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Over half of former ICU patients report symptoms of psychological disorders
Patients in the UK who have survived critical illnesses requiring care in an intensive care unit (ICU) frequently report symptoms of anxiety, PTSD and/or depression. Researchers at the University of Oxford investigated psychological disorders in a cohort of 4,943 former ICU patients. They found ... READ MORE
Prof Duncan Richards appointed to key new Clinical Therapeutics role
A newly appointed professor at the University of Oxford’s Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) will lead Oxford’s answer to the key global challenge of how to determine quickly which potential new therapies have the properties to become important ... READ MORE
Schoolchildren and researchers gather to mark World Diabetes Day
Local schoolchildren joined University of Oxford researchers and diabetes patients to mark World Diabetes Day on Wednesday, but forming a blue circle around the famous Triton statue in the Radcliffe Observatory quarter. The awareness-raising event was organised by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical ... READ MORE
Oxford secures £17.5 million to lead national programmes in AI to improve healthcare
Medical research teams in Oxford will benefit from £17.5 million in new funding thanks to a government initiative to boost new artificial intelligence (AI) healthcare projects that benefit patients with a range of conditions. Funding will be provided to the University of Oxford through the ... READ MORE
New clinical tool will help patients with acute ankle sprain
Patients arriving at hospital emergency departments with acute ankle sprains can expect more timely advice and follow-up care in future after researchers in Oxford developed a new tool that will aid clinical decisions on treatment. Ankle sprains are very common and represent up to 5 per cent of ... READ MORE
Gestational diabetes app officially launched
A smartphone application for women with gestational diabetes, developed with support from NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, has been launched commercially. GDm-Health has now completed its development following a two-year clinical evaluation in the NHS by over 1,000 women, and is currently ... READ MORE
Study reveals trends in incidence of spontaneous pneumothorax
Oxford researchers supported by the NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre have published research that show how the rates of incidence and recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax have changed over time. The research, published on 9 October in the Journal of the American Medical Association, ... READ MORE
Gene therapy breakthrough in treating rare form of blindness
The world’s first gene therapy trial for a genetic cause of blindness known as choroideremia has shown positive results. The trial, supported by NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC), began in 2011 at the Oxford Eye Hospital, part of the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation ... READ MORE
Award-winning citizen science project tackling TB gets millionth classification
An award-winning Oxford-based international project to tackle antibiotic resistance has achieved its one millionth classification. BashTheBug is an initiative based in the University of Oxford’s Modernising Medical Microbiology Group at the John Radcliffe Hospital and supported by the National ... READ MORE
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