Does drinking alcohol build immunity and fight infections?

Consuming moderate levels of alcohol can help improve immunity and the body's ability to fight infections, a new study says. Researchers from the University of California, Riverside in the US reached the conclusion after the year-long experiments they conducted on monkeys. read more

Consuming moderate levels of alcohol can help improve immunity and the body's ability to fight infections, a new study says. Researchers from the University of California, Riverside in the US reached the conclusion after the year-long experiments they conducted on monkeys. For the study, Ilhem Messaoudi and colleagues included 12 rhesus macaques. read more

Alcohol Good for Building Immunity, Fight Infections In take of moderate levels of alcohol can help improve immunity and the body's ability to fight infections, a new study says. read more

Alcohol can worsen the effects of disease. New research shows that alcohol modulates the anti-viral and inflammatory functions of monocytes. Prolonged alcohol consumption has a double negative effect of reducing the anti-viral effect of Type 1 interferon (IFN) whilst increasing inflammation via the pro-inflammatory cytokine TNF±. read more