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Old 08 October 2009, 09:36 AM
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Frying Pan Beer for brain injury? Maybe

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - People who suffer a traumatic brain injury from a car crash or other mishap are more apt to survive if they had been drinking at the time of the injury, according to a study published Monday.

The finding "raises the intriguing possibility" that giving alcohol to brain injured patients may improve outcome, the study team suggests in the Archives of Surgery.
http://www.reuters.com/article/healt...58L2N820090922
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