Treating a brain injury with booze?!
source: http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17820-bashed-your-head-you-needed-a-stiff-drink.html?D...
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Crazy as it sounds, alcohol may one day be given to people with brain injuries to help them recover.
The idea has arisen from a study of 38,000 people with head injuries, which found that those with alcohol in their blood were more likely to survive. For every 100 people who died when stone-cold sober, only 88 died with ethanol – the kind of alcohol in drinks – in their veins.
The idea has arisen from a study of 38,000 people with head injuries, which found that those with alcohol in their blood were more likely to survive. For every 100 people who died when stone-cold sober, only 88 died with ethanol – the kind of alcohol in drinks – in their veins.
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bubbeemonkey
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I have often woken up with a bump on my head that I had no recollection of getting the night before. There is a lesson in there somewhere I'm sure of it. Maybe I need to wear a protective hat?
- 2 years ago
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bubbeemonkey
