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
Cardiovascular disease
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Heart

Urinary tartaric acid as a biomarker of wine consumption and cardiovascular risk: the PREDIMED trial

Cancer
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Colorectal cancers

Diet-wide analyses for risk of colorectal cancer

Women

Preclinical study finds surges in oestrogen promote binge drinking in females

Depression

Bidirectional associations between alcohol drinking and depressive symptoms among retired US adults

Genetics
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Cancer

Genetic polymorphism in alcohol metabolism and drinking behaviour are associated with gastric cancer risk in men

Cardiovascular disease
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Antioxidants

The potential cardioprotective bioactive compounds in fermented alcoholic beverages

Breast cancer
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Breast cancer
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Cancer
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Women

Alcohol consumption trajectories and risk of breast cancer among postmenopausal women: a Danish cohort study

Heart
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Heart failure
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Mediterranean diet

High and low adherence to Mediterranean and DASH diet patterns and the risk of heart failure

Women

Association between alcohol consumption levels and pelvic inflammatory disease

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart

Exploring the complex interplay between alcohol consumption and cardiovascular health

Diabetes

Association between alcohol consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes

Breast cancer
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Cancer

Alcohol consumption and breast and ovarian cancer development

Cancer
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Colorectal cancers

Drinking pattern and time lag of alcohol consumption with colorectal cancer risk in US men and women

Breast cancer
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Breast cancer
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Cancer
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Women

Alcohol consumption does not modify the polygenic risk score-based genetic risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women

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