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Clinical trial giving new hope to eczema sufferers

19 May 2025

For long term eczema sufferer David, living with the debilitating skin condition had become a painful way of life.

clinical trials

patients

research & innovation

Morning tea and bright colours to mark IDAHOBIT

17 May 2025

The Alfred’s ICU staff are gathering to highlight understanding and compassionate care as part of International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Interphobia and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT).

diversity

icu

“Take care”: message from doctors on National Road Safety week

16 May 2025

Trauma Consultant Dr Marian Biddle is likely one of the first people you’d encounter following a road accident and admission to The Alfred.

road safety

trauma

Alfred researcher honoured for reframing a “women’s issue”

9 May 2025

Alfred clinician-researcher Prof Catriona Bradshaw has been named in TIME100Health – an annual list of leaders shaping the future of health in 2025 by TIME Magazine. 

research & innovation

sexual health

‘Laughing gas’ to treat severe depression

7 May 2025

Researchers at The Alfred have opened the door to new avenues of research into the treatment of depression, after a clinical trial that used laughing gas to treat patients with severe depression had “beneficial and persistent antidepressant effects” on symptoms.

mental health

1000 Hearts: Eddie’s Story

5 May 2025

When Eddie Toh woke up in The Alfred’s ICU in late 2022, one month after a regular gym session, he had no idea how he’d got there or what was to come.

heart

New partnership to support mental health in the CBD

2 May 2025

A dual general health and mental health clinic, operated in partnership between Co-Health, The Salvation Army and The Alfred, will transform how some of Victoria's most vulnerable people access lifesaving health care.

mental health

Alfred Health launches Ngamai Wilam: a state-of-the-art residential eating disorder treatment centre

28 April 2025

Victoria’s first state-wide, publicly funded residential eating disorder treatment centre is getting ready to open, following completion of the impressive home’s build.

mental health

New, minimally invasive epilepsy surgery is changing lives

7 April 2025

The Alfred is the first hospital in Victoria and the second in Australia to offer a new and highly effective kind of brain surgery to treat previously ‘inoperable’ drug-resistant epilepsy.

epilepsy

neurosurgery

patients

New imaging technology cuts treatment times for patients

7 April 2025

Cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy at The Alfred are now experiencing shorter treatment times, thanks to the arrival of state-of-the-art imaging technology.

cancer

patients

radiation therapy