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James Sheppard with daughter Lily at the 2016 Departmental Summer Fete.

Prescription costs increase for low-value treatments

Prescription costs increase for low-value treatments despite reduction in numbers

Can screening for atrial fibrillation prevent stroke?

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

Professor Susan Jebb recognised with Academy of Medical Sciences Fellowship

GPs deserve greater safety netting support

Developing personalised care for shoulder pain

New £2.7 million study to personalise care for people with shoulder pain

Alison Chapple (1946–2018)

Out Of Hours' role in end of life care

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

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

Flu prevention in children

Children with asthma and neurological conditions could benefit from flu preventing strategies

A dose of empathy may support patients in pain

Practices with poor prescribing performance more likely to prescribe homeopathy

Over 3,200 Oxfordshire residents take part in kidney disease study

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

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.

'Kidney age', not kidney disease

There should be a rethink in how doctors talk to some patients with reduced kidney health, replacing the term ‘chronic kidney disease’ (CKD) with different bands of kidney age, according to an Oxford-led group of researchers writing in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.

Childhood type 1 diabetes diagnosis time could be reduced

The time it takes to diagnose type 1 diabetes could be reduced by two weeks in up to one third of children, suggests a study led by Oxford University researchers.

Should home-based blood pressure monitoring be commonplace in NHS?

New Cochrane Review evidence suggests that nutritional labelling on menus in restaurants and cafes may reduce our calorie intake

NIHR Senior Investigator Awards Announced

Six leading primary care researchers win prestigious national awards

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