Giving up the booze for January? Good, because here’s what hangovers do to your body

[barryqwalsh]

DID YOU HIT the booze hard over Christmas time? If so, you, like many other people, might be going on the dry for the month of January.

Whether it’s to detox your body, save money or simply give your liver a break, it is most likely a good move, as a veisalgia — the medical term for a hangover — can do some serious damage to your body.

Giving up the booze for January Good because here 8217 s what hangovers do to your body

 

[Mr. H.]

Hangovers make me horny.

 

[MaxGrit]

If you get drunk, you're doing it wrong.

 

[MaxGrit]

Prospective Study of Alcohol Consumption Quantity and Frequency and Cancer-Specific Mortality in the US Population

Prospective Study of Alcohol Consumption Quantity and Frequency and Cancer-Specific Mortality in the US Population
Rosalind A. Breslow,* Chiung M. Chen, Barry I. Graubard, and Kenneth J. Mukamal

"Current drinkers who drank most heavily, in comparison with never drinkers, had the greatest risk of all-site cancer mortality, with significantly increased risks of 27% among all participants, 41% among men, and 20% among women; in addition, among women, light drinking tended to be protective, with a risk reduction of 25% (quadratic effect: P = 0.06). Current drinkers who drank most heavily also had the greatest risk of lung cancer mortality, with significantly increased risks of 30% among all participants and 37% among women. In addition, light drinking was protective among all participants (quadratic effect: P = 0.03), with a 21% risk reduction, and among women (quadratic effect: P = 0.05), with a 30% risk reduction. To address residual confounding by smoking, we repeated the lung cancer analyses in never smokers alone; among all participants and among men, light drinkers had a significantly lower risk than never drinkers; however, linear trends and quadratic effects were not significant. When the lung cancer analyses were repeated among current smokers alone, results were similar to those conducted in the full cohort"

 

[aaronleland]