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Reflections on Evidence Live 2015
20 April 2015
Evidence Live 2015 was a great success, attracting 320 delegates to Oxford to discuss the future of evidence-based medicine. Jack O'Sullivan reviews the two-day event.
Oxford ScienceGrrl Chapter opens
15 April 2015
Oxford primary care researchers celebrate women in science through local grassroots organisation.
Taking research into the community during science week
27 March 2015
Department researchers promote healthy lifestyle choices and celebrate women in science at events across Oxford, Abingdon and beyond.
Ben Goldacre joins Oxford University
24 March 2015
Best-selling author to research transparency and reliability of clinical trials in the Nuffield Department of Primary Care Health Sciences.
'Tobacco policies teach us how to tackle obesity'
18 March 2015
Professor Susan Jebb delivers this year's Oxford London Lecture, in association with the Times. Watch the lecture here.
New website aims to improve understanding of chronic kidney disease
12 March 2015
Healthtalk.org resource developed through collaborative research project on experiences of kidney monitoring in primary care.
How much overdetection is acceptable in cancer screening?
4 March 2015
A survey published in the BMJ shows public views on overdetection in cancer screening are highly variable, with people accepting more overdetection when a higher benefit was perceived.
Professor Susan Jebb to deliver the Oxford London Lecture
2 March 2015
"Knowledge, nudge and nanny: opportunities to improve the nation’s diet"
Role of pets often neglected by researchers
20 February 2015
Pets are important to health experience, with patients forming complex relationships and deep emotional bonds – but why has this relationship been so rarely explored in health research and social science?
Improving the drug withdrawal process could reduce number of deaths
5 February 2015
Improved reporting and quicker action could speed up withdrawal and reduce deaths, finds systematic investigation.
OxFAB study launches
12 January 2015
Online study looks into the strategies people use to lose weight
What’s the right diet for you? A BBC Horizon experiment
7 January 2015
Oxford researchers lead unique BBC experiment investigating tailoring diets for weight loss
Concerns raised about variable performance of some UK personal use breathalysers
23 December 2014
Some breathalysers on sale to the UK public vary considerably in their ability to detect potentially unsafe levels of breath alcohol for driving.
Welsh Assembly committee calls for robust and coordinated approach to medical technology in Wales
18 December 2014
Professor Carl Heneghan provides expert evidence to recent inquiry
Oxford Medical Sciences excels in REF 2014 exercise
18 December 2014
Ranked top for public health, health service and primary care