A post over on Sciencebase about alcohol, drugs, and genetics prompted a comment from David Brown, which we reproduce in full here:
I’ve studied alcohol issues to some extent as they relate to genetic predisposition and nutritional modulators. It appears that primates share configurations of genetically determined metabolism that affect drinking behavior. Check out this video. [...]

So we’re about to celebrate the solstice event late but call it Hogmanay, or “New Year’s” like we do every time the Earth complete’s a circuit of its orbit around the Sun. You’re probably musing on the idea of having a few beers, a glass or two of wine or maybe some of the harder [...]

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Gemma Prat of the Department of Psychiatry and Clinical Psychobiology, School of Psychology, University of Barcelona, Spain, explains in a research review paper earlier this year, that despite claims to the contrary, we really don’t yet fully understand what causes alcohol hangovers. There are, of course, plenty of theories, and even more home-spun [...]

The “hair of the dog that bit you”, a bacon sandwich, a pint of water, porridge oats, vitamin C, cup of coffee, herbal tonics…they’re all claimed as hangover cures, but unfortunately, there is no cure for the morning-after-the-night-before if you over indulge on beer, wine, spirits, any alcoholic liquor in fact.
Of course, there are ways [...]