Oct 20, 2026
Can One Alcohol Binge Change Neutrophils Without Detectable Gut Leakage?
A 15-person alcohol-binge study changed neutrophil assay results without detected gut leakage or microbiome shift. Learn what it cannot prove.
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Hospital Blood Tests
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Oct 20, 2026
Does High-Sulphite Wine Change Driving at the Same Alcohol Dose? A 2026 Simulator Study
A 32-driver simulator study compared wines with 86 versus 126 mg/L sulphites. Learn which driving outcomes changed and why BAC and causation remain uncertain.
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Does a Single Binge Change White Blood Cell Stiffness? What RT-DC Actually Measured
A 2023 alcohol-challenge pilot found no significant resting leukocyte stiffness change but differing cell counts and activated-cell responses. Learn the forensic limits.
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Can a Camera-Verified Remote Breath Test Prove Continuous Abstinence? A 2023 Treatment Study
A 2023 randomized treatment study shows what camera-verified remote breath checks can and cannot establish about alcohol, missed tests, motivation and legal proof.
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Can an fNIRS Brain Scan Prove Alcohol Impairment?
A 48-person alcohol challenge links Go/No-go performance with fNIRS brain asymmetry—but optical signals cannot prove an individual’s BAC or impairment.
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Can Alcohol Impair the Decision to Stop Without Slowing a Stop Signal?
A controlled alcohol study found less voluntary stopping without general slowing on a stop-signal task. What can forensic experts actually infer?
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Does Total Body Water Predict Breath Alcohol Better Than Body Surface Area? A 77-Person Study
In a 77-person study, total body water predicted modeled breath alcohol better than body surface area. Learn what was measured, estimated, and not proved.
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Can a Negative Postmortem Cartilage Alcohol Test Rule Out Drinking?
A 2026 study shows why delayed negative ethanol results in rib and disc cartilage cannot rule out alcohol at death. Compare storage effects and limits.
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Can a Rapid Hair Drug Screen Miss Cocaine or Misidentify THC? A 2026 Validation Study
A 2026 SAMElife hair-screening study found 11 THC screen positives without GC-MS confirmation and 4 missed cocaine positives. Learn the limitations.
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Does Dextroamphetamine Change Task-Specific Brain Blood Flow Without Raising Global Flow? An Eight-Person PET Experiment
What eight healthy adults showed after oral dextroamphetamine: two PET task-specific regional signals, Raven accuracy, global blood-flow nulls and serum—not whole blood.
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