Nursing and lifestyle medicine, menopause guide, activity snacking and much more in May's lifestyle medicine newsletter!
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May 2023
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Nursing and Lifestyle Medicine
There is no doubt that nurses in this country experience a severe lack of support in a variety of ways, with pay, working conditions and training all critical factors that have come under scrutiny. It is no coincidence therefore, to see that Nurses have an increased risk for non-communicable diseases, and have a higher prevalence to obesity, unhealthy eating habits and insufficient physical activity. This causes concern for our colleagues and creates strain on nursing as an industry. Nurses are an integral part of the healthcare backbone that ensures our families, our communities and our day-to-day livelihoods can prosper.
BSLM are attracting many nurses to gain the knowledge and skills to support their patients with chronic illness utilising the key lifestyle medicine principles but we’d love to reach each and every nurse throughout UK and beyond and are grateful for your support in sharing this far and wide. This nursing campaign is aligned with BSLM’s wider movement, which looks to integrate evidenced-based lifestyle medicine measures throughout all healthcare practices.
Registered Nurses can claim 50% off BSLM Membership using code “NURSE50” and additionally can claim a free Lifestyle Medicine Overview course by clicking the relevant link below and entering code “OVERFREE” at checkout.
In this month's Newsletter...
May's Featured Video
Nursing and Lifestyle Medicine
Lifestyle Medicine in Focus
Activity snacking, menopause guide, prescribing fruit and veg, benefits of green space and more
BSLM News
Finding my tribe, May's featured abstracts, stress management tips...
Featured BSLM Events
Stand for Health, Scotland Group Consultation Webinar and Regional Meetings.
Exclusive Member Opportunities & Courses
Lifestyle Medicine Textbook Contributions, Holly Health Offer
NHS Weekly Newsletter
The latest from the NHS Weekly Blogs.
May's Featured Video
Nursing and Lifestyle Medicine | Dr Crystal Oldman CBE
LIFESTYLE MEDICINE IN FOCUS
Activity snacking may help with type-1 diabetes
A study recently found that walking for just 3 minutes every half hour could improve blood sugar levels. With these "activity snacks", blood sugar levels lowered after regular walking breaks over a seven hour period, meaning they could serve as practical and free methods to bring about changes to health.
This research, by Diabetes UK, suggested that even seemingly small activities such as walking phone calls can have a positive impact on blood glucose levels. With type-1 Diabetes affecting over 400,000 people in the UK alone, these smaller behavioural changes can serve as an effective way to change how it affects people.
A user-friendly guide to IBS management in primary care
Symprove have worked with Dr Kevin Barrett, Practicing GP and PCSG committee member, to break down the NICE guidance on irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) into practical steps for primary care.
Download the accredited CPD to read more about IBS diagnosis criteria, red flag indicators and management options for IBS. This CPD also contains a 10-minute consultation checklist to support your practice.
If you have any questions please contact the dedicated Symprove team by emailing hcp@symprove.com.
Everything You Need To Know About Menopause with Professor Annie Mukherjee - Dr Rangan Chatterjee
Other Lifestyle Medicine Articles and Studies
Evidence-based European recommendations for the dietary management of diabetes
Helping patients off the conveyor belt of interventions
Plenary programme 16th EPH Conference 2023
It's time to fix our food system
Global Nutrition Report | Executive Summary
Personalised Care Institute | Virtual Patients
Revising the EU pharmaceutical legislation and putting People before (Pharma) Profits
LATEST NEWS AT BSLM
Finding my Tribe
Blog by Dr Sheena Fraser
The last 8 years I have been on a mission to improve and maintain my fitness. I am now fitter than I have ever been before and have just turned 47yrs old. What I have achieved in the last 5 years is mainly down to one factor – finding my tribe. For me this was in a gym class and I want to share with you how I found it and why it has made such a difference to me.
How do e-cigarettes affect sleep and is medical education effective in supporting students?
This month we are taking a closer look at two more abstracts in the lead up to BSLM 2023. A reminder that the submission deadline for abstracts is Friday 16th June.
Humza Awan is exploring whether the peer-mentoring and clinically focused teaching sessions are an effective tool in building the confidence of medical students during a crucial stage at the beginning of their careers.
Explaining the reasoning for his project, Humza noted, “Medical education is crucial in ensuring the doctors of tomorrow have the skills needed to provide good holistic care for patients."
Swetha Kannan is researching just how impactful that can be to our health and wellbeing. This research takes a particular focus two key pillars of lifestyle medicine - minimising harmful substances and sleep.
“Currently being a medical student, high-yield public health topics interest me. Popularly known as vape, e-cigarettes are a growing menace among the teen population. Lack of knowledge and awareness are causing more and more teens to succumb to this hazardous behaviour. There are many harmful effects of e-cigs, my review aims to highlight its effects on sleep"
Lifestyle Medicine in Practice: How you can bring your Lifestyle Medicine techniques into the real-world
FEATURED BSLM EVENTS
Head to the dedicated BSLM events page for the full list of upcoming events
Beat the Root Cause of Disease with DREAMS
Wednesday 24th May | 7pm - 8pm | Online on Zoom
Stand for Health | Feature at BSLM 2023
With the success of last year’s Changemakers campaign, we are once again showcasing your lifestyle medicine videos, this time integrated into our new Health campaign which features ‘Stand for Health’.
Capture and share your 2.5-minute smartphone dance and meditation film clips with caption story (maximum 5 words) on social media.
The clips will be curated into a collective film series, which will be premiered and screened at the BSLM annual conference 2023.
Group Consultations: a solution to the health care crisis in Scotland?
07.06.23 | 12:30 -13:30
Future Events
Inaugural Croatian Lifestyle Medicine Conference | June 3rd - 4th
Medlife 1st International Conference | June 9th - 11th
‘Talk The Walk’ – Dalmeny Estate (South Queensferry) | June 13th
PBHP Webinar - The Plant-Based Athlete with Anita Bean | June 8th
PBHP Webinar - Plants for Joints | June 22nd
Integrative & Personalised Medicine Congress | June 29th - July 1st
NHS NETWORKS
What does the Fuller Stocktake and Hewitt Review offer primary care?
Professor David Colin-Thomé’s reflections on the recently published Hewitt Review and Fuller Stocktake identified that the recommendations and quotes on primary care contracting are commendably potentially far reaching. The development of teams and considerations on their effectiveness as well as the future of the GP contract model are discussed in this blog.
Conflict in general practice: Why is it on the rise?
Conflict is all around us; it’s a normal part of our interaction with other human beings, and many would argue that without constructive handling of conflict, individuals, teams and organisations cannot improve, innovate nor fulfil their true potential.
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