04 Jun 2020
Share The Pressure – helping individuals reduce their risk of heart disease, stroke & dementia
Share The Pressure will create a pilot training programme to facilitate shared decision making in the management of high blood pressure between nurses, pharmacists, and patients with hypertension. If you're a nurse or pharmacist who manages and advises patients with hypertension in primary care in England and Ireland, we'd love to hear from you.
28 May 2020
Menopause and NCDs – is there a link?
Because the menopause is so often misunderstood or overlooked, women going through it often don’t know how it affects their body, and that they may be at higher risk of developing non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This blog attempts to shed some light on the link.
11 May 2020
Florence Nightingale: COVID-19 and Nursing
2020 is Florence Nightingale's bicentennial year, designated by World Health Organisation (WHO) as the first ever global Year of the Nurse and Midwife. Announced early last year, WHO can have little idea how 2020 would start for the world’s nurses. As COVID-19 sweeps across every continent, a very contagious virus with no cure and little treatment, the skills of nurses are shown to the world as rarely before.
20 Apr 2020
C3’s message to nurses during these uncertain times
Thank you nurses for all that you do.
20 Apr 2020
The rainbows of COVID-19
Coronavirus has moved rapidly from China through South East Asia and into Europe, the Middle East and the Americas. Each country has tackled the pandemic in its own but different ways and research studies are being quoted to justify different approaches. However, some of the facts now emerging are pointing to problems that will outlive the virus, which we need to remember.
23 Mar 2020
COVID-19 and Chronic disease
Just 2 weeks ago we at C3 were moving forward with a fairly packed agenda of innovative ideas to prevent chronic (non-communicable) disease or NCDs. While we all worry about the impact of the virus on our friends and families we will also take the time to reflect on our work.
09 Mar 2020
Smoking, vaping and you – is vaping a real way to quit?
Although not as nationally renowned as Christmas or Easter, National No Smoking Day (11 March), is a day worth celebrating. C3's intern, a US university student, shares the differences between the smoking and vaping culture in the US and UK. Here in the UK, e-cigarettes seem to be advertised largely as a healthier alternative to smoking and a way to achieve smoking cessation. In the US, however, the story is quite different.
11 Feb 2020
The mental health & wellbeing of nurses
Here at C3 Collaborating for Health, we try to look at issues that impact nursing, but which generally don’t generate enough mainstream commentary, despite being serious concerns for nurses and the health community. It’s remarkable that so little has been done to reduce the incidence of this distress.
03 Feb 2020
Alcohol and cancer – are those pints a problem?
People tend to assume cancer is mainly passed down through families, but genetic factors only play a major role in 5% - 10% of all cancer types. In fact, most cancers are caused by DNA mutations that occur during a person’s lifetime due to environmental factors. Did you know that alcohol – even in moderation – has been linked to cancer as one of those factors?
23 Jan 2020
Is 10,000 steps a day the key to a healthy lifestyle?
With 10,000 steps as the goal for healthy living, we might assume that it’s the magic number to help eliminate our risk for heart disease, clear up our skin, give us the body of Beyoncé... right? Well turns out there is less scientific evidence to the magic number than we might think. Only now are researchers beginning to look into the effects of achieving 10,000 steps a day.