Dehydration caused by alcohol consumption is considered a potential factor that may trigger migraines in susceptible individuals. Chemical imbalances, the presence of other ingredients in alcoholic beverages (such as histamine), and individual sensitivities can also play a role. It is important to note that not everyone who experiences migraines will have them triggered by alcohol. […]

Alcoholics with KS were of special value to memory theorists (Butters and Cermak 1980; Oscar-Berman and Ellis 1987; Squire et al. 1993; Warrington and Weiskrantz 1970). Their innovative test paradigms resulted in data contributing substantially to current knowledge about component processes of memory applicable to alcoholism complicated with KS and to milder forms of memory […]

As methanol and ethylene glycol are metabolized, the osmolar gap decreases and a high anion gap metabolic acidosis (HAGMA) develops. Observing that ethanol consumption often delayed the clinical features of methanol poisoning, Röe 48 postulated that ethanol could be a treatment, along with sodium bicarbonate, for methanol poisoning. The rationale for this treatment is that […]