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Accessible health care front of mind for Sexual Health Month

22 September 2023

Running from 4 September to 2 October, Sexual Health Month is more than just a reminder of the importance of open discussion about safe sex and staying STI free.

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sexual health

Melanoma survivor shaping Wellness at new Centre

18 September 2023

When melanoma survivor Chris Glanville was asked to help plan how the new Paula Fox Melanoma and Cancer Centre could incorporate wellness in a way that was meaningful to patients, he jumped at the chance.

cancer

melanoma

patient

Partnership leads to creation of new regional clinical trial careers

14 September 2023

Clinical trials pharmacist Michelle Kua has been able to grow her career at Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) from intern in 2017 thanks to a unique clinical trial pharmacy program developed at The Alfred.

research & innovation

trialhub

Breakthrough melanoma treatment saves grandfather’s eyesight

4 September 2023

Blind in his left eye after a stroke three years ago, 70 year old Geoff was fully reliant on his right eye.

cancer

cancer research

clinical trials

melanoma

Hector’s incredible fight for survival

30 August 2023

Earlier this year, Hector Saenz became the second person in Australia to receive a lung transplant following COVID-19 – after six months in The Alfred ICU, more than 4000 hours of critical care from 1500 medical professionals, and the longest recorded stint on ECMO.

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icu

patients

Specialist care extended for construction workers

18 August 2023

An Australian-first clinic for construction industry workers exposed to silica or diagnosed with silicosis, a deadly lung disease, has received a boost in funding that will see it continue for at least another three years.

respiratory

First-in-world endometriosis trial begins

16 August 2023

Doctors from The Alfred Interventional Radiology (IR) team, headed up by principal investigator Associate Professor Jim Koukounaras, have designed a world-first study using interventional radiology to treat endometriosis.

clinical trials

interventional radiology

patients

research & innovation

Prof McLean honoured with prestigious award

16 August 2023

It is with great pride that we share pathologist Prof Catriona McLean AO has been awarded the prestigious Bethlehem Griffiths Research Foundation medal for her remarkable contribution to neuropathology.

neuropathology

pathology

patients

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. 

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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.

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