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\n \n\n \n19 August 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers have studied the association between ambulatory COVID-19 and short-term risk of venal thrombosis and the clinical and genetic risk factors predisposing them to developing post\u2013COVID-19 thrombosis.
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\n \n\n \n18 August 2022
\n \n \n \nNew diagnoses of disorders including psychosis, dementia, seizures and \u2018brain fog\u2019 remain commoner two years after COVID-19 than after other respiratory infections, whereas the increased risks of depression and anxiety after COVID-19 are short-lived and there is no overall excess of cases.
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\n \n\n \n12 August 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the Universities of Oxford and Reading \u2013 in collaboration with awareness-raising organisation Sensory Spectacle \u2013 are hosting an innovative event called Sensory Supermarket as part of the Sensory Street research project.
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\n \n\n \n11 August 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Science for Life Laboratory, and the Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, have found that individual prostate tumours contain a previously unknown range of genetic variation.
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\n \n\n \n10 August 2022
\n \n \n \nClinical researchers from Oxford University\u2019s Department of Psychiatry and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, together with colleagues from elsewhere, have developed guidance to help clinicians identify and treat patients at risk of suicide.
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\n \n\n \n9 August 2022
\n \n \n \nA study estimating the environmental impact of 57,000 food products in the UK and Ireland has been published by an Oxford-led research team in the journal PNAS.
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\n \n\n \n4 August 2022
\n \n \n \nThe inflammatory diseases company\u2019s rapid ascent and exit underscores the importance of friendships, partnerships and networks in innovation.
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\n \n\n \n2 August 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers from Oxford\u2019s Institute of Population Ageing, Tufts University and the University of Manchester have discovered that common viruses appear to play a role in some cases of Alzheimer\u2019s disease (AD).
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\n \n\n \n29 July 2022
\n \n \n \nThe new air-powered hand provides a lightweight, low-maintenance and easy-to-use body-powered prosthetic option particularly well suited for children and those in low and middle-income countries.
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\n \n\n \n29 July 2022
\n \n \n \nThe British Heart Foundation award aims to help researchers rewrite DNA, in \u201cdefining moment\u201d for cardiovascular medicine.
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\n \n\n \n28 July 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers from the University of Oxford have today reported new findings from a Phase 1 clinical trial studying the immune response and safety of their newly-developed single shot rabies vaccine, ChAdOx2 RabG - with promising results identified.
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\n \n\n \n27 July 2022
\n \n \n \nSocieties may tremble when a hot new video game is released, but the hours spent playing popular video games do not appear to be damaging players\u2019 mental health, according to the largest-ever survey of nearly 40,000 gamers and their gaming habits, which was conducted over six weeks by a team from Oxford\u2019s Internet Institute. That does not mean, however, that the research did not throw up some concerns \u2013 and, the team argues, much more information is needed before tech regulators, can really rest easy.
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\n \n\n \n27 July 2022
\n \n \n \nThe short-term effects of excessive drinking are well known, but to date it has been less certain whether alcohol also accelerates the aging process.
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\n \n\n \n22 July 2022
\n \n \n \nA new Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences study, published in The Lancet Rheumatology, has found a genetic variant that increases the risk of both carpal tunnel syndrome and trigger finger, and opens the door for new therapies that involve blocking the IGF-1 pathway.
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\n \n\n \n20 July 2022
\n \n \n \nProfessor Paul Riley, Director of the Institute of Developmental and Regenerative Medicine discusses how better-designed research buildings can help scientists break out of their silos.
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\n \n\n \n19 July 2022
\n \n \n \nOver a quarter (26.5%) of children reported trying to lose weight between 2015 and 2016, a 5% increase over 1997 and 1998, finds new research from the University of Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n15 July 2022
\n \n \n \nWhen the University of Oxford developed a vaccine that was effective against COVID-19, ensuring that it could be rolled out globally and in perpetuity for low- and middle-income countries was of paramount importance.
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\n \n\n \n15 July 2022
\n \n \n \nTwo drugs, eszopiclone and lemborexant \u2013 both not currently licenced for the treatment of insomnia in the UK \u2013 were shown to perform better than others, both in the acute and long-term treatment of insomnia in adults, according to a new Oxford study exploring the pharmacological management of insomnia.
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\n \n\n \n14 July 2022
\n \n \n \nResearchers from Oxford\u2019s Department of Paediatrics have discovered that infection can increase a baby\u2019s sensitivity to pain, which may last longer than the infection.
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