Hangovers aren't caused by dehydration, low blood sugar, or acetaldehyde
by Cory Doctorow from on (#ZB4G)
The nascent science of hangovers -- launched in earnest in 2009 with the Alcohol Hangover Research Group -- has ruled out all the traditional culprits for your misery. A promising new culprit is inflammatory response to elevated levels of cytokines, molecules that transmit messages through the immune system. (more")