Health

JUST CALL it workouts for wine. A new Northwestern Medicine study published in the journal health psychology finds that people tend to drink more alcohol on days they’ve exercised. The study looked at 15O adults between the ages of 18 to 89 who used a smartphone app to record how... Read More

IT MIGHT STAIN your teeth a lovely shade of purple but it turns out red wine actually prevents cavities. A new study published in the journal of agricultural and food chemistry claims the antioxidants in red wine can help eradicate bacteria and thus prevent tooth decay. The researchers reportedly grew... Read More

NO, it’s not the title of a new sci-fi flick! But it might as well be. In a highly futuristic study, scientists have created earthworms capable of imbibing without experiencing any intoxication. If researchers can now successfully recreate this development in mice and, eventually, humans, they believe it would be... Read More

SCORE ONE for wine in the ongoing health benefits debate. In a study conducted by researchers from Charité University in Berlin and published in the JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, overweight people who take resveratrol supplements have better short-term memory. Before and after the six-month study began, participants took a memory test,... Read More

SOME GOOD wine news! An occasional glass of wine might help keep your kidneys healthy, new research suggests. Even better, for those who already have kidney disease, which puts one at higher risk for cardiovascular problems, moderate wine drinking might help the heart, the researchers added. “Those [with healthy kidneys]... Read More

THE SUGAR that gives tequila its kick could also help us stay slim. Researchers say the plant sugars that are fermented to create the Mexican spirit hold tremendous potential when it comes to weight loss. Tests show the sugars from the cactus-like agave plant (which are not the same as... Read More

GREAT NEWS for beer and meat lovers!  Marinating meat in pilsner or black beers before throwing them on a coal-fired grill can apparently help lower potentially harmful amounts of carcinogens.  A study has concluded that letting meat sit in beer for a few hours can reduce levels of Polycyclic aromatic... Read More

IT WOULD SEEM that red wine and aspirin perform quite the 1-2 punch when it comes to cancer.  New research suggests that the red wine compound resveratrol combined with aspirin could kill abnormal cells that lead to cancer.  The two together help to destroy “tetraploid” cells that contain multiple copies... Read More

BAD NEWS for gout sufferers who enjoy vino. New research finds that all types of alcohol, even previously exempt wine, can bring on attacks of the painful condition. “I don’t want to sound too dogmatic and say, ‘You must stop drinking’,” lead author Dr. Tuhina Neogi remarked. But, the Boston... Read More

WHAT CAN we learn from observing the alcohol consumption patterns of monkeys? Apparently, quite a bit. The latest study investigating the effects of drinking alcohol on our health suggests that moderate consumption can boost our immune system. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, trained 12 rhesus monkeys to consume... Read More