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British study shows, for 007, tomorrow's hangover never dies - World News

James Bond was a fall-down drunk — "The Man With the Golden Liver" — according to real research published Thursday by real scientists.

In a paper (.pdf) in the December edition of BMJ (formerly the British Medical Journal), intensive care and liver specialists at the Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust concluded that Commander Bond was "in the highest risk group for malignancies, depression, hypertension, and cirrhosis."

If Bond's martinis were shaken, not stirred, it was probably because "Bond was unlikely to be able to stir his drinks, even if he would have wanted to, because of likely alcohol induced tremor," they noted. And forget about firing a gun accurately.

"He is also at high risk of suffering from sexual dysfunction, which would considerably affect his womanising," they added, spelling "womanizing" in the properly British way.

The full study is here

http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/MSNBC/Sections/NEWS/A_U.S.%20news/US-news-PDFs/131212_JamesBondsLiver.pdf

And in case you were worried

Ethical approval: The impact of this study on fictional British spies was
thought to be minimal and therefore ethical approval was not sought
for this study.No consent has been sought from the Commander Bond
chronicled in the original Ian Fleming novels. The barrier to this chiefly
being his fictional nature meaning he is unable to give valid consent.