Major funding boost to investigate rare diseases
Medical researchers from The Alfred and Monash University have scooped more than $5.5million in funding to tackle rare cancers and diseases.
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Medical researchers from The Alfred and Monash University have scooped more than $5.5million in funding to tackle rare cancers and diseases.
Congratulations to Alfred Health Senior Neurosurgeon Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld, who was awarded the Companion of the Order of Australia (AC) for eminent achievement and merit of the highest degree in service to the country and humanity at large.
A surge in STIs following the world wars and the sexual revolution, and a drop after the advent of antibiotics, were just some of the historical sexual health trends revealed in new research by Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC).
Experts from the Victorian Melanoma Service at The Alfred have recommended new melanoma detection guidelines that could prevent more people dying from the deadly skin cancer.
Victoria’s largest study into HIV prevention medication will expand into Tasmania following funding from the Tasmania Department of Health, the study begins next Monday 25 September.
High-tech glasses for trauma doctors have the potential to change emergency resuscitation at The Alfred, starting next year.
A man who took apricot kernel extract in the hope of preventing cancer was almost poisoned by cyanide, doctors at The Alfred found.
A life-changing discovery in heart research has revealed a one-off procedure to treat a common condition can also reverse heart failure and eliminate the need for lifelong medication in some patients.
The Alfred is the first Australian hospital to take part in a global trial that could eliminate the need for open heart surgery in some patients suffering a common heart valve disease.
Burns specialists at The Alfred have highlighted the risks associated with the alternative medicine practice, known as cupping.