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\n \n\n \n5 April 2018
\n \n \n \nExposure to household air pollution from using wood or coal for cooking and heating is associated with higher risk of death from heart attack and stroke, according to new research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA).
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\n \n\n \n5 April 2018
\n \n \n \nAcademics and course directors offer an insight into Oxford Medical Sciences undergraduate courses
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\n \n \n \nOxford announces its re-accreditation as an HR Excellence in Research (HREIR) award holder.
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\n \n\n \n4 April 2018
\n \n \n \nProfessors Peter Brown and Rafal Bogacz in the Nuffield Department of Clinical Neurosciences describe their research team\u2019s discovery that a certain \u2018hold your horses\u2019 function in decision-making occurs in an extremely brief window of time, and involves bursts of a specific type of activity in a brain centre known as the subthalamic nucleus.
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\n \n\n \n4 April 2018
\n \n \n \nThree distinguished scientists have been appointed to deliver a Litchfield Lecture in Oxford.
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\n \n\n \n3 April 2018
\n \n \n \nBrainomix, a medical imaging company using artificial intelligence (AI) for the fast diagnosis and treatment of stroke victims, has attracted \u00a37m ($9.8m) of investment to bring its software to the global healthcare market. The company was spun out from Oxford University research.
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\n \n\n \n28 March 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers are working with schools around the county to find 24,000 volunteers aged 16 to 18 years to take part in the Be on the TEAM (Teenagers Against Meningitis) trial, led by the Oxford Vaccine Group at the Oxford University's Paediatrics Department with funding and support from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR).
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\n \n\n \n28 March 2018
\n \n \n \nDr Elizabeth Tunbridge (Department of Psychiatry) has received an award from the Royal Society's new Public Engagement Fund for her project 'Genetics and the Self.'
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\n \n\n \n28 March 2018
\n \n \n \nOxford is one of nine universities to receive a multimillion pound grant from the MRC to harness the power of data science for mental health research.
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\n \n\n \n28 March 2018
\n \n \n \nNew Oxford Sparks podcast with DPAG researcher Nicola Smart offers new insights into cardiology
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\n \n\n \n21 March 2018
\n \n \n \nDivisional researchers take part in Brain Discovery Festival to highlight Brain Awareness Week (BAW).
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\n \n\n \n20 March 2018
\n \n \n \nChanges in the structure and function of the hearts of people born prematurely may make them less able to cope with the pressures of exercise in adulthood, and could lead to increased risk of heart failure later in life.
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\n \n\n \n19 March 2018
\n \n \n \nResearchers from NDORMS, the Department of Oncology and Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics attend the Big Bang Fair 2018 to inspire the next generation of scientists.
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\n \n\n \n15 March 2018
\n \n \n \nHealth chiefs are failing to investigate a clear pattern of rising death rates and worsening health outcomes in England and Wales, argue experts in The BMJ, as the latest figures show more than 10,000 extra deaths in first weeks of 2018 compared with previous years.
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\n \n\n \n15 March 2018
\n \n \n \nAn international team of researchers part-funded by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) has identified 22 new genetic risk factors for stroke, tripling the number of genetic mutations known to increase stroke risk.
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\n \n\n \n15 March 2018
\n \n \n \nThe National Centre for the 3Rs (NC3Rs) \u2013 an organisation dedicated to replacing, refining and reducing the use of animals in research and testing \u2013 has awarded its top prize for a research paper by a team from the Department of Computer of Science.
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\n \n\n \n14 March 2018
\n \n \n \nProfessor Michael Sharpe (Department of Psychiatry) and colleagues identify that treating depression doesn\u2019t make cancer patients live longer, but it does make lives immeasurably better
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\n \n\n \n14 March 2018
\n \n \n \nSmoking is associated with significantly higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes, according to new research in China published in The Lancet Public Health.
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