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AIM Digest:
September 2023
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
Cancer
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Colorectal cancers
Sex and tumor-site differences in the association of alcohol intake with the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer
Critique
Cardiovascular disease
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Heart
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J-shaped curve
Alcohol intake including wine drinking is associated with decreased platelet reactivity in a large population sample
Critique
The liver
Global prevalence, incidence, and outcomes of alcohol related liver diseases: a systematic review and meta analysis
General health
Familial risk of gout and interaction with obesity and alcohol consumption: A population-based cohort study in Korea
Cancer
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Head and neck cancers
Impact of alcohol dehydrogenase 7 polymorphism and alcohol consumption on risk of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Stroke
Association between alcohol consumption and risk of stroke among adults in China
Metabolic syndrome/weight
Association of the amount of alcohol consumption with change in skeletal muscle and fat mass among Korean adults
General health
Alcohol-associated bowel disease – review
Diabetes
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Mediterranean diet
Adherence to the 2015-2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans compared with the Mediterranean diet in relation to risk of prediabetes
General health
Binge drinking and oral health-related quality of life in older adults: Socioeconomic position matters
Parkinsons' disease
Alcohol and Parkinson’s disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis
The brain
Korean Red Ginseng extract attenuates alcohol-induced addictive responses and cognitive impairments by alleviating neuroinflammation
Cancer
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Prostate cancer
Global trends of prostate cancer by age, and their associations with gross domestic product (GDP), human development index (HDI), smoking, and alcohol drinking
Heart
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Hypertension
Alcohol intake and blood pressure levels: a dose-response meta-analysis of nonexperimental cohort studies
Moderate drinking
Drinking on an empty stomach: How consuming food with alcohol affects short-term outcomes
Cancer
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Metabolic syndrome/weight
Joint association of alcohol consumption and adiposity with alcohol- and obesity-related cancer in a population sample of 399,575 UK adults
General health
Study shows promise of gene therapy for alcohol use disorder
Bone mineral density
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Women
Alcohol consumption and risk of total hip replacement due to hip osteoarthritis in women
Bone mineral density
Alcohol consumption and risk of fractures
Gut health
Beer-gut microbiome alliance: a discussion of beer-mediated immunomodulation via the gut microbiome
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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