HAD one too many? Alcohol can wreak havoc on your immune system from the moment you start imbibing.
Majid Afshar, who treats trauma patients at Loyola University Health System in Chicago, wondered if alcohol consumption might affect his patients’ immune functioning, and hence their treatment.
He and his colleagues asked volunteers to down 4 or 5 shots of vodka within 20 minutes – taking them over the drink-driving limit. They took blood samples from the participants over the next few hours.
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