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« Back to NewsAI tool could help thousands avoid fatal heart attacks
14 November 2023
AMIIC CVM Department General Publication Research
An Artificial Intelligence (AI) tool that can predict 10-year risk of deadly heart attacks, could transform treatment for patients who undergo CT scans to investigate chest pain, according to British Heart Foundation (BHF)-funded research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions in Philadelphia.
Heart attack risk decreased in new mothers by self-monitoring blood pressure at home
13 November 2023
CCRF CVM Department General Publication Research
Self-monitoring blood pressure after giving birth could help to cut new mothers’ risk of future heart disease and strokes, according to new research by Oxford researchers.
Longer-term organ abnormalities confirmed in some post-hospitalised COVID patients
25 September 2023
COVID-19 research CVM Department General OCMR Research
A study looking at the longer-term impact of COVID-19 has found that nearly a third of patients displayed abnormalities in multiple organs five months after infection, some of which have been shown through previous work to be evidence of tissue damage.
Synthetic peptides mimic anti-inflammatory properties of tick saliva chemicals
19 September 2023
CVM Department General Publication Research
Short peptides derived from anti-inflammatory ‘evasins’ released by ticks could be used to develop new treatments for anti-inflammatory disease.
New Oxford–BMS Translational Fellowships announced
13 September 2023
CVM Department General NDCLS Research
Two new Oxford–Bristol Myers Squibb Fellowships will support postdoctoral researchers and clinicians in the Radcliffe Department of Medicine.
Clinical trial investigating potential investigational treatment for relief of fatigue in people with long COVID reports results
14 April 2023
COVID-19 research CVM Department General Publication Research
Research led by Associate Professor Betty Raman finds positive results from a Phase 2 clinical trial of an investigational treatment against long COVID fatigue.
Exercise in young adults with high blood pressure alters blood vessel structure in the brain
10 February 2023
CCRF CVM Department General Publication Research
Exercise changes internal carotid artery size, even when blood pressure is not lowered.
New study reveals role of lymphatic system in bone healing
19 January 2023
Department General IMD MRC HIU MRC TIDU MRC WIMM Publication Research
Bones were thought to lack lymphatic vessels, but new research from the Kusumbe Group published in Cell not only locates them within bone tissue, but demonstrates their role in bone and blood cell regeneration and reveals changes associated with aging.
Trial to test diabetes drug for reducing risk for Alzheimer's Disease
22 September 2022
Intensive blood glucose control for people with type 2 diabetes when they are first diagnosed reduces diabetic complications and prolongs life
21 September 2022
DTU Department General OCDEM Research
The study, which tracked volunteers for up to 44 years, showed that the benefits of early intensive blood glucose control can persist for decades.