"Health & Medical News"

The holidays are the hangover season — liquor companies estimate they make 25 percent of their profits between Thanksgiving and New Year’s. But researchers warn that there is no real cure for the hangover other than limiting alcohol consumption, Newsweek reported Dec. 12.

Veisalgia — the medical term for the hangover — is partly a “kind of mini withdrawal” caused by dropping blood-alcohol levels, partly the result of the impact of alcohol on the body, experts say. The worst moments of the morning-after hangover occur when the body’s blood-alcohol level hits zero, but the stimulating chemicals released by the brain in response to drinking remain, causing an increased pulse rate, nausea, tremors, and heightened sensitivity to light and sound.

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