C3 Collaborating for Health believes that only by working together can we make it easier to be healthy.

Minimum drink price?...

02nd September, 2010
In the latest in the debate over alcohol pricing, the Scottish Government has announced a plan for a minimum price of 45 pence per unit. The plan, which is contained in the Scottish National Party’s alcohol bill, is an attempt to reduce alcohol consumption. The plan is yet to be...
Read More

Greece attempts to curb...

01st September, 2010
In an effort to reduce Greece’s high smoking rates, smoking in enclosed public spaces was banned on 1 September 2010. If caught doing smoking in these areas, offenders will be fined €10,000. The campaign will include the prohibition of tobacco advertising and the distribution...
Read More

CVD prevention can wide...

25th August, 2010
To prevent cardiovascular disease (CVD), primary prevention aims to tackle and reduce the major risk factors that are related to tobacco control and diet. One approach to achieving this reduction is an approach that tackles those at high risk. Usually this involves population screening...
Read More

Staggering toll of canc...

20th August, 2010
A new report, by the American Cancer Society and LIVESTRONG, states that ‘for the first time, research has shown that cancer has the most devastating economic impact of any cause of death in the world’, nearly 19 per cent higher than heart disease. The total economic impact...
Read More

UK: Drop in teenage smo...

19th August, 2010
Research conducted by University College London and published in the journal Addiction has found that the number of 16- and 17-year-old smokers has dropped since it became illegal to sell cigarettes to under-18s in the UK. Researchers found the number of smokers dropped by 7 per cent,...
Read More

2010 Louise Lown Heart ...

18th August, 2010
The 2010 Louise Lown Heart Hero Award was this year awarded to the Olavarria: Tobacco Free City programme. Olavarria is a city in the centre of the Buenos Aires province. The programme is a city-run, community-focused tobacco advocacy, education and support scheme, which was started...
Read More

International Health Pr...

16th August, 2010
The first International Health Promotion Awards Symposium will be held in Rome on 6–7 December 2010, to highlight best practice and reward innovation in health. There are two major categories, which will be judged by an expert panel of health care professionals and policymakers....
Read More

UK/India: joint funding...

10th August, 2010
The UK Medical Research Council (MRC) and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) have announced a commitment jointly to fund research into NCDs, focusing particularly on practical interventions to prevent and treat the diseases. The MRC’s collaboration with ICMR is a vital...
Read More

Pre-hypertension confer...

09th August, 2010
An International Conference on Prehypertension and Cardio Metabolic Syndrome is being held in Vienna on 24-27 February 2011. The focus of the conference is broad, examining the public-health impact, identification, etiology and pathogenesis of prehypertension as well as on intervention...
Read More

Large waist mortality r...

A US study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, has found that men and women with large waists are at an increased risk of dying young, regardless of their BMI. For nine years the researchers followed more than 100,000 men and women aged 50 and older, and found that the...
Read More

« Previous Entries