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We lead multidisciplinary applied research and training to rethink the way health care is delivered in general practice and across the community.
Support for parents losing a baby before 24 weeks of pregnancy
Patient experience
15 June 2018
A new, free information resource is launched to improve support for parents losing a baby before 24 weeks of pregnancy.
No clear evidence that nicotine “preloading” helps smokers to quit
Health behaviours
14 June 2018
Any beneficial effect may have been masked by reduction in use of smoking cessation drug.
Supermarket swaps support healthy diets
Health behaviours
6 June 2018
Supermarket interventions could play role in public health strategies, study finds
The Big Crash Diet Experiment
Clinical trials Health behaviours Public engagement & involvement
30 May 2018
Professors Susan Jebb and Paul Aveyard team up with the BBC to put the latest research on “crash dieting” to the test.
Julie McLellan awarded Gillian Nicholls Prize
Awards & appointments Research methods & EBM Teaching
23 May 2018
Prescription costs increase for low-value treatments
Health Services Research Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Research methods & EBM
23 May 2018
Prescription costs increase for low-value treatments despite reduction in numbers
Can screening for atrial fibrillation prevent stroke?
Awards & appointments Cardiovascular & metabolic Clinical trials Health Services Research
16 May 2018
Upcoming trial involving 120,000 patients to investigate screening for stroke prevention
Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall puts Oxford University’s weight loss research to the test
Health behaviours Public engagement & involvement
11 May 2018
Professor Susan Jebb recognised with Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship
Awards & appointments Health behaviours
10 May 2018
GPs deserve greater safety netting support
Health Services Research Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Patient experience
9 May 2018
Developing personalised care for shoulder pain
Clinical trials
3 May 2018
New £2.7 million study to personalise care for people with shoulder pain
Alison Chapple (1946–2018)
2 May 2018
Out Of Hours' role in end of life care
Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Policy & health systems
1 May 2018
Significant proportion of patients at the end of life are accessing the Out Of Hours primary care service
Sweet snacks tax may be more beneficial than sugar tax
Health behaviours
27 April 2018
A 10% tax on sweet snacks could lead to a similar reduction in consumer demand as taxing sugar-sweetened drinks, with the potential effect expected to be greatest in low-income households.
LEAP focus groups kick-start qualitative research into meat, diet and behaviour
Health behaviours
24 April 2018
Flu prevention in children
Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
24 April 2018
Children with asthma and neurological conditions could benefit from flu preventing strategies
Practices with poor prescribing performance more likely to prescribe homeopathy
Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care Research methods & EBM
19 April 2018
Over 3,200 Oxfordshire residents take part in kidney disease study
Cardiovascular & metabolic Clinical trials
12 April 2018
NewKI, one of UK’s largest observational studies of incident chronic kidney disease (CKD) in general practice, gets underway this month, involving 3,205 Oxfordshire residents and led by Oxford University researchers.
Weight loss is an important predictor of cancer
Infection, Respiratory and Acute Care
10 April 2018
Unintended weight loss is the second highest risk factor for some forms of cancer, concludes the first robust research analysis to examine the association, led by primary care researchers.