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Ireland reaches out: honouring the greatest gift

29 November 2017

A commemorative stone sculpture gifted to Melbourne as part of a global initiative to remember organ donors and their families has been unveiled at The Alfred.

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Australia votes ‘yes’

15 November 2017

The results of the marriage equality postal survey were announced earlier today, with nearly 62 per cent of eligible Australians – more than seven million people – voting for change.

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Right Word. Right Time.

14 November 2017

Alfred Health is putting health professionals at the forefront of a new campaign to combat the single biggest killer of Australians each year. 

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A surgeon’s life on the battlefield

9 November 2017

In his everyday life, Professor Jeffrey Rosenfeld is a neurosurgeon at The Alfred. But this year, in the 48°C heat of the Iraq summer, Professor Rosenfeld spent three months performing emergency neurosurgery on soldiers injured largely by bomb blasts and sniper bullets.

New melanoma guidelines could help save lives

9 October 2017

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.

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PrEPX Study Expands to Tasmania

21 September 2017

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. 

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Flu season leads to busiest ED on record

15 September 2017

This week, The Alfred has experienced its busiest winter period on record in the Emergency Department, with 610 people needing urgent care in just three days.

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High-tech trauma glasses a vision of the future

13 September 2017

High-tech glasses for trauma doctors have the potential to change emergency resuscitation at The Alfred, starting next year.

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The truth about apricot kernels

12 September 2017

A man who took apricot kernel extract in the hope of preventing cancer was almost poisoned by cyanide, doctors at The Alfred found.

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Plan now for Thunderstorm Asthma season

7 September 2017

Spring marks the start of thunderstorm asthma season (1 September – 31 December) and doctors at the Alfred Hospital are urging people to start taking preventative measures, even if they have not suffered from asthma before.

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