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Tracking the evolution and transmission of yellow fever
Research
28 August 2018
Genome sequencing sheds light on yellow fever outbreak in Brazil.
ASCEND trial results announced: bleeds and benefit with aspirin balanced in patients with diabetes and no effect on cancer
Research
28 August 2018
Aspirin prevented serious vascular events in patients with diabetes who did not already have cardiovascular disease, but it caused almost as many major bleeds and there was no effect on cancers. These are the late breaking findings presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
ASCEND trial results announced
Research
28 August 2018
Fish oil supplements do not prevent heart attacks or strokes in patients with diabetes, according to late breaking results from the ASCEND trial presented today in a Hot Line Session at ESC Congress 2018 and published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
MAIT cells protect against pulmonary Legionella longbeachae infection
Research
23 August 2018
New paper published in Nature Communications from researchers in Respiratory Medicine Unit, NDM Experimental Medicine'
Lifestyle factors linked to brain health of young adults
Research
22 August 2018
Researchers from the University of Oxford, in collaboration with researchers from Canada and the Universities of Bristol and London, have used advanced magnetic resonance imaging to investigate whether factors such as blood pressure, fitness, smoking and alcohol intake during young adult life are associated with changes in the blood vessels inside the brain.
Death rates from stroke declining across Europe
Research
16 August 2018
New research, published in the European Heart Journal has shown deaths from conditions that affect the blood supply to the brain, such as stroke, are declining overall in Europe but that in some countries the decline is levelling off or death rates are even increasing.
Rare cancer could be caught early using simple blood tests
Research
14 August 2018
A pioneering study into myeloma, a rare cancer, could lead to GPs using simple blood tests to improve early diagnosis.
Drug and alcohol abuse medications shown to improve patients’ lives
Research
3 August 2018
Commonly used medications for alcohol and opioid addictions have been shown for the first time to reduce the risk of suicidal behaviour and accidental overdose.
Malaria’s ticking time bomb
General Research
27 July 2018
Scientists are racing to stamp out the disease in Southeast Asia before unstoppable strains spread.
Which medications prevent emergency hospital admissions?
General Research
27 July 2018
Niklas Bobrovitz, a PhD candidate in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences at the University of Oxford and an honorary fellow at the Oxford Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine, writes about his latest research into the medications that can reduce emergency hospital admissions.
Diabetes raises risk of cancer, with women at higher risk than men
Research
20 July 2018
A global review involving almost 20 million people has shown that having diabetes significantly raises the risk of developing cancer, and for women the risk is even higher.
New evidence supports radical treatment of widespread form of malaria
Research
20 July 2018
A team of malaria experts from a large international research collaboration has today published results supporting the need for a radical cure strategy to tackle one of the most debilitating forms of malaria caused by the Plasmodium vivax parasite.
Oxfordshire NHS trust tops table for patients participating in research
Clinical Trials Research
18 July 2018
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has risen to the top of a table for the most patients recruited to take part in research studies.
Depression and anxiety during pregnancy more common among young women today than their mothers
Research
18 July 2018
Prof Alan Stein co-authors a new paper revealing the increase of depression and anxiety in today's generation of young pregnant women.
'Family trees' of Acute Myeloid Leukaemia treated with enasidenib mapped for the first time
Research
17 July 2018
The study led by MRC WIMM researchers as part of an international team aims to understand what happens when patients stop responding to treatment.
One dose of aspirin doesn’t fit all
Research
13 July 2018
About one billion people worldwide take regular aspirin, usually to prevent heart attacks or strokes. Writing in The Lancet, researchers have shown that ‘one-dose-fits-all’ use of aspirin to prevent heart attacks, stroke or cancer, is ineffective or harmful in the majority of people, and that a more tailored strategy is required.
Virtual reality used to treat fear of heights
Innovation Research
12 July 2018
A study published in The Lancet Psychiatry provides first evidence that psychological therapy can be successfully delivered in virtual reality (VR).