A new study by Swiss researchers shows that drinking beer makes you happier, friendlier, less inhibited, and possibly even sexier. [1]
I’m betting that not many people are shocked to read this, but at least you can back up what you’ve always known with science.
Earlier this month, I wrote about how Insys Therapeutics, a drug company that sells only fentanyl, a powerful and often deadly opioid, has been fighting marijuana legalization efforts in Arizona. Well, it’s not just the pharmaceutical industry that is bankrolling anti-marijuana campaigns; the alcohol industry is in on it, too.
Stroke is the 3rd leading cause of death, and the leading cause of serious, long-term disability in the United States. Approximately 795,000 people in the U.S. suffer a stroke each year, and about 140,000 strokes are fatal. [1]
Source: UF Health Shands Comprehensive Stroke Center
Researchers at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom are looking for volunteers to be injected with ketamine to evaluate whether or not it can be used as a treatment for alcoholism.
The common party drug has already been involved in research on pain and depression and it has been found that it is has helped both issues. The project, entitled KARE (Ketamine for Reduction of Alcoholic Relapse), is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC) and Innovate UK.
Luxury trash, Coke suckers and agrihoods + this day in history w/Live Aid and our song of the day by Let's Eat Grandma on your Morning Monarchy for July 13, 2016.
Millions of people in the United States and abroad suffer from alcoholism, having difficulty controlling their urge to drink heavily. However, scientists say that they have now identified a particular neuron that once activated, can help a person stop drinking alcohol. The team at Texas A&M University is confident that this could be a huge step forward in the fight against alcoholism, and may even work to prevent people from drinking in the first place.
Pennsylvania becomes the latest state to tell Nestle to put a cork in it; Gardening a far better use of time than another presidential sElection; and the UK can't afford their ineffectual CCTV anyway.
Pennsylvania becomes the latest state to tell Nestle to put a cork in it; Gardening a far better use of time than another presidential sElection; and the UK can't afford their ineffectual CCTV anyway.
Eating too much junk food, smoking cigarettes, drinking too much alcohol – all these things can shorten our lives, and we know it. So set on proving most of the things that are terrible for us are fun, scientists from the University of Sydney followed more than 230,000 people aged 45 and older for 6 years. The team assembled a list of 6 ‘deadly sins’
Researcher Dr. Melody Ding, said:
America Beer, Starbucks National Park and Corporate Doughnuts + this day in history w/Knights Templars burned and our song of the day by Wire on your Morning Monarchy for May 11, 2016.
