Alcohol in
Moderation
Moderation
AIM Digest:
April 2025
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.
Featured articles
Cancer
Preventable cancer cases and deaths attributable to alcohol consumption in Korea from 2015 to 2030
Hypertension
Alcohol consumption and ambulatory blood pressure-lowering effect in male patients on clinic blood pressure-guided antihypertensive treatment
Harmful consumption
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The brain
Influence of binge drinking on the resting state functional connectivity of university students
All-cause mortality
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The liver
The relationship between alcohol intake and all-cause mortality in participants with MASLD and MetALD
Healthy lifestyle
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All-cause mortality
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Moderate drinking
Healthy lifestyle habits, educational attainment, and the risk of 45 age-related health and mortality outcomes in the UK
General health
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J-shaped curve
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Moderate drinking
Alcohol consumption has a J-shaped association with bacterial infection and death due to infection
General health
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Gut health
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The liver
Influence of alcohol on the intestinal immune system
Healthy lifestyle
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Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
Healthy dietary patterns in relation to cognitive performance and Alzheimer’s disease mortality
Cholesterol
The effects of wine consumption on lipid profile
Healthy lifestyle
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Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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Cardiovascular disease
Post-cardiovascular disease healthy lifestyle, inflammation and metabolic biomarkers, and risk of dementia
General health
Alcohol consumption and risk of age-related macular degeneration and geographic atrophy progression
Cancer
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Colorectal cancers
Alcohol consumption and risk of early onset colorectal cancer
General health
Impact of alcohol intake on skeletal muscle
Cholesterol
Lipid profiles after changes in alcohol consumption
General health
Daily alcohol intake and its negative association with constipation
The kidneys
Association between alcohol consumption and the risk of incident chronic kidney disease
General health
Association between dietary alcohol intake and migraine or severe headache miscellaneous pain
Critique
Cardiovascular disease
Effect of moderate alcohol intake on blood apolipoproteins concentrations: A meta-analysis of human intervention studies
Drinking & You
A global portal providing advice about responsible alcohol consumption, individual country government guidelines and your health.
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International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research
The International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research (ISFAR) is a group of 45 specialist Professors and Medics who produce balanced and well researched analysis of emerging research papers alcohol and health.
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