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\n \n\n \n13 March 2018
\n \n \n \nThe march towards replacing animals in drug testing with computer simulations has made another significant step forward, with the development of new software which can predict the possible cardiac side effects of taking a new drug.
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\n \n\n \n12 March 2018
\n \n \n \nA new clinical research and response network for epidemic infections has been launched in sub-Saharan Africa with the support of a \u20ac10 million grant from the European and Developing Countries Clinical Trials Partnership (EDCTP).
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\n \n\n \n8 March 2018
\n \n \n \nResearch led by the University of Oxford has revealed how the complex cultural and social environment in developing countries can complicate the use of new diagnostic technologies to fight the global superbug crisis.
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\n \n\n \n8 March 2018
\n \n \n \nOpen Science to enable consistent data and accelerate reliable discoveries in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
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\n \n\n \n8 March 2018
\n \n \n \nThe proportion of people experiencing heart disease and stroke who have five or more other health conditions quadrupled between 2000 and 2014, and the rise was not driven by age, new research by The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford has found.
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\n \n\n \n28 February 2018
\n \n \n \nGeneral Practitioners should encourage patients with hypertension to monitor their blood pressure at home and use those readings in their day-to-day care, recommend a team of experts writing in The Lancet.
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\n \n\n \n28 February 2018
\n \n \n \nWomen with bigger waists relative to their hips face a proportionately greater risk of experiencing a heart attack than men who have a similar \u2018apple shape\u2019, new research from The George Institute for Global Health at the University of Oxford has found.
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\n \n\n \n22 February 2018
\n \n \n \nMeta-analysis led by Dr Andrea Cipriani (Department of Psychiatry) of 522 trials includes the largest amount of unpublished data to date, and finds that antidepressants are more effective than placebo for short-term treatment of acute depression in adults.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2018
\n \n \n \nHumans can be 'vicariously optimistic' for those we care about, enabling us to view our own lives - and those of our friends and family - through \u2018rose-tinted glasses\u2019.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2018
\n \n \n \nIntensive, home-based and effective treatment of postnatal depression has been shown to be associated with positive child development.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers show that genetic surveillance can detect drug resistance years before the first warning signs appear in clinics\u2014and help to answer crucial questions about how resistance emerges and spreads.
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\n \n\n \n5 February 2018
\n \n \n \nPostnatal depression which persists beyond six months after birth and is severe, increases the risk of children exhibiting behavioural problems, achieving lower GCSE mathematics grades at 16 years and having depression at 18 years of age.
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\n \n\n \n25 January 2018
\n \n \n \n2,000 people have been recruited into the world\u2019s largest clinical trial to test the clinical and cost effectiveness of the controversial flu drug oseltamivir (Tamiflu) in primary care. The trial aims to clear up the widespread uncertainty over whether people with flu symptoms should be treated with antiviral drugs in the community.
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\n \n\n \n24 January 2018
\n \n \n \nA team led by Peter McCulloch, Nuffield Department of Surgical Sciences professor and Chair of IDEAL, has examined how surgical research has improved in the last two decades and whether the IDEAL Framework and Recommendations have contributed.
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\n \n\n \n23 January 2018
\n \n \n \nThe fast spread of mobile phones across low-income countries like India can make it harder for poorer people without phones to access essential health services, new research has suggested.
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\n \n\n \n19 January 2018
\n \n \n \nThe effects of repeat concussion injuries on athletes, particularly American football and rugby players, is one of the biggest concerns in competitive sports today. However, a new Oxford University collaboration suggests that blows to the head can cause lasting trauma - even in the absence of signs of concussion.
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