Humans have spent thousands of years searching for a hangover cure – yet the ultimate price of heavy drinking remains unchanged.
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As colourful products promising ‘hangover-free mornings’ flood retail shelves and social media feeds, does the science stack up?
The day after heavy drinking can affect your body, energy levels and perception of risk in many ways. So swim before you drink, not the other way round.
The morning after might fill you with dread and panic. Your brain is trying to rebalance the chemicals that made you feel relaxed when you were drinking – and you’re probably dehydrated too.
Music producer Benny Blanco claims that drinking a shot of olive oil before a night on the town can stop you getting a hangover.
Alcohol is responsible for more deaths than overdoses from opioids and all other substances combined, yet less than 10% of people with alcohol use disorder receive treatment.
The ‘internal shower’ drink is being hailed as everything from a digestion booster, to a treatment for constipation and bloating, to a detox drink and hangover cure.
Could a new probiotic supplement really cure your hangover?
Some estimates suggest around 12% of people experience ‘hangxiety’.
Post-party ‘hangxiety’ is common after drinking alcohol. It is caused by changing levels of chemicals and neurotransmitters in the brain.
Researchers know the basic biology of what happens to your system after a night of heavy drinking. Unfortunately, evidence-based cures for the common hangover are still at the investigation stage.
Science destroys folk wisdom, once again.
Unfortunately, the only reliable way to avoid a hangover is not to drink excessively in the first place.
A new pill may lower blood alcohol levels, helping a hangover and preventing alcohol overdose deaths.
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PhD Candidate in Clinical Psychology, School of Health Sciences, Swinburne University of Technology
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Psychopharmacology, Swinburne University of Technology
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Senior Clinical Fellow, University of Cambridge
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Associate Professor of Psychiatry, University of Colorado Anschutz
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Associate Professor of Hepatology, University of Plymouth
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Laureate Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, University of Newcastle
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Professor of Biomedical Sciences, Anglia Ruskin University
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Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UNSW Beach Safety Research Group, UNSW
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Director of the Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, La Trobe University