Alcohol in
Moderation
Moderation
AIM Digest:
May 2026
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
The brain
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Gut health
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The liver
Impact of alcohol on gut microbial metabolism and the gut-liver-brain axis
The brain
The interaction of age and total lifetime drinks is associated with regional cortical perfusion and thickness in healthy adults with low-level alcohol consumption
Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
Low to moderate alcohol consumption across two decades and subclinical atherosclerosis at age 60
Harmful consumption
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General health
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic acute pancreatitis mortality in the United States, 2006–2023: A nationwide trend analysis
The liver
The global epidemiology of alcohol-associated liver disease
Cancer
Alcohol consumption trajectories from early adulthood to adulthood and cancer risk in adulthood
Head and neck cancers
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General health
Association of alcohol consumption with oral high-risk human papillomavirus infection
Harmful consumption
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Heart
Alcohol cue-induced heart rate variability and drinking behaviour: The role of impulsivity
General health
The alcohol harm paradox and oral health: Evidence from the 2019 Brazilian national health survey
General health
The influence of habitual consumption of alcohol on the incidence of obstructive sleep apnea
Cancer
Alcohol-attributable cancer risk and burden estimates for Australia’s updated alcohol consumption guidelines
The kidneys
Alcohol consumption and the incidence of hyperuricemia in Japanese men and women
Colorectal cancers
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Cancer
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J-shaped curve
Alcohol consumption and molecular subtypes of colorectal cancer: pooled observational and Mendelian randomization analyses
Moderate drinking
Zero tolerance for 0%? How should clinicians and other practitioners respond to the use of alcohol-free and low-alcohol products in higher risk groups
Critique
Breast cancer
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Cancer
Association between alcohol consumption and breast cancer incidence and prognosis: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Cancer
Reevaluating the alcohol–cancer link: Long-term cancer mortality outcomes in the REGARDS Study
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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