The consumption of one standard drink will result in a peak in BAC within 35 to 45 minutes. A 150-pound person with normal liver function metabolizes about 7 to 14 grams of alcohol per hour, which is approximately 100 to 200 mg/kg of body weight per hour.
Acupuncture May Benefit Parkinson's Patients. Acupuncture may help relieve some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, researchers from the University of Seoul, South Korea, reported in CNS Neuroscience & Therapeutics. It appears that acupuncture reactivates parts of the brain that have become too deactivated, the authors added.
Acupuncture involves the insertion of fine needles along key meridians. The World Health Organization states that acupuncture is useful as adjunct therapy in more than 50 disorders including low back pain, headaches and nausea. No clinical studies directly support its use with psoriasis or psoriatic arthritis. However, some patients have reported success.