John Radcliffe

Birth asphyxia: diagnosing fetal distress during labour

Oxygen deprivation during birth: identifying babies at risk

Midwives and doctors often monitor babies’ heartbeats during childbirth to find out how they are coping and check they are getting enough oxygen. The equipment they use, which was introduced nearly 50 years ago, produces a chart that can be difficult to interpret. Sometimes it is hard to tell how a baby is doing, and whether they should be delivered urgently by emergency caesarean section.

Crystal clear - research solves the scanning dilemma

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From a small filling in a tooth to a large plate inserted to mend a broken bone, millions of us have metal implants of some kind. The bad news is that they get in the way when it comes to using modern scanning techniques, disrupting the X-ray beams and making the normally detailed 3-D images from a CT scanner unclear, subsequently hindering diagnosis. But a breakthrough by a team of researchers in Oxford promises to make scans crystal clear, marking a huge leap forward in ending the problem of blurred scan images.

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