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Parkinson's disease project wins Moher Prize for Undergraduate General Practice

Head of Department Professor Richard Hobbs presents the inaugural Moher Prize to Year 5 student Bernard Bukala.

QResearch joins Oxford-led consortium for liver cancer early detection

Professor Julia Hippisley-Cox and the QResearch electronic health records database are to contribute to a prestigious Cancer Research UK-funded programme to research the earlier detection of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Fewer than half of US clinical trials have complied with the law on reporting results, despite new regulations

Amount of sugar sold in soft drinks drops by 29% in the UK

Amount of sugar sold in soft drinks drops by 29% in the UK

Improving labour productivity in primary care

The Oxford RCGP Research and Surveillance Centre are to collaborate on Health Foundation-funded project.

Cancer ‘one-stop shop’ wins innovation and improvement award

Half of WHO-recommended policies to reduce chronic diseases are not put into practice

On average, countries implemented just under half of the 18 non-communicable disease (NCD) policies recommended by WHO in 2017, and implementation is slowly improving over time.

Flu antiviral has bigger benefits for sicker, older patients

A Europe-wide study conducted over three flu seasons finds that the antiviral drug, oseltamivir (Tamiflu®), can help people recover from flu-like illness about one-day sooner on average, with older, sicker patients who have been unwell for longer recovering two-to-three days sooner.

Chris Butler named Wales GP of the Year

Messy Realities project scoops public engagement award and launches podcast series

Advance care planning significantly improves quality of life for heart failure patients

Advance care planning significantly improves quality of life for patients with heart failure, concludes the first systematic evaluation of published evidence on this topic

HR Christmas Deadlines

Rosamund Snow Scholarship for Patient-Led Research launches

The scholarship supports academic study in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.

Effect of adding calorie content to fast food menus

New DPhil students in the department

Black and ethnic minority people face inequality in diabetes treatment

Substantial variation in uptake of new prescribing guidance by GPs

Findings have important implications for patient care and health expenditure, finds research from the EBM Data Lab.

How effective are efforts to involve patients and the public in changing the research agenda?

Snack tax may be more effective than a sugary drink tax to tackle obesity

Effect was double that seen for similar price increase on sugar sweetened drinks

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