AIM Digest:

September 2020

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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

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
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Women

Effects of alcohol on the cardiovascular system in women 

Antioxidants

Younger red wine ‘more beneficial’ than aged wines, study finds

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
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Cholesterol

Dietary alcohol and fat differentially affect plasma cholesteryl ester transfer activity and triglycerides in normo- and hypertriglyceridemic subjects

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart

The alcohol–high-density lipoprotein athero-protective axis

Gut health

Influence of moderate beer consumption on human gut microbiota and its impact on fasting glucose and β-cell function

The brain

Cognitive functioning related to binge alcohol and cannabis co-use in abstinent adolescents and young adults

General health

A healthy lifestyle pattern and the risk of symptomatic gallstone disease

Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
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Mediterranean diet

Protective effects of polyphenols present in Mediterranean diet on endothelial dysfunction

Arrhythmia

No association between alcohol consumption and risk of atrial fibrillation

Antioxidants
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Mediterranean diet

Antioxidant properties of plant polyphenols in the counteraction of alcohol-abuse induced damage: Impact on the Mediterranean diet

Breast cancer
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Breast cancer
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Cancer
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Women

Alcohol consumption and risk of breast and ovarian cancer: A Mendelian randomization study

Mediterranean diet
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Old age

The association between the level of adherence to the Mediterranean diet and successful aging

General health

Assessing alcohol consumption through wastewater-based epidemiology: Spain as a case study

Heart
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Heart failure

Modifiable lifestyle factors and heart failure

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