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AIM Digest:
October 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
Critique
Cancer
Alcohol-attributable cancer mortality in the United States, 1990–2023: a secondary analysis of Global Burden of Disease data
Critique
The brain
Alcohol consumption and cognitive function: A systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of 20 cohort studies
Cancer
Association of alcohol consumption with risk of pancreatic cancer
Colorectal cancers
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Diabetes
Alcohol consumption and colorectal cancer risk in prediabetes and diabetes
Cardiovascular disease
,
Mediterranean diet
Wine consumption, Mediterranean diet, and cardiovascular risk in two Spanish cohorts
Diabetes
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Metabolic syndrome/weight
Associations of alcohol consumption and obesity with diabetes risk
Cognitive decline
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Old age
Impacts of online nutritional counselling on the alcohol consumption of elderly individuals with mild cognitive impairment
Harmful consumption
Sex differences in the association between hazardous alcohol consumption and suicide mortality in South Korea
Mental health
The relationship between subjective (arousal and craving) and physiological (heart rate variability) stress- and alcohol cue-reactivity in young adults who engaged in hazardous drinking
Cancer
,
The liver
The impact of alcohol consumption on the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma across different age groups
Cancer
Wine intake and cancer risk: an umbrella review of meta-analyses’
Cholesterol
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Hypertension
Alcohol reduction and 15-year cardiometabolic changes in glycaemic, lipid and blood pressure profiles
Arthritis
Alcohol consumption and incident osteoarthritis
Cardiovascular disease
Modifiable lifestyle factors in cardiovascular disease prevention: current evidence and future direction
Cancer
Prevalence and trends in recent alcohol consumption by cancer history and cancer type in US adults
Depression
Drinking patterns and antidepressant medication - a prospective register-linked study among 40 to 60-year-old employees
Healthy lifestyle
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Cardiovascular disease
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All-cause mortality
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Cancer
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Heart
Associations of Life’s Essential 10 with mortality and health span free of cardiovascular disease and cancer
Harmful consumption
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Heart
Acute effects of binge drinking following aerobic exercise on autonomic and hemodynamic recovery in young men
Methodology
Health deterioration precedes alcohol cessation and biases the nondrinker reference group
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