Alcohol in
Moderation
Moderation
AIM Digest:
January 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
All-cause mortality
The Southern European Atlantic diet and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: a European multicohort study
Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
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Old age
Adherence to a healthy lifestyle and its association with cognitive impairment in community-dwelling older adults in Shanghai
Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
Drinking patterns of alcohol and risk of major adverse cardiovascular events after an acute coronary syndrome
Mediterranean diet
Alcohol consumption patterns and adherence to the Mediterranean diet in the adult population of Spain
Breast cancer
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Breast cancer
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Cancer
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Women
Lifetime alcohol consumption patterns and young-onset breast cancer by subtype among women in the Young Women’s Health History Study
General health
The association of alcohol consumption with the risk of sarcopenia
Heart
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Coronary heart disease
US heart disease deaths linked with substance use rose 4% per year between 1999-2019
Diabetes
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Cardiovascular disease
Modifiable lifestyle factors, genetic risk, and incident peripheral artery disease among individuals with type 2 diabetes
The kidneys
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The liver
The relationship between alcohol consumption and chronic kidney disease in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
Cancer
IARC’s perspective on alcohol reduction or cessation and cancer risk
Atrial fibrillation
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Arrhythmia
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Heart
Risk of newly developed atrial fibrillation by alcohol consumption differs according to genetic predisposition to alcohol metabolism
All-cause mortality
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Mediterranean diet
High adherence to a Mediterranean alcohol-drinking pattern and Mediterranean diet can mitigate the harmful effect of alcohol on mortality risk
Cognitive decline
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The brain
Risk factors for young-onset dementia in the UK Biobank
The brain
Recovery of neuropsychological function following abstinence from alcohol in adults diagnosed with an alcohol use disorder
Cancer
The significant contribution of interleukin-16 genotypes, smoking, alcohol drinking, and helicobacter pylori infection to gastric cancer
General health
Hazardous, harmful, and dependent alcohol use in healthcare professionals
Rheumatoid arthritis
The causal association between alcohol, smoking, coffee consumption, and the risk of arthritis
Critique
Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
Circulating metabolites may illustrate relationship of alcohol consumption with cardiovascular disease
General health
ISFAR reiterates its defence of moderate alcohol consumption’s health benefits by Stockley et al.
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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