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AIM Digest:
February 2026
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
Atrial fibrillation
Alcohol consumption and atrial fibrillation risk: An overview of systematic reviews and network meta-analysis
Cancer
Physical activity, alcohol consumption, and digestive system cancer risk: a large prospective cohort study
Stroke
Alcohol consumption and mortality among stroke survivors: A NHANES observational cohort study with mediation analysis
Cancer
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Mediterranean diet
Put in perspective – How the Mediterranean way of drinking may affect cancer risk
Mental health
Alcohol consumption patterns and long-term anxiety: The influence of sex, age, and income
General health
Association between alcohol consumption and musculoskeletal pain among employed and retired British civil servants
Depression
The causal interplay between depression and alcohol use from adolescence to young adulthood
Colorectal cancers
Association of alcohol intake over the lifetime with colorectal adenoma and colorectal cancer risk
Mediterranean diet
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Stroke
Mediterranean diet and the risk of stroke subtypes in women – The California Teachers Study
Hypertension
Alcohol consumption patterns and traditional beverages associated with hypertension subtypes
Cardiovascular disease
Joint associations of multiple healthy lifestyles with the risk of cardiovascular disease
Mediterranean diet
Wine consumption, Mediterranean diet, and cardiovascular risk in two Spanish cohorts
Heart failure
Alcohol intake and incidence of heart failure and its subtypes: VA Million Veteran Program
All-cause mortality
Binge drinking and mortality among older adults
General health
Phenome-wide study on alcohol consumption provides genetic evidence for a causal association with multiple diseases and biomarkers
Breast cancer
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Cancer
Association between alcohol consumption and breast cancer incidence and prognosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Moderate drinking
Acute effects of cannabis on alcohol craving and consumption: A randomised controlled crossover trial
Drinking & You
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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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