AIM Digest is a journal published 10 times a year and brings together the most recent global research concerning alcohol and health, moderate drinking, campaigns and social and policy issues regarding alcohol. The key articles are then archived by topic below post publication. Synopsis as well as position papers and critiques by specialist Professors and Medics since 2011 can be found by topic.

April’s  Digest

Featured articles

Critique
Cognitive decline
,
Cognitive decline
,
The brain
,
Old age

Changes in alcohol consumption and risk of dementia in a nationwide cohort in South Korea

Pregnancy
,
Women

Low to moderate prenatal alcohol exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes

Cancer
,
Women

Association of smoking, alcohol, and coffee consumption with the risk of ovarian cancer and prognosis: a mendelian randomization study

General health

Relationships of habitual daily alcohol consumption with all-day and time-specific average glucose levels among non-diabetic population samples

General health

Scientists test  a jab to counteract intoxication

Cognitive decline
,
Cognitive decline
,
The brain
,
Old age

Animal models for studies of alcohol effects on the trajectory of age-related cognitive decline

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
,
Mediterranean diet

Mediterranean diet and risk of cardiovascular disease and death in women

Antioxidants
,
Gut health

Muscadine grape (vitis rotundifolia) and wine polyphenols alleviated arthritis and restored the gut microbial composition in mice

General health

A mechanistic perspective on the health promoting effects of alcohol – A focus on epigenetics modification

General health

Differences in the association between alcoholic beverage type and serum urate levels using standardized ethanol content

Antioxidants

A comprehensive review of the benefits of drinking craft beer

Heart
,
Coronary heart disease
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Metabolic syndrome/weight

Associations of 5-year changes in alcoholic beverage intake with 5-year changes in waist circumference and BMI in the Coronary Artery Risk development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study

Arrhythmia
,
Heart

Alcohol and Arrhythmias – a review

Cognitive decline
,
Cognitive decline
,
The brain
,
Old age

Alcohol consumption from midlife and risk of disabling dementia in a large population-based cohort study in Japan

Cancer
,
Women

Alcohol intake and the risk of epithelial ovarian cancer

The brain

How heavy alcohol consumption increases brain inflammation

Heart
,
Cholesterol

Excessive consumption of alcoholic beverages and HDL cholesterol

Cardiovascular disease
,
Heart
,
Antioxidants
,
Gut health

Beneficial effects of red wine polyphenols on human health

General health

New NIH study reveals shared genetic markers underlying substance use disorders

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