TASMANIAN pharmacist Michael Meaney from Shearwater Amcal Max has expressed major misgivings at the evaluation methods employed by researchers from Public Health Wales and King's College London into the effects of various alcoholic beverages, as described in Dispensary Corner yesterday.
Meaney said the BMJ Open study had been somewhat beaten to the punch by none other than William Shakespeare, who more than 400 years ago published a commentary on the effects of alcohol on a man's love life in his play Macbeth.
"In it he commented on the fact that it increased his libido (it provokes the desire) and causes drowsiness (but it takes away the performance)," Meaney told PD.
Meaney said he was disappointed the authors of the latest article didn't go into the same detail with their research as Shakespeare - particularly in relation to urine and nose-painting.
"My, how academic standards have slipped over the years," he concluded.
Scientists from US beer firm Budweiser are boldly going where none have been before, by sending barley into space.
The researchers say seedlings of the key beer ingredient will head to the International Space Station early next month, staying in orbit for some time before returning back to earth for analysis.
The company said it was a small step towards Budweiser being the first beer on Mars, saying "we are excited to begin our research to brew beer for the red planet".
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