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
,
J-shaped curve

To drink (moderately) or not to drink by Erik Skovenborg

Critique
Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
,
Cholesterol

Alcohol Consumption, High-Density Lipoprotein Particles and Subspecies, and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease: Findings from the PREVEND Prospective Study

All-cause mortality
,
Moderate drinking

Genetic predisposition, modifiable lifestyles, and their joint effects on human lifespan

General health

Adolescent alcohol use is associated with differences in the diversity and composition of the oral microbiome

Healthy lifestyle
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Cancer
,
Moderate drinking

Healthy lifestyle and cancer survival: A multinational cohort study

Healthy lifestyle
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Diabetes
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Cardiovascular disease
,
The kidneys

Association of combined healthy lifestyle with risk of adverse outcomes in patients with prediabetes

Harmful consumption
,
Stroke

Haemorrhagic strokes attributable to chronic alcohol consumption and heavy episodic drinking in France

Cardiovascular disease
,
Heart

Association between alcohol consumption and peripheral artery disease

Cancer

Role of diet in the risks of esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma

Stroke

Alcohol consumption may be a risk factor for cerebrovascular stenosis in acute ischemic stroke and transient ischemic attack

Healthy lifestyle
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Genetics
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Cancer

Genetic risk, health-associated lifestyle, and risk of early-onset total cancer and breast cancer

Harmful consumption

Alcohol-induced blackouts may be linked to how a person drinks, not just how much

General health

Long-term effects of alcohol consumption on anxiety in adults

Healthy lifestyle
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All-cause mortality
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Cancer
,
Moderate drinking

Joint association of biological aging and lifestyle with risks of cancer incidence and mortality

Heart
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Hypertension
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Mediterranean diet

Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and 20-year incidence of hypertension

All-cause mortality
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Mediterranean diet

Association of a Mediterranean lifestyle with all-cause and cause-specific mortality

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
,
Mediterranean diet

Mediterranean diet and a health behaviour index in relation to cardiovascular biomarkers

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
,
Mediterranean diet

Long-term impact of Mediterranean diet on cardiovascular disease prevention

The brain

The relationship between alcohol consumption and amygdala volume in a community-based sample

Pregnancy
,
Women

Dose–response effect of prenatal alcohol exposure on perinatal outcomes

Cancer

Impact of smoking and alcohol consumption on early-onset gastric cancer development in young Koreans

Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline

Serotonergic dysfunction may mediate the relationship between alcohol consumption and Alzheimer’s disease

Moderate drinking

Is low-level alcohol consumption really health-protective? A critical review of approaches to promote causal inference and recent applications

Cancer
,
Colorectal cancers
,
Mediterranean diet

Mediterranean diet and colorectal adenomas

General health

Dose-response analysis between alcohol consumption and psoriasis

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