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

Alcohol consumption as a moderator of anxiety and sleep quality

Cognitive decline
,
Moderate drinking
,
Old age

Willingness to adhere to current UK low-risk alcohol guidelines to potentially reduce dementia risk

Cognitive decline
,
Cognitive decline
,
The brain
,
Old age

Adult-life alcohol consumption and age-related cognitive decline from early adulthood to late midlife

The kidneys

Alcohol drinking and the risk of chronic kidney damage

Diabetes
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Metabolic syndrome/weight

Effects of wine on blood pressure, glucose parameters, and lipid profile in type 2 diabetes mellitus

Cancer

The influences of red wine in phenotypes of human cancer cells

The kidneys

The association between alcohol consumption and renal tubular dysfunction induced by cadmium exposure

Cancer

Impact of alcohol consumption on the risk of developing bladder cancer

The kidneys
,
Moderate drinking

Habitual alcohol intake modifies relationship of uric acid to incident chronic kidney disease

Cognitive decline
,
Cognitive decline
,
The brain
,
Old age

Alcohol consumption and incident dementia in older Japanese adults

The brain

Reward-related brain activity prospectively predicts increases in alcohol use in adolescents

Pregnancy
,
Women

Low-moderate prenatal alcohol exposure and offspring attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder

Critique
General health

A reduced risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) associated with the intake of some alcoholic beverages

General health

Changes in the human metabolome associated with alcohol use

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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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