Alcohol in
Moderation
Moderation
AIM Digest:
May 2025
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
Pregnancy
,
Women
Prevalence of Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders: A pilot study in Western Sweden
Cancer
Alcohol-attributable cancer: Update from the Global Burden of Disease 2021 Study
Heart
,
Heart attack
Modifiable risk factors and attributable burden of cardiac arrest
All-cause mortality
Biases inherent in all-cause mortality studies: implications for shaping the 2025–2030 dietary guidelines for Americans on alcohol consumption
Cancer
Mortality of gastrointestinal cancers attributable to smoking, alcohol, and metabolic risk factors, and its association with socioeconomic development status 2000-2021
Cancer
,
The liver
Global, regional, and national burden of liver cancer due to alcohol use, 1990-2021: results from the Global Burden of Disease study 2021
Gut health
Associations of alcohol with the human gut microbiome and prospective health outcomes in the FINRISK 2002 cohort
All-cause mortality
Association between type of alcoholic beverage and all-cause mortality. A population-based prospective study
The liver
Global, regional, and national burdens of alcohol-related cirrhosis among women from 1992 to 2021 and its predictions
Depression
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Harmful consumption
Problem drinking and comorbidity with mental ill health
Heart
,
Heart failure
Study finds no direct link between heavy alcohol consumption and dilated cardiomyopathy
Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
,
Old age
Association between alcohol consumption, cognitive abilities, and neuropathologic changes
Depression
,
General health
Cumulative associations between health behaviours, mental well-being, and health over 30 years
Cognitive decline
,
Cognitive decline
,
The brain
,
Old age
Associations of moderate alcohol intake with cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer’s disease: data from the ALBION study
Critique
Cancer
Alcohol and cancer risk: what you need to know
Drinking & You
A global portal providing advice about responsible alcohol consumption, individual country government guidelines and your health.
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International Scientific Forum on Alcohol Research
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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