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Rock ‘n’ roll doc offers tips for avoiding — and curing — hangovers

EDITOR'S NOTE: This story was published Dec. 31, 2015, but WTOP is reasonably confident that drinking will occur this New Year's Eve; hence, the advice still holds.

WASHINGTON — For 30 years, naturopathic doctor Gabrielle Francis traveled and toured with some of the world’s biggest bands — we’re talking Mötley Crüe, Aerosmith and Jane’s Addiction — all to help keep the stars healthy while on the road.

So it’s safe to say she knows a few things about partying — and righting the course after a night of too much. Just in time for New Year’s Eve, Francis has some tips to help you “party smart” at your end-of-the-year bash — and some hangover cures, should you choose to ignore her advice.

WTOP photo tour: Historic nuclear power plant at Fort Belvoir to be dismantled

The red button was always there — just in case. Most people never knew the United States' first nuclear power reactor to provide sustained electricity to a commercial power grid was — and is — on the grounds of Fort Belvoir, the U.S. Army installation in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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