Alcohol in
Moderation
Moderation
AIM Digest:
August 2024
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
Critique
All-cause mortality
Why do only some cohort studies find health benefits from low-volume alcohol use? A systematic review and meta-analysis of study characteristics that may bias mortality risk estimates
Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
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Old age
Alcohol consumption in relation to cognitive dysfunction and dementia
All-cause mortality
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Old age
Alcohol consumption patterns and mortality among older adults with health-related or socioeconomic risk factors
Cancer
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Head and neck cancers
Association between alcohol flushing syndrome and cancer
All-cause mortality
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The liver
Impacts of cardiometabolic risk factors and alcohol consumption on all-cause mortality among MASLD and its subgroups
General health
Association between alcohol consumption and disability accumulation in multiple sclerosis
Harmful consumption
Alcohol hangover versus dehydration revisited
Harmful consumption
Drinking and mental health in middle adulthood: exploring the impact of wellbeing, mental health literacy, and drinking motives on risk of alcohol dependence
General health
More frequent solitary alcohol consumption is associated with poorer diet quality, worse sleep, higher BMI, and more problematic alcohol use
All-cause mortality
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J-shaped curve
Volume of alcohol intake, heavy episodic drinking, and all-cause mortality in Spain
Cancer
Joint association of drinking alcohol and obesity in relation to cancer risk
Harmful consumption
Binge drinking and progression of white matter hyperintensities of presumed vascular origin in older men
Healthy lifestyle
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Harmful consumption
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Women
A lifestyle physical activity intervention for women in alcohol treatment: A pilot randomised controlled trial
Cancer
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Diabetes
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Cardiovascular disease
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Hypertension
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Moderate drinking
Multimorbidity and heavy and binge drinking among adults
The brain
How executive functioning moderates the relation between implicit alcohol associations and heavy episodic drinking
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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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