniversary with his wife valerie on may 9 . she said : ' i am absolutely ecstatic . apart from our wedding and the birth of my children this is the best day of my life . controls memory and learning . people who carry a lot of fat around their middles are three and a half times more likely to develop memory loss and dementia in old age . ' i just ca n't wait to see him , to hug him , to hold him . ` we got a call from the lawyer at 10am today to tell us he 'd been in court and the case had been dropped . ` we then confirmed it with the consulate . ' i am just so happy , we 've been ringing everyone to let them now . i 'm in a bit of shock too , i do n't feel like it can be real . ` how can you hold someone for that long with no charges ? i do n't understand it but i 'm so so glad . ' earlier this month mrs clitheroe had raised concerns because her husband had run out of blood pressure medication . the men had travelled to dubai for a four-day holiday on february 18 . all three friends were keen to see fujairah airport , which is used by older and rarer aircraft . they drove the 70-mile journey there on february 21 , but were stopped by an off-duty policeman after they slowed down to note the registration numbers of planes . mr clitheroe has always insisted they never took any photographs . although plane spotting is not illegal in the united arab emirates , it is not understood and is frowned upon . mr clitheroe posted this picture on february 19 as he pursued his hobby at the sheraton deira hotel in dubai . the men were taken to a police station , where they were allegedly told they could only leave if they signed a form in arabic saying they would not practise their hobby there again . but after signing the document , without asking for a translation , they were kept in custody overnight . they were brought before a prosecutor the next day and then moved to fujairah prison . when people are overweight , they initially just have depleted pparalpha levels in their livers but eventually in their whole bodies , including their brains . their case was escalated to a matter of ` national security ' . sharing a cell with over 20 others , eating on the floor and forced to stare at the four walls for most of the day , the families were concerned about their welfare - particularly as mr clitheroe needs medication for his heart condition . neurological scientists at the rush university medical centre , in chicago , in collaboration with the national institutes of health , believe their finding could lead to the development of an injection to improve learning and memory in people with dementia . dr kalipada pahan from rush university medical centre said : ` we need to better understand how fat is connected to memory and learning so that we can develop effective approach to protect memory and learning . ` while pparalpha deficient mice are poor in learning and memory , injection of pparα to the hippocampus improves learning and memory . ' dr pahan said : ` further research must be conducted to see how we could potentially maintain normal pparalpha in the brain in order to be resistant to memory loss . ' researchers found people with a lot of abdominal fat have lower levels of the nuclear regulator pparalpha in their livers and brains making them 3.6 times more likely to develop dementia . valerie clitheroe -lrb- pictured with her husband -rrb- said both he and mr cooper had been keen plane spotters since boyhood and pleaded for their release . a judge last month extended their custody licence , which was up again on april 12 , but an admin error delayed the hearing until today . the research was published in the journal cell reports . previous research has suggested that passive smoking , sleep apnoea , drinking and taking drugs , type 2 diabetes and heart disease can all also increase a person 's risk of dementia . dementia currently affects about 800,000 people in the uk . mrs clitheroe , who had recently written to the prime minister for support , added : ` conrad was beginning to think the worse and that they would never
, she wrote `` behind the smile , '' about her experience with postpartum depression . cnn 's lynn lamanivong contributed to this report . conrad clitheroe , left , and gary cooper , right , were thrown in jail after being arrested for writing down aircraft registration numbers in dubai . three british men who have spent two months in prisons in dubai and abu dhabi after they were seen plane spotting are to be freed . conrad clitheroe , 54 and gary cooper , 45 , from stockport , along with their ex-pat friend neil munro were stopped by police for writing down aircraft registration numbers at fujairah airport . called pparalpha , it controls fat metabolism in the liver , but . it also resides in the brain 's memory centre -- the hippocampus -- and . they were taken to a police station and despite being told they would not be detained , were put into prison . families of the three men confirmed they had been told they would finally be able to return home and charges of espionage would not be brought against them . attorney nasser hashem said the men would be free to go after the court accepted a defense argument that they were pursuing their passion for plane spotting and had no ill intent . the news means mr clitheroe , who suffers from a heart condition , will be able to return home to celebrate his first wedding anniversary with his wife valerie on may 9 . she said : ' i am absolutely ecstatic . apart from our wedding and the birth of my children this is the best day of my life . controls memory and learning . people who carry a lot of fat around their middles are three and a half times more likely to develop memory loss and dementia in old age . ' i just ca n't wait to see him , to hug him , to hold him . ` we got a call from the lawyer at 10am today to tell us he 'd been in court and the case had been dropped . ` we then confirmed it with the consulate . ' i am just so happy , we 've been ringing everyone to let them now . i 'm in a bit of shock too , i do n't feel like it can be real . ` how can you hold someone for that long with no charges ? i do n't understand it but i 'm so so glad . ' earlier this month mrs clitheroe had raised concerns because her husband had run out of blood pressure medication . the men had travelled to dubai for a four-day holiday on february 18 . all three friends were keen to see fujairah airport , which is used by older and rarer aircraft . they drove the 70-mile journey there on february 21 , but were stopped by an off-duty policeman after they slowed down to note the registration numbers of overweight , they initially just have depleted pparalpha levels in their livers but eventually in their whole bodies , including their brains . their case was escalated to a matter of ` national security ' . sharing a cell with over 20 others , eating on the floor and forced to stare at the four walls for most of the day , the families were concerned about their welfare - particularly as mr clitheroe needs medication for his heart condition . neurological scientists at the rush university medical centre , in chicago , in collaboration with the national institutes of health , believe their finding could lead to the development of an injection to improve learning and memory in people with dementia . dr kalipada pahan from rush university medical centre said : ` we need to better understand how fat is connected to memory and learning so that we can develop effective approach to protect memory and learning . ` while pparalpha deficient mice are poor in learning and memory , injection of pparα to the hippocampus improves learning and memory . ' dr pahan said : ` further research must be conducted to see how we could potentially maintain normal pparalpha in the brain in order to be resistant to memory loss . ' researchers found people with a lot of abdominal fat have lower levels of the nuclear regulator pparalpha in their livers and brains making them 3.6 times more likely to develop dementia . valerie clitheroe -lrb- pictured with her husband -rrb- said both he and mr cooper had been keen plane spotters since boyhood and pleaded for their release . a judge last month extended their custody licence , which was up again on april 12 , but an admin error delayed the hearing until today . the research was published in the journal cell reports . previous research has suggested that passive smoking , sleep apnoea , drinking and taking drugs , type 2 diabetes and heart disease can all also increase a person 's risk of dementia . dementia currently affects about 800,000 people in the uk . mrs clitheroe , who had recently written to the prime minister for support , added : ` conrad was beginning to think the worse and that they would never case . a crowd-funding site set up by the men 's work colleagues has raised more than # 5,000 . today radha stirling , the founder of detained in dubai said charges of espionage against the trio had finally been dropped at the supreme court in abu dhabi . ` the charges are being dropped with no fines or penalties . they 've had a long time to wait to be told your case is ridiculous , ' said ms stirling .
-lrb- cnn -rrb- -- the death marie osmond 's 18-year-old son has classified, sunday a family spokesman on saturday said michael blosil had died. los angeles police department spokeswoman karen rayner told cnn she could release the death a los angeles county coroner 's case. the coroner 's office the case on `` security hold '' nothing further would sunday. in a statement issued saturday through a spokesman, osmond : `` my family i in our dear michael and ask respect during. '' osmond 's web site describes her the proud mother eight beautiful children always her greatest treasures. '' people carry a lot fat around their middles are three and develop memory loss in old age, research scientists people a lot abdominal fat the protein also controls how the liver metabolises. marie osmond and her brother donny hosted the national television variety show `` the donny & marie show from 1976. afterward, she had acting and singing careers. she recently competed a season `` dancing the stars. 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' mrs clitheroe said the men keen plane spotters children. the men were held after seen writing down aircraft registration numbers at fujairah airport. the families mr clitheroe mr cooper were helped charity ` detained dubai ' to pay # 9,000 for a lawyer fight. a crowd-funding site set the men 's work colleagues has # 5,000. today radha stirling, the founder detained in dubai said charges espionage the trio finally at abu dhabi. ` the charges being with no fines. they 've had wait to be told your case ridiculous, ' said ms stirling.
. she said : ' i am absolutely ecstatic . apart from our wedding and the birth of my children this is the best day of my life . controls memory and learning . people who carry a lot of fat around their middles are three and a half times more likely to develop memory loss and dementia in old age . ' i just ca n't wait to see him , to hug him , to hold him . ` we got a call from the lawyer at 10am today to tell us he 'd been in court and the case had been dropped . ` we then confirmed it with the consulate . ' i am just so happy , we 've been ringing everyone to let them now . i 'm in a bit of shock too , i do n't feel like it can be real . ` how can you hold someone for that long with no charges ? i do n't understand it but i 'm so so glad . ' earlier this month mrs clitheroe had raised concerns because her husband had run out of blood pressure medication . the men had travelled to dubai for a four-day holiday on february 18 . all three friends were keen to see fujairah airport , which is used by older and rarer aircraft . they drove the 70-mile journey there on february 21 , but were stopped by an off-duty policeman after they slowed down to note the registration numbers of planes . mr clitheroe has always insisted they never took any photographs . although plane spotting is not illegal in the united arab emirates , it is not understood and is frowned upon . mr clitheroe posted this picture on february 19 as he pursued his hobby at the sheraton deira hotel in dubai . the men were taken to a police station , where they were allegedly told they could only leave if they signed a form in arabic saying they would not practise their hobby there again . but after signing the document , without asking for a translation , they were kept in custody overnight . they were brought before a prosecutor the next day and then moved to fujairah prison . when people are overweight , they initially just have depleted pparalpha levels in their livers but eventually in their whole bodies , including their brains . their case was escalated to a matter of ` national security ' . sharing a cell with over 20 others , eating on the floor and forced to stare at the four walls for most of the day , the families were concerned about their welfare - particularly as mr clitheroe needs medication for his heart condition . neurological scientists at the rush university medical centre , in chicago , in collaboration with the national institutes of health , believe their finding could lead to the development of an injection to improve learning and memory in people with dementia . dr kalipada pahan from rush university medical centre said : ` we need to better understand how fat is connected to memory and learning so that we can develop effective approach to protect memory and learning . ` while pparalpha deficient mice are poor in learning and memory , injection of pparα to the hippocampus improves learning and memory . ' dr pahan said : ` further research must be conducted to see how we could potentially maintain normal pparalpha in the brain in order to be resistant to memory loss . ' researchers found people with a lot of abdominal fat have lower levels of the nuclear regulator pparalpha in their livers and brains making them 3.6 times more likely to develop dementia . valerie clitheroe -lrb- pictured with her husband -rrb- said both he and mr cooper had been keen plane spotters since boyhood and pleaded for their release . a judge last month extended their custody licence , which was up again on april 12 , but an admin error delayed the hearing until today . the research was published in the journal cell reports . previous research has suggested that passive smoking , sleep apnoea , drinking and taking drugs , type 2 diabetes and heart disease can all also increase a person 's risk of dementia . dementia currently affects about 800,000 people in the uk . mrs clitheroe , who had recently written to the prime minister for support , added : ` conrad was beginning to think the worse and that they would never
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