Chitah Posté 24 février 2005 Signaler Posté 24 février 2005 Man urinates his way out of avalancheBy Lester Haines Published Monday 31st January 2005 12:21 GMT Hot on the heels of the tremendous news that beer can help fight cancer, we are delighted to report that a Slovak man trapped in his car by an avalanche urinated his way to freedom after working his way through 60 half-litre bottles of beer. According to Ananova, Richard Kral was off on holiday when the snow swallowed his Audi in the Tatra mountains. Initially, he tried to dig his way out via the car's window, but soon realised that the snow would fill the vehicle long before he could break free. Mercifully, he had stocked up on essential supplies of alcohol and quickly formulated a cunning plan: "I was scooping the snow from above me and packing it down below the window, and then I peed on it to melt it. It was hard and now my kidneys and liver hurt. But I'm glad the beer I took on holiday turned out to be useful and I managed to get out of there." Rescuers eventually found Kral staggering drunk on a mountain path four days after his ordeal began. ® Beer fights cancer: officialBy Lester Haines Published Thursday 20th January 2005 13:36 GMT Scientists at Okayama University in Japan have rather agreeably discovered that unidentified compounds in lager and stout may help to prevent DNA damage leading to cancer. Some cancers are apparently provoked by heterocyclic amines - "DNA-damaging chemicals found in cooked meat and fish", New Scientist reports. The university team fed mice these compounds, and then noted that "the DNA damage to their liver, lungs and kidneys was reduced by up to 85 per cent if the mice drank non-alcoholic beer instead of water". Click Here Lead boffin Sakae Arimoto-Kobayashi reckons the beer-borne chemicals "prevent the amines binding to and damaging DNA". Naturally, if they can pinpoint the beneficial compounds in question, brewers will be able to concoct cancer-battling superbrews. But before we all rush off to the pub for a lifesaving pint, some unanswered questions remain. New Scientist notes that heavy boozing is responsible for around six per cent of cancers in the West. Since the mice were refreshed with non-alcoholic beer, the scientists cannot confirm that "moderate consumption of normal beer has any anti-cancer benefits". Arimoto-Kobayashi notes: "The total benefits and risks of beer with alcohol are still under consideration." Fair enough. When you've worked it out, give us a shout - we'll be in the Rose and Crown doing a bit of field research. ®
melodius Posté 24 février 2005 Signaler Posté 24 février 2005 Yee-hah ! Je me bois une bouteille de Zinnebir ce soir pour fêter ça !
Harry Lime Posté 24 février 2005 Signaler Posté 24 février 2005 Et alors Chitah, ou est la verification de l'information? http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/02/03/av…e_man_debunked/
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