AIM Digest:

October 2022

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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

Metabolic syndrome/weight

Alcohol consumption and adiposity

Metabolic syndrome/weight

Beer, wine, and spirits differentially influence body composition in older white adults-a United Kingdom Biobank study

Gut health

A red wine intervention does not modify plasma trimethylamine N-oxide but is associated with broad shifts in the plasma metabolome and gut microbiota composition

Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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Antioxidants
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The brain
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Old age

The association between late-life alcohol consumption and incident dementia

Heart

Alcohol intake and bradyarrhythmia risk

Rheumatoid arthritis

Association between beverage consumption and risk of rheumatoid arthritis

Gut health
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Mediterranean diet

The anti-inflammatory effects of a Mediterranean diet: a review

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
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Mediterranean diet

Mediterranean diet and its association with cardiovascular disease risk factors

Cancer
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Lung cancer

Diet-wide association study of 92 foods and nutrients and lung cancer risk

Stroke

Alcohol intake as a risk factor for acute stroke: The INTERSTROKE study

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

Cancer
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Colorectal cancers

Associations between alcohol consumption and anxiety, depression, and health-related quality of life in colorectal cancer survivors

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart

Alcohol and cardiovascular diseases—consumption pattern and dose

Mediterranean diet

Mediterranean diet and thyroid: An interesting alliance

Cancer

Alcohol intake and the risk of glioma

All-cause mortality
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Moderate drinking

A healthy lifestyle may help former smokers lower their risk of death from all causes

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