From the National Geographic special “Inside the Living Body”…

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From the Mayo Clinic… 
Coffee’s about as helpful as a cold shower or a brisk walk in sobering you up. That is, it’s not helpful at all! Your blood alcohol level starts to rise with just one alcoholic drink. The only way to lower your blood alcohol level is to stop drinking and wait. It’ll simply take [...]

Go Ask Alice!, Columbia University’s Health Q & A Internet Service, offers the following advice in response to the question “Have any tips for hangovers?”:
Most people who consume too much alcohol in a given drinking occasion will experience a hangover at some point. Hangovers are a set of symptoms that are thought to be brought on [...]