Alcohol in
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Moderation
AIM Digest:
October 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
Critique
Cognitive decline
,
Old age
Moderate alcohol consumption and risk of depression: A longitudinal analysis in community-dwelling older adults
Depression
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All-cause mortality
Heavy alcohol consumption, depression, their comorbidity and risk of all-cause and cause-specific mortality
Diabetes
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Cardiovascular disease
,
The kidneys
,
The liver
Gender-specific effects of smoking and alcohol consumption on cardiometabolic diseases and multimorbidity
Cognitive decline
,
Old age
Study questions whether alcohol consumption decreases dementia risk
The liver
New research reveals a link between excessive alcohol and fatty liver disease
Gut health
,
Old age
Alcohol, aging, and the gut microbiome: Intersections of immunity, barrier dysfunction, and disease
Cardiovascular disease
Effects of antioxidants on oxidative stress in adult patients with coronary artery disease: A systematic review
Cancer
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General health
Associations between dietary intake and pancreatic disease
Cancer
,
Head and neck cancers
Tobacco and alcohol as risk factors for the burden of head and neck cancers: a study from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
General health
,
Gut health
Short term health effects of dealcoholised red wine
Cognitive decline
,
Cognitive decline
,
The brain
,
Old age
Associations of alcohol drinking with incident dementia: a prospective study from the UK Biobank
Harmful consumption
The day after binge drinking: Electrophysiological correlates of attention and working memory processing the day after hazardous alcohol intake
Rheumatoid arthritis
Alcohol consumption and rheumatoid arthritis risk
Cancer
,
Head and neck cancers
Alcohol consumption and upper aerodigestive tract squamous cell carcinoma: evidence from 28 prospective cohorts
The liver
Effects of alcohol consumption on the prevalence and incidence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
General health
Racial and ethnic disparities in alcohol consumption and mortality in the US
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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