Call for mental health needs of child refugees to be met
Prolonged and bureaucratic asylum processes in the West are having negative effects on childrens mental health, according to Oxford University psychiatrists and colleagues.
Prolonged and bureaucratic asylum processes in the West are having negative effects on childrens mental health, according to Oxford University psychiatrists and colleagues.
The genomes of 500 people with a range of diseases including cancer, immunological disorders, and rare inherited diseases are to be sequenced in full detail thanks to a new collaboration ...
Research into how we spend our time in this country and other countries around the world is the focus of an international conference, hosted this week by the University of Oxford and sponsored ...
The benefits of using tamoxifen to prevent recurrence of breast cancer after surgery continue to accrue long after women stop taking the drug, a study led by Oxford University has found.
(Medical Xpress) -- Taller people are at increased risk of a wide range of cancers, according to new research led by Oxford University.
(Medical Xpress) -- Want your food to make a good impression? Then use a heavier bowl or plate.
(Medical Xpress) -- Oxford University researchers have identified a protein that can direct stem cells to become either new heart muscle or blood vessels.
(Medical Xpress) -- The mechanisms used by the brain to distinguish contrasting sounds may be similar to those used to visually pick out a face in the crowd.
Oxford University researchers have succeeded in using stem cell technology to grow nerve cells in the laboratory from initial skin samples taken from Parkinsons patients. Its the first large-scale ...
(Medical Xpress) -- The MHC on the short arm of chromosome 6 is the most gene-dense region of our DNA with around 230 genes all crammed into this stretch of our genome.
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists have voiced their serious concerns over major pharmaceutical companies abrupt withdrawal from research into mental illness and neurological diseases.
(Medical Xpress) -- The full results of a trial show that people with chronic kidney disease can reduce their heart risk by taking a combination drug that lowers levels of bad cholesterol.
(Medical Xpress) -- Stellate cells, a type of cell in the pancreas which normally helps the body respond to damage or disease of the pancreas, can act as a double agent when it comes to cancer.
When Suzanne Ludgate of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA), the government regulator of medical devices in the UK, says she was "appalled at how many devices are brought to ...
(Medical Xpress) -- Breastfeeding for four months or more is associated with fewer behavioral problems in children at age 5, an Oxford University study suggests.