Stroke scare pushes patient to quit smoking
A life-threatening stroke shook John Cole into taking serious steps to improve his health – most notably he stopped smoking.
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A life-threatening stroke shook John Cole into taking serious steps to improve his health – most notably he stopped smoking.
Doctors at The Alfred were the only Australian researchers involved in an international randomised trial published in The Lancet that has shown patients live significantly longer when stereotactic ablative radiotherapy (SABR) is used to target all of their tumours.
Volunteer Kate Pointon knows what it’s like to be a patient on the Neurosurgery ward at The Alfred – it’s where she spent three months last year recovering from a brain aneurysm. Now, she’s one of the first “Host Volunteers”, providing patients on the Neurosurgery and Trauma wards with companionship and conversation.
As we recognise International Nurses Day on Sunday 12th (the anniversary of Florence Nightingale's birth) we celebrate all of our nurses at Alfred Health and the vital role they play in delivering quality healthcare to our communities.
The Alfred burns team has launched a new web resource designed to help regional clinicians care for patients with severe burns, once they return home.
The Alfred Hospital Nurses League took part in the march to the Shrine of Remembrance on ANZAC Day 2019.
Graham Arkle was driving an eight-tonne army vehicle to an exhibition in March when a b-double crashed into the back of him on the Hume Freeway near Glenrowan.
Burns specialists at The Alfred are urging people to take care while camping this long weekend, after new figures show the Easter period has the highest incidence of flame burns compared to any other time of year.
Alfred Health Radiation Oncology experts have demonstrated the benefit of combining two forms of radiation treatment to target prostate cancer.
Researchers at The Alfred will trial using laughing gas to treat patients with depression after studies overseas showed promising results.