Hyperventilating can help clear alcohol from body faster, researchers find
by Leyland Cecco in Toronto from Science | The Guardian on (#5AAWX)
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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