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

Alcohol protects the central nervous system by activating HSF1 and inducing the heat shock proteins 

The kidneys

Association between alcohol intake and measures of incident CKD 

Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
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J-shaped curve
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Old age

J-curve association between alcohol intake and varicose veins in Japan 

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 dementia and cognitive decline among older adults with or without mild cognitive impairment 

Mediterranean diet
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Old age

Decomposition of Mediterranean dietary pattern on successful aging among older adults 

General health

A systematic review of internet-delivered cognitive behaviour therapy for alcohol misuse 

Moderate drinking

Alcohol consumers have a more favourable multisystem physiologic risk score as measured by allostatic load 

Diabetes
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Moderate drinking

Incidence of diabetes mellitus in male moderate alcohol drinkers 

Pregnancy
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Women

The individual and combined effects of alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking on site-specific cancer risk in a prospective cohort of 26,607 adults 

Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
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Old age

The association of prenatal alcohol exposure on the cognitive abilities and behaviour profiles of 4-year-old children 

Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
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Old age

Effects of iso-α-acids, the hop-derived bitter components in beer, on the MRI-based Brain Healthcare Quotient in healthy middle-aged to older adults 

Diabetes

The relationship between alcohol and glycohemoglobin 

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart

Red wine consumption and cardiovascular health 

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