http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress provides the latest news from Oxford University Severe and life-threatening complications in pregnancy can have a big impact on fathers as well as mothers. That's one of the key findings of work by Oxford University researchers who spoke to couples who had been through this, in compiling a new resource for the award-winning patient website healthtalkonline.org. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-dads-mums-difficult-births.html Health Tue, 16 Apr 2013 06:24:41 EST news285312274 (Medical Xpress)—A new vaccine against foot-and-mouth disease that is safer to produce and easier to store has been developed by scientists from the University of Oxford and The Pirbright Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-foot-and-mouth-vaccine-huge-advance-global.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Thu, 28 Mar 2013 07:14:21 EST news283673643 (Medical Xpress)—Discharging mental health patients on community treatment orders after they have been involuntarily hospitalised may require them to be on long periods of compulsory treatment without any benefit for the patient, a new study has found. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-compulsory-treatment-mental-illness.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:41:09 EST news283596062 The first multi-gene DNA sequencing test that can help predict cancer patients' responses to treatment has been launched in the National Health Service (NHS), thanks to a partnership between scientists at the University of Oxford and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-gene-sequencing-cancer-patients-nhs.html Cancer Mon, 25 Mar 2013 10:59:22 EST news283427954 A survey of UK doctors found that 97% have prescribed placebo treatments to patients at least once in their career. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-percent-uk-doctors-placebos-patients.html Medications Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:26:56 EST news283019202 All human clinical trials of new treatments begin with phase I, where drugs are tested in isolation to confirm their safety. Yet most effective cancer treatments use a combination of drugs, so-called 'multi-agent' treatments. After phase I trials are completed, it can sometimes take up to two years before multi-agent trials are approved, never mind conducting the lengthy phase II and III trials necessary before a new drug finally reaches the market. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-drug.html Medications Fri, 08 Mar 2013 09:30:01 EST news281954079 Changes in the brain following amputation have been linked to pain arising from the missing limb, called 'phantom pain', in an Oxford University brain imaging study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-amputee-phantom-pain-linked-brain.html Neuroscience Tue, 05 Mar 2013 11:00:02 EST news281701326 (Medical Xpress)—When dealing with cancer, time is critical. Identifying cancer before it spreads can often be the difference between life and death, so early diagnosis is key. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-capturing-cancer-cells.html Cancer Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:20:11 EST news281088114 The origin of an innate ability the brain has to protect itself from damage that occurs in stroke has been explained for the first time. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-ability-brain-revealed.html Medical research Sun, 24 Feb 2013 13:00:05 EST news280917906 A new therapy could help suppress tremors in people with Parkinson's disease, an Oxford University study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-therapy-electricity-cancel-parkinson-tremors.html Parkinson's & Movement disorders Mon, 18 Feb 2013 04:08:08 EST news280382872 Genes linked to autism and schizophrenia are only switched on during the early stages of brain development, according to a study in mice led by researchers at the University of Oxford. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-genes-autism-schizophrenia-brains.html Genetics Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:00:26 EST news279804955 (Medical Xpress)—Two treatments most likely to lead to recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) have been identified by UK researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-treatments-chronic-fatigue.html Psychology & Psychiatry Thu, 31 Jan 2013 08:30:02 EST news278841481 The risk of hospitalisation or death from heart disease is 32% lower in vegetarians than people who eat meat and fish, according to a new study from the University of Oxford. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-vegetarianism-heart-disease.html Cardiology Wed, 30 Jan 2013 12:00:01 EST news278765639 (Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Oxford have discovered two new genetic causes of craniosynostosis, a rare bone condition that can inhibit brain growth in children. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-discovery-genetic-rare-bone-condition.html Genetics Tue, 29 Jan 2013 07:50:01 EST news278666839 (Medical Xpress)—A drug for bipolar disorder that works like lithium, the most common and effective treatment for the condition, but without lithium's toxicity and problem side-effects has been identified by Oxford University researchers in a study in mice.  http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-drug-bipolar-disorder-side-effects.html Psychology & Psychiatry Wed, 09 Jan 2013 07:20:01 EST news276935835