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ALCOHOL IMPAIRS RECOVERY FROM ILLNESS


esearchers from the Uni-


versity of Mas- sachusetts Medi- cal School that collected blood from volunteers to study how drink- ing alcohol affects monocytes, the white blood cells that are part of the


immune system, made an unwelcome discovery. Alcohol can worsen the effects of disease and lengthen the re- covery period following trauma, injury or burns. It both impairs the body’s antiviral immune response, especially in the liver, and increases inflamma- tion, so think twice before downing another hot toddy.


Source: BioMed Central


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