Were James Bond’s drinks shaken because of alcohol induced tremor?

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Were James Bond’s drinks shaken because of alcohol induced tremor?
Graham Johnson, Indra Neil Guha, Patrick Davies
BMJ 2013; 347 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f7255 (Published 12 December 2013)

Objective To quantify James Bond’s consumption of alcohol as detailed in the series of novels by Ian Fleming.

Design Retrospective literature review.

Setting The study authors’ homes, in a comfy chair.

Participants Commander James Bond, 007; Mr Ian Lancaster Fleming.

Main outcome measures Weekly alcohol consumption by Commander Bond.

Methods All 14 James Bond books were read by two of the authors. Contemporaneous notes were taken detailing every alcoholic drink taken. Predefined alcohol unit levels were used to calculate consumption. Days when Bond was unable to consume alcohol (such as through incarceration) were noted.

Results After exclusion of days when Bond was unable to drink, his weekly alcohol consumption was 92 units a week, over four times the recommended amount. His maximum daily consumption was 49.8 units. He had only 12.5 alcohol free days out of 87.5 days on which he was able to drink.

Conclusions James Bond’s level of alcohol intake puts him at high risk of multiple alcohol related diseases and an early death. The level of functioning as displayed in the books is inconsistent with the physical, mental, and indeed sexual functioning expected from someone drinking this much alcohol. We advise an immediate referral for further assessment and treatment, a reduction in alcohol consumption to safe levels, and suspect that the famous catchphrase “shaken, not stirred” could be because of alcohol induced tremor affecting his hands.
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NewsBot · Dec 13, 2013

The Brady Bunch? New evidence for nominative determinism in patients’ health: retrospective, population based cohort study
BMJ 2013; 347 doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.f6627 (Published 12 December 2013)

Objective To ascertain whether a name can influence a person’s health, by assessing whether people with the surname “Brady” have an increased prevalence of bradycardia.

Design Retrospective, population based cohort study.

Setting One university teaching hospital in Dublin, Ireland.

Participants People with the surname “Brady” in Dublin, determined through use of an online telephone directory.

Main outcome measure Prevalence of participants who had pacemakers inserted for bradycardia between 1 January 2007 and 28 February 2013.

Results 579 (0.36%) of 161 967 people who were listed on the Dublin telephone listings had the surname “Brady.” The proportion of pacemaker recipients was significantly higher among Bradys (n=8, 1.38%) than among non-Bradys (n=991, 0.61%; P=0.03). The unadjusted odds ratio (95% confidence interval) for pacemaker implantation among individuals with the surname Brady compared with individuals with other surnames was 2.27 (1.13 to 4.57).

Conclusions Patients named Brady are at increased risk of needing pacemaker implantation compared with the general population. This finding shows a potential role for nominative determinism in health.
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davidh · Dec 14, 2013

What a dreadful thread.

Sean Connery could drink all he wanted, sh*g all night, and still outgun, outfight and outdrive all the Smersh baddies.

Anyone who says any different is a liar, and I challenge you to a drinking contesht, followed by, er, a driving contesht, a shooting contesht, and finally a fighting contesht:dizzy: .

Some myths deserve to be propagated :) .

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