If walls could talk, dive bars would surely have the best stories to tell. Unlike trendy cocktail bars that specialize in fancy drinks, you go to dive bars for what Derek Brown, veteran mixologist and Washington, D.C.-based hospitality expert, calls “time, grime and dime” — how long it’s been there, …
Read More »Government expands travel warnings after surge in deadly fake alcohol poisonings
The British government recently added eight countries to its list of travel warnings related to the risk of methanol poisoning from tainted alcohol. The United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) has warned that tourists visiting Ecuador, Japan, Kenya, Mexico, Nigeria, Peru, Russia and Uganda may face a risk …
Read More »Even small amounts of alcohol linked to higher dementia risk in older adults, study shows
Even small amounts of alcohol consumption could put older adults at a higher risk of dementia. That’s according to a recent study led by the University of Oxford in the U.K. — in collaboration with Yale University and the University of Cambridge in the U.K. The study analyzed data from …
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