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

Cancer

Smoking, alcohol consumption, and the risk of thyroid cancer

Cancer

Associations between alcohol consumption patterns and risk of multiple myeloma

All-cause mortality

Association of alcohol types, coffee and tea intake with mortality

Heart

The intake of flavonoids, stilbenes, and tyrosols is associated with lower carotid and femoral subclinical atherosclerosis and coronary calcium

Atrial fibrillation
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Heart

Alcohol consumption and the risk of incident atrial fibrillation

Parkinsons' disease

Intake of Flavonoids and Flavonoid-Rich Foods and Mortality Risk Among Individuals With Parkinson Disease

Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
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Old age

Alcohol consumption and risk of Alzheimer’s disease

General health

Alcohol intake, beverage type, and lung function

Rheumatoid arthritis

Impact of lifestyle and comorbidities on seropositive rheumatoid arthritis risk

Cognitive decline
,
The brain

Alcohol intake and cognitive decline in a middle-aged cohort

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart

Alcohol consumption and arterial stiffness

Moderate drinking

Prospective associations between alcohol consumption and psychological well-being in midlife

Breast cancer
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Breast cancer
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Cancer
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Women

Very-light alcohol consumption suppresses breast tumor progression in a mouse model

Bone mineral density

Alcohol consumption, bone mineral density, and risk of osteoporotic fractures

General health

Healthy lifestyle score and incidence of glaucoma: The Sun Project

Heart

Alcohol intake and bradyarrhythmia risk

Atrial fibrillation
,
Heart

Alcohol consumption and risk of ventricular arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death

Diabetes
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Metabolic syndrome/weight

The inflammatory food index and its association with weight gain and incidence of diabetes

Cancer
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Diabetes
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Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
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Antioxidants

Dietary polyphenols and their role in oxidative stress-induced human diseases

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
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Rheumatoid arthritis

Alcohol consumption and the risk of mortality and myocardial infarction in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Cognitive decline
,
Cognitive decline
,
The brain
,
Old age

Alcohol drinking patterns have a positive association with cognitive function among older people

Diabetes

Glass of wine with dinner lowers type 2 diabetes risk, study finds

Old age
,
Women

Lifestyle-based healthy heart score and risk of frailty in older women

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