How common viruses can make the body attack the brain - and leave you facing a trauma of twitching and hallucinations
Two years ago Fleur Senior, then 14, was considered by her teachers to be on course to read maths at Oxford University. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 20, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Covid lockdowns were NO more effective than Swedish-style softer approach, major Oxford University-backed study suggests
A team international researchers created a model that generates Covid death data and unemployment rates in response to different pandemic policies. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 16, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Monitoring blood pressure at home reduces heart attack risk in new mums
Self-monitoring of blood pressure after pregnancy and birth is more effective than traditional blood pressure monitoring for new mothers, a new study has shown. Researchers from the University of Oxford found that women who had experienced hypertension during pregnancy and who measured their blood pressure every day at home and then received subsequent medication advice... Read moreThe post Monitoring blood pressure at home reduces heart attack risk in new mums appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - November 16, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Cardiology Women's health hypertension Pregnancy Source Type: news
AI could predict heart attack risk up to 10 years in the future, finds Oxford study
Researchers say more accurate analysis of cardiac CT scans could save thousands of lives and improve treatmentsArtificial intelligence could be used to predict if a person is at risk of having a heart attack up to 10 years in the future, a study has found.The technology could save thousands of lives while improving treatment for almost half of patients, researchers at the University of Oxford said.Continue reading... (Source: Guardian Unlimited Science)
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - November 13, 2023 Category: Science Authors: Tom Ambrose and agency Tags: Heart disease Heart attack Medical research Society Science UK news Source Type: news
Communication style critical to patient weight loss success
The way in which healthcare workers communicate with obese patients, including tone and choice of words, has been shown to have a significant impact on whether a patient successfully loses weight. Researchers at the University of Oxford found that when a referral to weight loss services is delivered positively, the chances of a patient engaging... Read moreThe post Communication style critical to patient weight loss success appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - November 9, 2023 Category: Nursing Authors: Carolyn Scott Tags: Obesity and nutrition weight loss Source Type: news
Doctors told to stop fat-shaming: Obese patients are more likely to lose weight if medics use 'optimistic tone', study says
Oxford University experts found people lost the most weight when treatments for obesity were presented as good news and an 'opportunity' rather than emphasising the negative consequences of obesity. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - November 6, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Emerald Fennell on the ‘Saltburn’ Scene Everyone Will Be Talking About
Emerald Fennell drew inspiration for ‘Saltburn’ from her days at Oxford University. ‘I wanted to go not just for the education, but because it just felt magical.’ Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn is a gothic tale of privilege and obsession among classmates from Oxford University, the British filmmaker’s…#emeraldfennell #oxforduniversity #fennell #barrykeoghan #oliverquick (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - November 4, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
China-U.S. tech rivalry is making it harder to contain AI risks
Angela Huyue Zhang is an associate professor of law at the University of Hong Kong and director of its Philip K.H. Wong Center for Chinese Law. She is also the author of the upcoming book, "High Wire: How China Regulates Big Tech and Governs its Economy" (Oxford University Press). This week, the…#angelahuyuezhang #universityofhongkong #philipkhwongcenter #liztruss (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 31, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: Why Some People Got Blood Clots After the Astrazeneca Vaccine - New Clues
[The Conversation Africa] AstraZeneca in partnership with the University of Oxford developed one of the first vaccines against COVID. The vaccine, which used an adenovirus to smuggle instructions into human cells to make antibodies against the novel coronavirus, saved countless lives. But a problem soon emerged. A tiny proportion - about one in 50,000 - of those vaccinated developed blood clots. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - October 31, 2023 Category: African Health Tags: Africa Coronavirus Health and Medicine Source Type: news
Against " Decriminalizing Nonviolent Prison Escapes "
An interesting new article in The Hill by my occasional coauthor T. Markus Funk, based on his upcoming Oxford University Comparative Law Forum piece on the subject; an excerpt: [I]t would be a mistake to accept the invitation to follow the examples of countries like Germany, Switzerland, Mexico,…#hill #tmarkusfunk #switzerland #mexico #netherlands #austria #justicesystems #reasoncom (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Computer scientists have predicted whether your startup will fail based on your personality
It gets dizzying fast. But researchers from the University of New South Wales, Oxford University, and two other Australian universities argue in a new study that while, yes, the odds of success can be linked to specific founder-personality types, their paper formally settles on six. To reach this…#oxforduniversity #australian #scientificreports #paulmccarthy #twitter #crunchbase #oxford #fabianstephany #hustler #akqa (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 19, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Botanists fight removal of plant specimens from one of the world ’s most spectacular gardens
The herbarium at Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew may be the largest and most significant plant collection in the world. It contains more than 7 million specimens dried and pressed on paper sheets; laid end to end, they would extend three times the length of the United Kingdom. The research at Kew, in southwest London, is equally impressive, says Barbara Thiers, who for many years directed the herbarium at the New York Botanical Garden. “What Kew does is immensely important and immensely influential.”
But controversial
plans for the herbarium
, announced in June, have left Thiers and many other botanists worr...
Source: ScienceNOW - October 11, 2023 Category: Science Source Type: news
When this picture was taken, CLARE RUNACRES thought she had just months to live: 'I spent both my pregnancies terrified my babies would be left without their mother'
CLARE RUNACRES: I was 20, and in my second year reading theology at the University of Oxford, when I was diagnosed with cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - October 8, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Emerald Fennell Talks “Boy Licking Inside Of A Bathtub” Beginning For ‘Saltburn’
Emerald Fennell talked the expected starting point for her new film Saltburn at the Deadline Contenders London event today. The director’s follow up to her Oscar Best Picture-nominated and Best Screenplay-winner Promising Young Woman, stars Barry Keoghan as working class Oxford University student…#emeraldfennell #promisingyoungwoman #barrykeoghan #oxforduniversity #aristocratfelix #jacobelordi #kharmelcochrane #suziedavies #victoriaboydell #cochrane (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - October 7, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Africa: 'We Could Eradicate Malaria By 2040' Says Expert After Revolutionary Vaccine Is Approved By WHO
[The Conversation Africa] The World Health Organization has approved a new vaccine that scientists argue will be a game-changer in the fight against malaria, which kills half a million people in Africa every year. Trials have shown that the R21/Matrix vaccine, developed by Oxford University together with the Serum Institute of India, reduces malaria by up to 75%. It can be manufactured cheaply and on a mass scale. The Conversation Weekly spoke to chief investigator Adrian Hill, who is also director of the Jenner Institute at the (Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria)
Source: AllAfrica News: Malaria - October 4, 2023 Category: Infectious Diseases Tags: Africa Health and Medicine Malaria Source Type: news
