An alcoholic drink (purely for medicinal purposes of course) might actually help those with chronic widespread pain.
A new study of 2,239 people with chronic widespread pain found that people who regularly enjoyed a tipple or two had lower levels of disability than teetotal patients.
In fact, those who drank 21 to 35 units of alcohol per week (equivalent to just over a pint a day) were 67 per cent less likely to experience disability than those who avoided boozy beverages.
But before knocking back bottle after bottle of beer remember that moderation is key.
The NHS recommends that men should not regularly drink more than 3-4 units of alcohol a… Read the full story