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\n \n 12 April 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nNew research has found that constraints in the way our brains work can shape the way people interact when creating music, influencing its evolution. The results are published today [22 March] in the journal Current Biology.
\n \n\n\n \n 11 April 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nAn analysis of data by researchers at Oxford Population Health\u2019s Cancer Epidemiology Unit has shown that use of progestogen-only hormonal contraceptives is associated with a 20-30% higher risk of breast cancer. The results are published in PLOS Medicine.
\n \n\n\n \n 11 April 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nClinical researchers from Oxford University\u2019s Department of Psychiatry and Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust have reviewed the international research evidence regarding the impact of viewing images of self-harm on the internet and in social media. This indicates that viewing such images usually causes harm, though the findings also highlighted the complexity of the issue.
\n \n\n\n \n 4 April 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nSome people have a genetic predisposition to being an \u2018evening person\u2019 and new research led by University of Oxford\u2019s Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science, published in the journal Sleep, finds this protects regular night shift workers against sleep penalties.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 March 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nResearchers at the University of Oxford, in collaboration with 25 teams across the world, have published the largest study to date of the genetic basis of endometriosis.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 March 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nActive monitoring of prostate cancer has the same high survival rates after 15 years as radiotherapy or surgery, reports the largest study of its kind.
\n \n\n\n \n 24 March 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nChange is needed to the way safer sleep information is communicated, if risks to babies from unsafe sleeping practices are to be reduced, according to a new report from Oxford, UCL, Bristol and Newcastle Universities. This was prompted by government, in the wake of sudden death in infancy data, in an attempt to identify what type of support was needed to reduce the incidence in all families
\n \n\n\n \n 24 March 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nNew artificial intelligence (AI) software that can help to spot prostate cancer is being trialled by researchers at Oxford University Hospitals (OUH) NHS Foundation Trust.
\n \n\n\n \n 6 March 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nHow many children an individual may have is influenced by reproductive biology and human behaviour, according to the largest study to date, which identifies genetic determinants. The study, led by researchers at the Universities of Cambridge, Oxford and Pennsylvania, also identified that the human genome has been influenced by natural selection for thousands of years and continues to affect fertility today.
\n \n\n\n \n 28 February 2023\n \n
\n\n \n \n \n\n \n \n \nAlessandra Morelli, a research midwife for the UK Midwifery Study System (UKMidSS) based in Oxford Population Health\u2019s National Perinatal Epidemiology Unit, has been deployed as a Data Manager with the UK Emergency Medical Team (UK-EMT) to support their mission in Turkey following a major earthquake.
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