Elixir of life

News just in: booze is good for you! If you've suffered a head injury, that is.

Of course, trust Don Shenker, the chief executive of Alcohol Concern, to be a spoilsport and point out that alcohol consumption is a prime cause of head injuries in the first place. Still, I suppose that, for clumsy people, getting drunk could be considered as a sensible preventative act of self-medication...