30 January 2019
\n \n \n \nThe latest findings from the international INTERGROWTH-21st Project, that has monitored healthy, urban children from educated families across four continents from early pregnancy to 2 years of age, show that human neurodevelopment is not influenced by the colour of an individual\u2019s skin.
\n \n\n \n \n30 October 2017
\n \n \n \nFor the first time, a strong link has been established between high blood pressure and the most common heart valve disorder in high-income countries, by new research from The George Institute for Global Health.
\n \n\n \n \n5 October 2017
\n \n \n \nA project set up to provide the first systematically collected population health data for women in Northern Cyprus has received a number of generous donations. This support will enable researchers to better understand health and illness patterns, as well as the personal, social and economic burden of disease, in this relatively isolated region.
\n \n\n \n \n26 September 2017
\n \n \n \nWomen with coronary heart disease are less likely to achieve treatment targets than men, finds a study published by the journal Heart. The authors, including Dr Sanne Peters, from The George Institute for Global Health UK, say a better understanding of sex disparities is needed to treat women with coronary heart disease more efficiently in all regions, especially in Asia and the Middle East.
\n \n\n \n \n3 July 2017
\n \n \n \nExecutive Director of The George Institute, UK, Professor Terry Dwyer has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Trinity College Dublin for his extensive work in child health.
\n \n\n \n \n27 June 2017
\n \n \n \nBreastfeeding is not only healthy for babies, it may also help to reduce mothers\u2019 risk of having a heart attack or stroke later in life, according to new research published in today\u2019s issue of Journal of the American Heart Association, the Open Access Journal of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. The work is based on a large prospective cohort study of 300,000 adult women in China.
\n \n\n \n \n18 April 2017
\n \n \n \nScience and medicine were not subjects of dinnertime conversations in the Norton household in Christchurch, New Zealand, but Professor Robyn Norton grew up observing her parents\u2019 commitment to equity and social justice in improving people\u2019s lives. It left an indelible impression on her young mind.
\n \n\n \n \n19 January 2017
\n \n \n \nWomen from low socioeconomic backgrounds are 25 per cent more likely to suffer a heart attack than disadvantaged men, a major new study has found.
\n \n\n \n \n18 January 2017
\n \n \n \nIs Large Birth Cohort Data Still a Priority?
\n \n\n \n \n23 November 2016
\n \n \n \nA global research project that aims to improve the health, nutritional status and development of preterm infants has been awarded a $2.8 million grant from the Family Larsson-Rosenquist Foundation (FLRF).
\n \n\n \n \n17 November 2016
\n \n \n \nUntil just a few decades ago, raised blood pressure was regarded as a benign and natural process of ageing\r\nthat did not warrant treatment.
\n \n\n \n \n19 May 2016
\n \n \n \nIn a paper released today in the publication Stroke, Professor Kazem Rahimi of the George Institute for Global Health, Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, describes research findings that show heightened blood pressure increases the risk of developing vascular dementia by 62%.
\n \n\n \n \n24 March 2016
\n \n \n \nUK funding for rapid research into tackling the Zika virus is set to increase to \u00a34million, the government has announced, as British scientists continue to lead the way in tackling this global emergency.
\n \n\n \n \n18 February 2016
\n \n \n \nThe INTERGROWTH-21st Consortium, led by researchers at the Nuffield Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, University of Oxford, has published the final set of charts that enable healthcare professionals worldwide to assess the weight, length and head circumference of newborns from 24 to 42 weeks of gestation, and that apply to all babies, regardless of the colour of their skin, race or ethnicity.
\n \n\n \n \n7 January 2016
\n \n \n \nIn many of our urban areas, health-care facilities rank with the best in countries like the US and the UK. \r\nBut problems start cropping up as you move away from the cities and deeper into rural India.
\n \n\n \n \n4 January 2016
\n \n \n \nTreating blood pressure below current targets significantly reduces the risk of cardiovascular events and death, regardless of blood pressure before treatment, a new paper in the Lancet has found.
\n \n\n \n \n5 November 2015
\n \n \n \nLandmark research by The George Institute for Global Health (TGI) has found that exercise can save lives, with an increase in the number of steps walked each day having a direct correlation with long term mortality.
\n \n\n \n \n2 November 2015
\n \n \n \n\n \n \n11 June 2015
\n \n \n \nThe Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Nuffield Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology receives Grand Challenges Explorations Grant for Groundbreaking Research in Global Health and Development.\r\n
\n \n\n \n \n25 March 2015
\n \n \n \nOxford University Hospitals NHS Trust will this week become the first in the world to assess newborn babies using international standards which were developed by the University of Oxford with the aim of ensuring that every newborn baby across the world is evaluated in the same way.
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