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AIM Digest:
September 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
All-cause mortality
Associations between beer, wine, and spirits consumption and major mortality outcomes in 187,294 Norwegian men and women, with a focus on low-level wine intake
Cancer
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Prostate cancer
Alcohol consumption increased the risk of prostate cancer
Arthritis
No association between alcohol consumption and hip osteoarthritis
All-cause mortality
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Harmful consumption
Volume of alcohol intake, heavy episodic drinking, and all-cause mortality in Spain
Atrial fibrillation
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Heart
Global, regional, and national burden of atrial fibrillation and its association with alcohol consumption
Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
Alcohol consumption and cognitive function: A systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of 20 cohort studies
Cholesterol
Impact of drinking patterns on the relationship between alcohol use and levels of serum high-density lipoprotein cholesterol
Genetics
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Harmful consumption
Prediction of alcohol consumption: The role of genetics, impulsivity, and sensation seeking from adolescence to adulthood
Healthy lifestyle
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Heart attack
Combined associations of alcohol consumption frequency and healthy lifestyle with risk of sudden cardiac arrest
Cancer
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Head and neck cancers
Deciphering the relationship between alcohol consumption, oropharyngeal cancers, and socioeconomic determinants
Women
The relationship between menopause, perimenopause and alcohol use: a scoping review
Cognitive decline
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Cognitive decline
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The brain
Alcohol consumption and risk of dementia and cognitive decline: from evidence to prevention strategies
General health
Risk factors for alcohol-related injury experienced within a year
General health
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Mental health
Alcohol consumption patterns and chronic pain
Antioxidants
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J-shaped curve
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Moderate drinking
Interpreting the evidence on wine consumption and health: A narrative review of the J-shaped association and contemporary alcohol guidelines
Cancer
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Cardiovascular disease
Association of self-reported alcohol consumption versus abstention with major adverse cardiovascular events, cancer, and mortality in US Veterans
Cardiovascular disease
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Metabolic syndrome/weight
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The liver
Alcohol, cardiometabolic risk factors, and cirrhosis: Ten-year risk estimates from a population-based Danish cohort
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