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

General health

Platelet count in men with a habit of alcohol drinking

Critique
Colorectal cancers
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Cancer
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J-shaped curve

A J-shaped curve for the relation of alcohol consumption to the risk of colorectal cancer

Pregnancy
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Women

Low-to-moderate alcohol consumption and success in fertility treatment

The liver

Risks of light and moderate alcohol use in fatty liver disease

General health

Korean alcohol guidelines for moderate drinking based on facial flushing

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart

Beer, wine consumption, and 10-year CVD incidence

Critique
Diabetes

An extensive review of the role of dietary constituents (foods, nutrients, and beverages) in the development of diabetes

Bone mineral density

Alcohol intake, specific alcoholic beverages, and risk of hip fractures in postmenopausal women and men age 50 and older

Cancer

Alcohol drinking and bladder cancer risk in Japan

Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
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Old age

The nutritional components of beer and its relationship with neurodegeneration and alzheimer’s disease

Heart
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Heart attack

Mediating effects of high-density lipoprotein for alcohol consumption and myocardial infarction

Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
,
Old age

Predicting development of adolescent drinking behaviour from whole brain structure at age 14

Heart
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Heart attack

Alcohol intake and incident myocardial infarction: The role of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol

All-cause mortality
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Cancer
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Cardiovascular disease
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Heart

Alcohol consumption and risk of cardiovascular disease, cancer and mortality

Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
,
Old age

Association of lifestyle and genetic risk with incidence of dementia

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