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New clinic helping people with functional seizures

7 August 2023

When Natalie started experiencing involuntary jerks in 2020, she had no idea the journey she had begun. Following a tonic-clonic seizure and a misdiagnosis of epilepsy, Natalie eventually discovered she had functional neurological disorder (FND). Daily, she was experiencing clusters of jerks – about 50 at a time – and as a busy professional, Natalie felt her body was out of her control. 

patients

research & innovation

seizures

Sign up to save a life

24 July 2023

Earlier this year, Steven Fletcher-Jones underwent a lung transplant at The Alfred, thanks to the generosity of an anonymous organ donor. It's Donate Life Week, and we're urging everyone to register to become an organ donor so that you too could have the chance to save a life.

donatelife

lung transplant

organ donation

patients

Prescribing a more sustainable future

28 June 2023

Hundreds of disposable insulin pens will be kept out of landfill thanks to a campaign headed by endocrinologist Dr Shoshana Sztal-Mazer.

diabetes

endocrinology

patients

Take care with hot water bottles this winter

20 June 2023

Doctors are issuing a warning to people using hot water bottles after seeing a significant increase in patients suffering severe burns admitted to the Victorian Adult Burns Service at The Alfred. 

burns

emergency & trauma

patients

Clinical trials create hope for the future

18 May 2023

The Alfred is the home for clinical trials and translational health practice. Of all clinical trials happening in Australia, one in five occur on site at The Alfred. The Alfred does two thirds of all first-in-human clinical trials conducted in Australia. That's why, this World Clinical Trials Day, we are celebrating the researchers, partners and collaborators who choose to conduct their trials with Alfred Health. 

clinical trials

patients

research & innovation

Celebrating our nurse-force

12 May 2023

Hear from some of our incredible nurses about why that do what they do, as we celebrate International Nurses Day 2023.

nurses

nursing education

patients

Alfred stroke team receives certification

5 May 2023

The stroke team at The Alfred is delighted to be the first in Victoria to receive Australian Stroke Coalition Stroke Unit Certification.

patients

research & innovation

staff

Melbourne dad saved by Australian-first trial

1 May 2023

When 43-year-old Melbourne dad Mark Wohlers suffered a cardiac arrest last year, it was the swift emergency response and an Australian-first clinical trial that gave him a second chance at life.

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icu

patients

Pinhole procedure changing women’s lives

24 April 2023

Each year, thousands of Australian women undergo invasive and life-altering hysterectomies to treat debilitating pain and blood loss caused by uterine fibroids. But there’s another option: a very safe, pin-hole procedure that cures the symptoms, yet leaves the uterus intact.

patients

radiology

research & innovation

A Portrait of Row

10 April 2023

The power of music has helped one man process his grief and create change for the benefit of others.

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