This festive season, many of us will over-indulge in alcohol at some point.

Characterised by a churning stomach, nausea, headaches and, perhaps, morning-after anxiety, hangovers are an unpleasant consequence of over consumption.

The reasons we get hangovers are complex. Many people have their own tried and tested remedies, but is there any scientific basis to them?

Today on Please Explain, health reporter Melissa Cunningham joins Bianca Hall to talk about what, if anything, beats a hangover.

This festive season, many of us will over-indulge in alcohol at some point.
Characterised by a churning stomach, nausea, headaches and, perhaps, morning-after anxiety, hangovers are an unpleasant consequence of over consumption.
The reasons we get hangovers are complex. Many people have their own tried and tested remedies, but is there any scientific basis to them?
Today on Please Explain, health reporter Melissa Cunningham joins Bianca Hall to talk about what, if anything, beats a hangover.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition (formerly Please Explain) brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

The Morning Edition brings you the story behind the story with the best journalists in Australia. Join host Samantha Selinger-Morris from the newsrooms of The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age, weekdays from 5am.

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