News

Reducing the appeal of sugar-sweetened drinks

31 July 2016

Staff and visitors at The Alfred are making healthier drink choices – with the hospital’s on-site retailers participating in a series of world-first trials that will see sugar-sweetened beverage sales fall by 36,500 drinks each year.

More physiotherapy helps patients recover faster

18 July 2016

An intensive new physiotherapy routine will see some patients able to return home from hospital much earlier following major surgery, new research at The Alfred has found. 

physiotherapy

Shepparton students come face-to-face with devastating effects of trauma

15 July 2016

Shepparton high school students will learn first-hand how quickly risky behaviour can lead to trauma as part of a unique program. 

emergency & trauma

TMS treatment shows breakthroughs for depression

11 July 2016

Researchers at the Monash Alfred Psychiatry Research Centre (MAPRC) at Alfred Health have released breakthrough findings that show one in two people respond positively to a non-medicated, non-invasive treatment for severe depression.

mental health

research & innovation

PrEPX study taking participants from July 26

5 July 2016

People across Victoria will be able to enrol in the highly-anticipated new pre-exposure prophylaxis study - known as PrEPX - from 26 July 2016, Alfred Health announced this week..

prepx

research & innovation

Support Team Alfred this Dry July

1 July 2016

You can help make a difference to our patients living with cancer by taking part in Dry July, or by donating to the team of Alfred staff going without alcohol this month.  

cancer

donate

Taz shifts back into top gear

28 June 2016

Looking at Taran 'Taz' Child now, you won’t see signs of the turmoil that entered his life at just nine years of age. 

hyperbaric medicine

leukaemia

Scientists track effects of A2 milk on gut

27 June 2016

Scientists at The Alfred have established a world-first study to determine whether A2 milk really is easier to digest for some humans than regular dairy milk.

research & innovation

Treatment breakthrough for aggressive blood cancer

21 June 2016

Scientists from The Alfred and Monash University are hailing a drug designed to combat an aggressive blood cancer as one of the most promising advances against the disease in more than 40 years.

research & innovation

Under the pump: tackling heart failure

21 June 2016

A new series of short videos raises awareness of the signs and symptoms of heart failure.

heart