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Want A Less Painful Hangover – Avoid Darker Liquors

The miserable hangover that follows a night of fun isn’t just a part of holiday celebrations, but can happen any time of year.
If you’re trying to ease the discomfort to come, research to be published in the March 2010 issue of Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research suggests that drinking bourbon brings more hangover pain than [...]

New Study Reveals What Causes A Beer Belly

Contrary to the name the protruding belly has been given, beer drinkers are no more likely to have a big belly than those who drink wine or hard liquor are. So, what causes a “Beer Belly”?
Drinking at least 80 grams of alcohol at one time, at least once a month, shows up [...]

Sipping And Savoring Red Wine Health Benefits

While drinking alcohol to excess leads to health problems in multiple organ systems, you’ve probably also heard of red wine health benefits when drunk in moderation.
Long standing research backs up the benefits, but until now researchers couldn’t explain precisely how this might work.
“Reports on the benefits of red wine are almost two centuries old,” points [...]

A Half Glass Of Wine Boosts Life Expectancy In Men

A new study suggests that about a half a glass of wine each day might just be good for you, increasing life span by as much as 5 years.
The findings of the Dutch research appear online in the April 2009 issue of the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health and are the first to suggest [...]

Alcohol Health Benefits To Strengthen Bones

Men and postmenopausal women who have a drink or two a day seem to have stronger bones than either nondrinkers or heavy drinkers according to the first-ever study to look at bone density and intake of different types of alcohol – beer, wine and hard liquor. It appears that drinking alcohol is a good idea [...]

Red face linked to cancer of esophagus

If your face gets red, flushed and hot when you’ve had a few drinks after work, at dinner, or with friends, a research review conducted by experts from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) and Japan’s Kurihama Alcohol Center sends a warning about a link with cancer of the esophagus.
It seems that [...]

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