This morning, Hangover Heaven was featured on the MSNBC show, “Your Business.”  Hangover Heaven is a unique business with a unique mission.  You can view the clip here.

Energy drinks and shots have received a significant amount of attention in the press recently.  Reports have linked them to numerous deaths and hospital admissions.  Most of these energy drinks have about twice the amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee.   Energy drinks will make you dehydrated and anxious.  One other issue with energy drinks is that, when combined with alcohol, they increase the severity of a hangover.

After treating thousands of hangovers (more than any other doctor in the world,) I have noticed that people who drink more than 2 or 3 energy drinks in a night tend to have some of the worst hangovers imaginable.  At our Las Vegas hangover clinic, we have seen some clients that have consumed as many as 12 Red Bulls in one 12 hour span of partying.  When I go to do an in-room treatment and I see empty 12 packs of Red Bull outside their room, it is always a sign that I have my work cut out for me. Read more →

Recently, there has been quite a bit of press coverage about the possibility of asparagus being a cure for hangovers.  On first glance, I was rather skeptical, but decided to look into the matter just to be fair.  The basis for the “Asparagus Hangover Cure” is one study out of Korea in which an extract of asparagus leaves was used on cells in a petri dish.

Asparagus for Hangovers

The initial results may have suggested some promise in the area of hangover prevention.  However, those initial results are not very encouraging as a preventive measure since the study was never applied to humans.  I found the actual scientific study and thought it was an interesting scientific study, but there are years more research necessary before a conclusion can be reached.

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Cheap alcohol and hangovers are a little known hazard of a night out on the town.  So, we ask, is your hangover worse after drinking cheap, dark liquor or wine?  The answer to this post-party mystery lies in the impurities. 

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