On launching the new OPEN ARMS PPI group in Oxford, Dr. Laura Coates explored the patient and public involvement (PPI) models of three academic centres in the UK to show how it benefits researchers, clinicians, and patients alike.
The links between different long-term health conditions will be explored in new research funded with a \u00a32.5million grant from the Medical Research Council.
New research shows that disrupting primary cilia in juvenile, adolescent and early adulthood in cartilage stops it maturing correctly, making it more prone to thinning and the potential for osteoarthritis (OA) in later life.
Professors Laura Coates and Dani Prieto-Alhambra will take major roles in a new European Commission project to develop innovative personalised treatment options for people affected by psoriatic arthritis.
Postdoctoral Researcher Ghada Alsaleh has been awarded a research grant by Versus Arthritis which she will use to develop a new therapy for osteoarthritis.
A new study published in Foot and Ankle International reviews the use of ankle replacements across 6 countries to predict why there is a variance in their use, and to determine how far current demands are being met.
A state-of-the-art method that uses artificial intelligence to check bone health and reduce fracture risk has been successful in the latest round of the Artificial Intelligence in Health and Care Award.
The largest, most extensive global network study on background rates for adverse events of special interest identifies important age, sex and database differences that should inform future safety surveillance efforts.
Dani Prieto-Alhambra, Professor of Pharmaco- and Device Epidemiology at NDORMS, has been elected as the Academic representative for Europe and Africa on the International Society of Pharmaco-Epidemiology Board of Directors.
Researchers at the Kennedy Institute join a collaboration to find new \u2018drug-free\u2019 ways of treating illnesses where current treatments have become ineffective due to antibiotic resistance.
Research by NDORMS Dominic Furniss, Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, finds that surgery for the common hand disorder Dupuytren\u2019s disease is safe and effective. However, repeat surgery could carry higher risks of complications such as finger amputation.
More than 30,000 children in Africa are born with clubfoot each year. With treatment simply not available where they live, many thousands of these children get no treatment and end up with severe deformities that make it hard and very painful to walk.
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