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Editorial
. 2020 Nov 16;9(11):3670.
doi: 10.3390/jcm9113670.

The Alcohol Hangover Research Group: Ten Years of Progress in Research on the Causes, Consequences, and Treatment of the Alcohol Hangover

Joris C Verster  1   2 , Lizanne Arnoldy  1   2 , Sarah Benson  2 , Andrew Scholey  2 , Ann-Kathrin Stock  3   4
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Editorial

The Alcohol Hangover Research Group: Ten Years of Progress in Research on the Causes, Consequences, and Treatment of the Alcohol Hangover

Joris C Verster et al. J Clin Med. .

Abstract

The alcohol hangover is defined as the combination of negative mental and physical symptoms, which can be experienced after a single episode of alcohol consumption, starting when blood alcohol concentration (BAC) approaches zero. Here, we present the book "The alcohol hangover: causes, consequences, and treatment", written to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Alcohol Hangover Research Group (AHRG), summarizing recent advances in the field of alcohol hangover research.

Keywords: alcohol; causes; consequences; hangover; treatments.

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Conflict of interest statement

S.B. has received funding from Red Bull GmbH, Kemin Foods, Sanofi Aventis, Phoenix Pharmaceutical and GlaxoSmithKline. Over the past 36 months, A.S. has held research grants from Abbott Nutrition, Arla Foods, Bayer, BioRevive, DuPont, Fonterra, Kemin Foods, Nestlé, Nutricia-Danone, Verdure Sciences. He has acted as a consultant/expert advisor to Bayer, Danone, Naturex, Nestlé, Pfizer, Sanofi, Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical, and has received travel/hospitality/speaker fees from Bayer, Sanofi and Verdure Sciences. Over the past 36 months, J.C.V. has held grants from Janssen and Sequential Medicine, and acted as a consultant/expert advisor to More Labs, Red Bull, Sen-Jam Pharmaceutical, Toast!, Tomo, and ZBiotics. A.K.S. has received funding from the Daimler and Benz Foundation. L.A. has no conflicts of interest to declare.

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Published articles on the alcohol hangover. Number of publications taken from PubMed (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov, assessed on 13 October 2020), searching for “alcohol hangover”. In 2010 (red bar), the Alcohol Hangover Research Group (AHRG) was founded.
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