http://b985.fm Central Maine's Country Mon, 20 May 2013 17:26:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://b985.fm/can-beer-fight-the-common-cold/ http://b985.fm/can-beer-fight-the-common-cold/#comments Mon, 10 Dec 2012 23:16:40 +0000 Randy McCoy http://b985.fm/?p=41539 Can beer really be good for a cold? Yes!  According to a study by Sapporo University in Japan, a chemical compound found in beer hops can actually fight off the virus that causes pneumonia. The virus hits children, not yet of drinking age, the hardest, while adults experience less serious symptoms

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