Holiday party season is time to eat, drink and be merry. But too much merriment can sometimes result in a not-so-celebratory hangover.
The reality about hangovers —
Holiday party season is time to eat, drink and be merry. But too much merriment can sometimes result in a not-so-celebratory hangover.
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<strong>Fact: Stay hydrated</strong>
Fact: Stay hydrated —
Fact: Stay hydrated
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<strong>Myth: Pain medicine before or after bed</strong>
Myth: Pain medicine before bed —
Myth: Pain medicine before or after bed
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<strong>Fact: Eat beforehand</strong>
Fact: Eat beforehand —
Fact: Eat beforehand
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<strong>Myth: Caffeine cures all</strong>
Myth: Caffeine cures all —
Myth: Caffeine cures all
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<strong>Myth: Waking up drunk</strong>
Myth: Waking up drunk —
Myth: Waking up drunk
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<strong>Fact: Sleep, eat well<br /></strong><br />The <a href="http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002041.htm" target="_blank" target="_blank">U.S. National Library of Medicine</a> recommends a conservative approach to the day after a hangover: sleep and eat as you are able, to give back to your body some of what it didn't have while you were drinking — fuel to absorb alcohol and sleep to re-energize the body.<br /><br />Meanwhile, remember what Murray says is the best hangover cure he's ever heard: "Don't drink."
sleeping hangover myths —
Fact: Sleep, eat well

The U.S. National Library of Medicine recommends a conservative approach to the day after a hangover: sleep and eat as you are able, to give back to your body some of what it didn't have while you were drinking — fuel to absorb alcohol and sleep to re-energize the body.

Meanwhile, remember what Murray says is the best hangover cure he's ever heard: "Don't drink."
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