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New heart disease calculator could save lives by identifying high-risk patients missed by current tools

April 24, 2024

Collaborative research, led by the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences (NDPCHS) and published today in Nature Medicine, has developed a new tool called QR4 that more accurately predicts an individual’s 10-year risk of cardiovascular diseases, like heart disease and stroke, particularly identifying high-risk patients that current prediction tools miss. Cardiovascular disease is a […]

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RECIPIENTS OF BRC DOCTORAL FUNDING PRESENT PHD PROJECTS

March 26, 2024

Six Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) nurses and allied health professionals who have received funding from NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) have presented their PhD projects to their fellow awardees and supervisors. The BRC provides up to £10,000 for the year to give the recipients protected time away from their clinical work to work on […]

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‘BREAKTHROUGH’ HEART PROCEDURE GIVES HOPE FOR PATIENTS IN UK FIRST

March 04, 2024

A new procedure to treat patients with severe heart valve disease has been carried out in a UK first at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH). Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Replacement (TTVR) procedures took place at the Oxford Heart Centre, based at the John Radcliffe Hospital, in December 2023 to treat two patients with severe tricuspid regurgitation. […]

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GROUNDBREAKING RADIOTHERAPY TRIAL FOR UK BRAIN CANCER PATIENTS

February 22, 2024

A cancer treatment that is currently available to only a limited number of UK patients is to be tested in a countrywide clinical trial to see if it causes fewer long-term side effects than standard radiotherapy. The APPROACH brain cancer trial, which is now recruiting patients at Oxford University Hospitals, as well as in Leeds, […]

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Study reveals high number of persistent COVID-19

February 22, 2024

A new study led by the University of Oxford has found that a high proportion of SARS-CoV-2 infections in the general population lead to persistent infections lasting a month or more. The findings have been published today in the journal Nature. It has long been thought that prolonged COVID-19 infections in immunocompromised individuals may have […]

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OUH TO RUN NEW RADIOTHERAPY CENTRE IN MILTON KEYNES

February 21, 2024

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (OUH) and Milton Keynes University Hospital (MKUH) have reached a formal agreement on the provision of radiotherapy services at Milton Keynes University Hospital. The new Oxford University Hospitals Radiotherapy Centre @ Milton Keynes will be run by expert clinicians from Oxford University Hospitals. The new centre will be linked to the […]

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Oxford spinout Brainomix is revolutionising stroke care through AI

February 19, 2024

This year, around 100,000 people in the UK will have a stroke. AI algorithms developed by a University of Oxford spinout company are ensuring that more stroke patients will receive better care and outcomes. It’s no coincidence that the best-known acronym for spotting signs of a stroke urges FAST action. Every second counts, not least for […]

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BRC INTERNS TAKE FIRST STEP ON THEIR RESEARCH PATHWAY

February 14, 2024

Eight Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) healthcare professionals have taken their first steps on the clinical academic pathway after presenting the results of their six-month NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) internship research projects. The internships are aimed at Nurses, Midwives, Allied Health Professionals, Pharmacists and Healthcare Scientists (NMAHPPS) who have little or no research experience. The BRC […]

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Online tool that empowers parents to treat child anxiety

February 14, 2024

New research from the University of Oxford has revealed that an online program that empowers parents to apply Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) principles in their child’s day to day lives is just as effective as traditional talking therapies for child anxiety problems, while substantially reducing the amount of therapist time required and making support more […]

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New research improves accuracy of molecular quantification in high throughput sequencing

February 12, 2024

A team at Nuffield Department of Orthopaedic Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS) has developed a new approach to significantly improve the accuracy of Ribonucleic acid (RNA) sequencing. They pinpoint the primary source of inaccurate quantification in both short and long-read RNA sequencing, and have introduced the concept of “majority vote” error correction leading to a […]

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