Monday, May 1, 2017

Beer could help ease physical pain, but there's a catch

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We've all done stupid stuff after too many drinks — like, in my case, trying to tackle a stop sign. And now science is here to tell us that, yes, you probably feel less pain after a few drinks. 

The study, published in The Journal of Pain in December 2016 but making the rounds online this week, involved 18 experiments with a total of 404 participants who were administered pain threshold and intensity tests based on alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. The new findings concluded that, "alcohol is an effective analgesic that delivers clinically-relevant reductions in ratings of pain intensity." Read more...

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