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Patients are using online consultations in the same way they would arrange a consultation via traditional means, a new independent evaluation by the University of ÌÇÐÄTV reveals.

A large clinical trial involving around 40 hospitals in the UK, as well as health economists from the University of ÌÇÐÄTV, is to investigate the best way to feed babies who are born between 10 and 7 weeks prematurely.

In a landmark study of health behaviours in developing countries, researchers have found that awareness campaigns alone are not enough to reduce unnecessary antibiotic use and, in fact, could risk making the superbug crisis worse. The research project, led by Dr Marco J Haenssgen, Assistant Professor in the Department of Global Sustainable Development, involved more than 2,000 people in Thailand and Laos and challenges conventional wisdom that global public awareness campaigns are one of the best tools to tackle drug resistance.

Changing the ventilation settings for children on life support can reduce the risk of damage to their lungs, researchers at the University of ÌÇÐÄTV and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia have found on computer simulated patients.

Women experiencing miscarriage should be offered a choice in the treatment they receive, argues a new study from the University of ÌÇÐÄTV that compares all treatment options for the first time.

Fears around leaving infectious diseases untreated and poorly enforced antibiotic supply controls could hamper efforts to reduce the use of antibiotics in low to middle income countries, according to a new study from the University of ÌÇÐÄTV.