AIM Digest:

June 2023

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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

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart

Study of cardiovascular risks in adolescents (ERICA): alcohol consumption and associated factors

Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
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Old age

Association of alcohol consumption with cognition in older population

Heart
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Heart failure

Alcohol consumption and the risk of heart failure: the Suita Study and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies

All-cause mortality

Alcohol consumption and all-cause and cause-specific mortality among US adults

The liver

Fatty liver disease, metabolism and alcohol interplay: A comprehensive review

Cognitive decline
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Old age

Review of alcohol as a modifiable risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease-evidence from experimental studies

Mediterranean diet

Habitual adherence to a traditional Mediterranean diet and risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
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Cholesterol

Associations of habitual alcohol drinking with HDL cholesterol and D-dimer in patients with peripheral arterial disease

Metabolic syndrome/weight

Burden of high-risk phenotype of heavy alcohol consumption among obese US population: results from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999–2020

The liver

Prevalence of alcohol-associated liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis

All-cause mortality

Change in habitual intakes of flavonoid-rich foods and mortality in US males and females

Critique
Breast cancer
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Cancer

Alcohol consumption and breast cancer prognosis after breast cancer diagnosis: a systematic review and meta‑analysis of the Japanese Breast Cancer Society Clinical Practice Guideline, 2022 edition

All-cause mortality
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Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
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Antioxidants

Polyphenol intake and mortality: A nationwide cohort study in the adult population of Spain

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