Over 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. The largest increases in weight loss attempts were ...
Jul 18, 2022
0
67
Two drugs, eszopiclone and lemborexant—both not currently licensed for the treatment of insomnia in the UK—were shown to perform better than others, both in the acute and long-term treatment of insomnia in adults, according ...
Jul 15, 2022
0
82
In a new study published in Nature Communications, researchers observed 65 newborn babies who had received a standard heel-prick blood test to look for signs of potential infection. When a baby's blood test result suggested ...
Jul 12, 2022
0
57
New research from the University of Oxford has shown that doctors can simplify treatment for the most common fracture in children, reducing NHS costs.
Jul 6, 2022
0
31
In recent years, improvements in life expectancy have stalled in many high-income countries, and even declined for those in the poorest societal groups. This is thought to reflect widening inequalities, which the COVID-19 ...
Jun 24, 2022
0
169
A new international study by Oxford researchers published in Nature Communications, establishes for the first time a critical genetic risk score to predict the likelihood of patients suffering with varicose veins to require ...
Jun 17, 2022
0
482
Oxford researchers have discovered a gene that regulates pain sensitization by amplifying pain signals within the spinal cord, helping them to understand an important mechanism underlying chronic pain in humans and providing ...
Jun 15, 2022
0
114
Researchers running the University of Oxford-led Com-COV study have reported the results of a study assessing the immune response and reactogenicity of two-dose vaccine schedules when administered at four-week and 12-week ...
Jun 9, 2022
0
23
Clear ethical standards and guidance must be in place for use of Artificial Intelligence in health settings to protect the relationship of trust between doctors and patients and to safeguard human rights, according to a Council ...
Jun 7, 2022
0
20
A study co-led by the Universities of Oxford, Birmingham and Southampton and the U.K. Health Security Agency (UKHSA), published in Lancet Oncology today by the U.K. Coronavirus Cancer Evaluation Project, has found that while ...
May 23, 2022
0
61
