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\n \n 14 June 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Reproductive Medicine & Genetics\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nVaricose veins are a very common manifestation of chronic venous disease, affecting over 30% of the population in Western countries. In America, chronic venous disease affects over 11 million men and 22 million women aged 40\u201380 years old. Left untreated it can escalate to multiple health complications including leg ulcers and ultimately amputations. A new international study by Oxford researchers published on 2nd June 2022 in Nature Communications establishes for the first time, a critical genetic risk score to predict the likelihood of patients suffering with Varicose veins to require surgery, as well as pointing the way towards potential new therapies.
\n \n\n\n \n 9 June 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n General\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nWe're celebrating two new Associate Professors in our department!
\n \n\n\n \n 6 June 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Reproductive Medicine & Genetics\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nA new research study launches to investigate whether a 20-minute imaging scan can detect the most common types of endometriosis, which currently require surgery to diagnose.
\n \n\n\n \n 13 May 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Reproductive Medicine & Genetics\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nOxford pain researchers are playing a major role in a new multi-million pound research programme launched by a consortium of funders, including UKRI, Versus Arthritis, Eli Lilly and the Medical Research Foundation.
\n \n\n\n \n 12 May 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Maternal & Fetal Health\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Dawes-Redman Education programme which offers virtual CTG Analysis training sessions to Obstetric consultants, antenatal and student midwives has received generous funds from Huntleigh Healthcare for the next 3 years.
\n \n\n\n \n 10 May 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n General\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nOn 22nd March 2022, The University of Oxford hosted an AIMday in Women's Health at St Anne's College in Oxford. The key objective was to match the needs of organisations for new knowledge with academic expertise, with the ultimate goal of improving healthcare diagnoses & treatments for women and reproductive health.
\n \n\n\n \n 27 April 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe COVID-19 pandemic has had a disproportionate and devastating impact on women\u2019s health, according to a report from the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists.
\n \n\n\n \n 13 April 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nMyalgic Encephalomyelitis /Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (ME/CFS) is a chronic condition without a diagnostic test and some 80 - 90% of patients remain un-diagnosed. A new paper published in Frontiers in Medicine outlines how having a diagnostic test could greatly help both patients and medics.
\n \n\n\n \n 6 April 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Global Health\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nA new international study published April 4th 2022, in The New England Journal of Medicine finds, for the first time,\r\ndirect evidence that the recognised risk factors for cardiovascular disease when present in childhood, predict the risk of adult cardiovascular events such as myocardial infarction and stroke.
\n \n\n\n \n 1 April 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Maternal & Fetal Health\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nSpinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a rare, but treatable, genetic disease affecting approximately 1 in 10,000 births, and it typically presents in infancy and early childhood.
\n \n\n\n \n 3 March 2022\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nProfessor Sally Collins has been awarded the prestigious and highly competitive Sir Jules Thorn Translational Biomedical Research Award 2021 for further translational development of the OxNNet Toolkit.
\n \n\n\n \n 15 February 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Global Health\n \n \n \n \n Maternal & Fetal Health\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nThe Oxford Maternal & Perinatal Health Institute (OMPHI) has launched the 2022 round of the global study to evaluate the effects of Covid-19 variants and vaccination in pregnancy.
\n \n\n\n \n 2 February 2022\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Reproductive Medicine & Genetics\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nA new comprehensive document by the European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) outlines more than 100 recommendations on best practice on caring for women with Endometriosis.
\n \n\n\n \n 20 December 2021\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Reproductive Medicine & Genetics\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nIn this latest podcast episode, our DPhil students Danielle Perro and Magda Mareckova, explore how surgery, psychological interventions, and other more holistic and personalised options can help manage endometriosis associated symptoms.
\n \n\n\n \n 20 December 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nOur department is celebrating a new WRH Professor! Congratulations to Prof Dagan Wells, who is awarded the full Professor title from the University of Oxford, in their annual Recognition of Distinction Exercise.
\n \n\n\n \n 18 November 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nLowering high blood pressure is an effective way to reduce a person\u2019s risk of developing type 2 diabetes in the future.
\n \n\n\n \n 22 October 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nThe University of Oxford will be hosting an AIMday in Women\u2019s Health on Tuesday 22nd March 2022 at St Anne's College in Oxford. This event will bring together academic excellence from across the University of Oxford together with industry to help answer the most pressing challenges in this area, as identified by industry.
\n \n\n\n \n 18 October 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nWe are pleased to share that the Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health has signed the Menopause Workplace Pledge. This is a new campaign by Wellbeing of Women that calls on organisations to commit to recognising that the menopause is a workplace issue, and that women need support, as well as talking respectfully and openly about the menopause, and actively supporting and informing colleagues.
\n \n\n\n \n 31 August 2021\n \n
\n\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n Reproductive Medicine & Genetics\n \n \n\n \n\n\n
\n \n\n \n \n \nEndometriosis is a painful, chronic condition in which tissue from the uterus inappropriately grows outside the uterus.
\n \n\n\n \n 23 July 2021\n \n
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\n \n\n \n \n \nCongratulations to Prof. Manu Vatish and the OSPREA-Gynae team on recruiting their first participant to the Pfizer maternal C-19 vaccine trial on 22nd July.
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