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Nuffield Department of Population Health | @ox.ac.uk | Leading human health forward.
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In an analysis of >150,000 participants, researchers found no statistically significant excess risk for most reported statin side effects, including memory loss, depression, sleep disturbance, or sexual dysfunction. 🧵(1/4)

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February 6, 2026 at 10:02 AM
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Statins do not cause most side effects listed in package leaflets.

New research finds no significant excess risk from statin therapy for most side effects, including memory loss, depression, and sleep disturbance.

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February 6, 2026 at 6:30 AM
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This #WorldCancerDay, we're highlighting a new way to calculate risk of smoking-related health problems like cancer by looking at proteins in the blood. 🩸

Instead of self-reporting smoking, researchers developed an index based on 51 proteins in the blood to assign an impact score ➡️ buff.ly/5x3IDI7
Figure 1 from paper, depicting an overview of the study design and analytical approach. A)gradient boosting classification model was built in the 70% randomly selected UKB population, differentiating current smokers and never smokers. Boruta feature selection algorithm was then used to select only relevant features for downstream analysis. B) The model trained in UKB training dataset was further validated externally in CKB male population. C) proteomic Smoking INdex (pSIN) was calculated for the whole UKB cohort. Smoking behavioural, genomic, and exposome determinants of pSIN were studied, followed by associating pSIN with incident health outcomes.
February 4, 2026 at 10:18 AM
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The Shadow Scholars has been longlisted for a @bafta.org 📽️🎉

The film follows Prof. Patricia Kingori in the world of academic ghostwriting in Kenya, where highly-educated, underemployed scholars write papers for global students.

Watch the trailer ➡️ buff.ly/ZA4LYBW
January 14, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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🎉EASi-KIDNEY has recruited 3000 randomised participants!

📉EASi-KIDNEY will investigate whether a novel treatment can help slow the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) ➡️https://buff.ly/qXd6j1S
Oxford Population Health. EASi-KIDNEY 3000 participants recruited.
January 9, 2026 at 2:23 PM
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A new report from the MBRRACE-UK collaboration has been published.

The latest set of data shows that the mortality rate for women who died during or soon after pregnancy in the UK between 2022 and 2024 was 20% higher than the maternal death rate between 2009 and 2011.

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Maternal death rates in the UK 20% higher in 2022-24 than 2009-11
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January 8, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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Earlier this year, we held the first in-person #RECOVERYtrial UK collaborators meeting where we spoke to some of the hospital staff who recruited and cared for patients.

Thank you to everyone involved! ➡️
Delivering the RECOVERY trial – reflections from site staff
UK collaborators meet in London to reflect on RECOVERY trial’s impact, lessons learned, and future research on pneumonia and respiratory infections.
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December 22, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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Hospitalisations for flu are very high for this time of year.

The #RECOVERYtrial was vital in identifying treatments for COVID-19.

Now, RECOVERY is investigating the effectiveness of three existing drugs against other forms of pneumonia, including influenza ➡️ buff.ly/4LElSiJ
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December 19, 2025 at 1:32 PM
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👀In case you missed it... did you know having diabetes increases risk of six types of cancer?

📊Analysing data from 2.2 million adults, the association between diabetes and these six types of cancer can't be explained by other common risk factors for cancer and diabetes ➡️ buff.ly/yx89lfM
Navy blue background with a profile photo of Bowen Liu, DPhil student at Oxford Population Health. Quote text reads These findings highlight the importance of preventing diabetes, through weight management and other strategies, in reducing the risk of developing several common cancers.
December 18, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Can AI help protect patient privacy in healthcare data? 🩺

Researchers compared the abilities of large language models and specialised software tools to human performance in anonymising patient records 🖥️

Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/LrSyk0U
Navy blue background with a photo of David Eyre, Professor of Infectious Diseases. Big Data Institute/University of Oxford logo. Quote text reads: This work shows that AI can be a powerful ally in protecting patient confidentiality. But human judgement and strong governance must remain at the centre of any system that handles patient data.
December 11, 2025 at 10:27 AM
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This weekend we hosted our Patient and Public Involvement and Engagement (PPIE) Annual Meeting

30 of our public contributors joined us in person and online for a day filled with insightful discussions 🗨️

Learn more about our PPIE work ➡️https://buff.ly/dss0mjc
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December 9, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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🧠"Ageing clocks" show a healthier brain may reduce risk of dementia and early death

🕗“Ageing clocks” are statistical models that estimate how fast a person’s organs are ageing compared to the expected ageing ➡️ buff.ly/2jW3gsS

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Navy blue background with a photo of Cornelia van Duijn. Professor of Epidemiology at Oxford Population Health. Quote text reads: Our study highlights the key role of the brain in our health and life expectancy. As a genetic neuro-epidemiologist, the finding that thrills me most is that managing your brain ageing may counteract any disadvantage based on your genetic make-up. This is a break through and worth the effort.
December 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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📣Recent breakthroughs in treatment and detection of chronic kidney disease can reduce risks for many people with the disease 📉

Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/tXrDKs2
Navy blue background with a photo of Christoph Wanner, Visiting Professor at Oxford Population Health’s Renal Studies Group. Quote reads: This report concludes that CKD is highly detectable, largely manageable, and now supported by several proven therapies that are simple to implement across diverse health-care systems. If adopted widely, these measures could substantially reduce the global burden of kidney failure, cardiovascular disease, and premature death.
December 1, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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🎉RECOVERY has recruited 1000 flu participants!

RECOVERY aims to compare several different treatments that may be useful for patients with pneumonia, including influenza ➡️ buff.ly/eSwTCBe
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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🎉Over 300 sites are now collaborating in the EASi-KIDNEY trial!

📉EASi-KIDNEY will investigate whether a novel treatment can help slow the progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) ➡️ buff.ly/PXTVVeE
EASi-KIDNEY trial 300+ sites
November 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
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🤔 How accurate are your fitness trackers?

Activity trackers can overestimate activity and misclassify sleep stages – but how accurate are they in real life?

The Oxford Wearables Group is running a real-world study to find out. 🙌 And we need YOUR help!➡️ bit.ly/3X3tvnI
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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💡This #WorldDiabetesDay, did you know having diabetes increases risk of six types of cancer?

📊Analysing data from 2.2 million adults, they found the association between diabetes and these six types of cancer can't be explained by other common risk factors ➡️ buff.ly/J39Rh9z @ukbiobank.bsky.social
Navy blue background with a profile photo of Bowen Liu, DPhil student at Oxford Population Health. Quote text reads These findings highlight the importance of preventing diabetes, through weight management and other strategies, in reducing the risk of developing several common cancers.
November 14, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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🔍New study finds major benefits of sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors treatment for chronic kidney disease (CKB) regardless of the type of CKB patient

Leanr more ➡️ buff.ly/LXYWqgA
Navy blue background with a photo of Will Herrington, Professor of Trials and Kidney Disease Epidemiology Co-lead of the Renal Studies Group and the Oxford Population Health logo. Quote reads Our analysis shows that the kidney and heart protection provided by SGLT2 inhibitors clearly outweigh the risks, even in those without diabetes or with only small amounts of protein in their urine. This evidence supports simplifying treatment guidance to ensure more patients can benefit.
November 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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📣 Study led by Oxford Population Health researchers compared the growth of children who were HIV-exposed but uninfected and HIV-unexposed and uninfected found no differences in growth ➡️ buff.ly/UUyIpOK
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November 12, 2025 at 10:29 AM
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🎥The next Festival of Global Health event will be on 26 Nov!

🌍Join us for a screening of Spillover: Planet of Viruses, followed by a panel discussion at the Curzon cinema

Find out more and register ➡️ buff.ly/AAZbBCz
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November 7, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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📣New investment into Children’s Surgery Outcome Reporting programme led by @npeu-oxford.bsky.social

📊Researchers from the Big Data Institute will contribute to the creation of a unified, England-wide dataset to support this research

Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/3GEC2Tt
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November 6, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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🧬New evidence for genetic susceptibility to breast cancer

💡A meta-analysis confirmed significant association between breast cancer risk and six genes already known to be associated and collected evidence to support the link between two other genes, BARD1 and ATRIP

Read the paper ⬇️
Meta-analysis of exome-wide gene burden analysis of breast cancer susceptibility genes - npj Breast Cancer
npj Breast Cancer - Meta-analysis of exome-wide gene burden analysis of breast cancer susceptibility genes
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October 30, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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🦠Bacteria 'barcodes'

Researchers have devloped a new tool to track bacterium that commonly causes respiratory infections.

They have provided the most detailed structure analysis of Moraxella catarrhalis to date ➡️ buff.ly/IaffbCH
October 29, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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🕖The clocks changed this weekend - but does really time exist?

🎧This episode of After the End Podcast from @ethoxcentre.bsky.social explores the physics of time and the end of the universe ➡️ buff.ly/pcvGhtA
October 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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🔍Almost 70% of bowel cancers missed at colonoscopy are avoidable

This study creates the first national system for identifying post-colonoscopy colorectal cancers and understanding why they arise ➡️ buff.ly/kmsoxGh
Quote from Eva Morris reading: The NHS holds uniquely rich data that, when linked and used effectively, can simply and efficiently identify missed cancers, improve training, and make diagnosis earlier and safer. We can, and should, be doing more with NHS data to save lives.
October 24, 2025 at 10:21 AM