Article 5AAWX Hyperventilating can help clear alcohol from body faster, researchers find

Hyperventilating can help clear alcohol from body faster, researchers find

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Leyland Cecco in Toronto
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Discovery could potentially help treat patients suffering from alcohol poisoning, Canadian team says

Researchers in Canada have discovered that hyperventilation can significantly increase the rate at which the body metabolizes alcohol, in a breakthrough that could save thousands of lives.

Three million people around the world die from alcohol-related deaths each year and emergency room physicians have few effective tools to treat acute alcohol poisoning.

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