Hangovers: More than just a sore head

Many of us have all experienced the feeling of having a couple of alcoholic drinks too many and then we wake up the following day feeling pretty sore and sorry about our drinking decisions.

However, there is more to a hangover than just a sore head the next morning. Hangovers have serious impacts on our health and many of us ignore these consequences. Hangovers can significantly impact our memory and abilities to concentrate and pay attention, as well as normal day-to-day activities.

What defines a hangover has recently been updated this year. So I decided to catch up with Professor Andrew Scholey, one of Swinburne University’s alcohol and hangover experts, via Skype, and began by asking him what a hangover actually constitutes of.