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Drug trial aims to clear COVID-19 virus faster
30 July 2020
Researchers from The Alfred and Monash University have set out to determine whether an antiviral medication used to treat influenza could help people with COVID-19 recover faster.
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Lifesaving trial moves to Tasmania
8 May 2020
Before COVID-19 struck, Natalia Rodriguez had been travelling from Launceston to The Alfred Oncology Unit every three weeks to take part in a clinical trial that could save her life.
cancer
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Cracking the code on COVID-19
29 April 2020
Dr James McMahon, Infectious Diseases physician and Head of Clinical Research at the Alfred Hospital and Monash University, has his sights set on cracking the immunity code of COVID-19.
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Lead researcher Dr Ben Sinclair oversees trial patient Leanore's session on the Reviver machine.
Motion machine could improve Parkinson’s symptoms
14 February 2020
The Alfred and Monash University are testing an innovative new machine that could improve the symptoms of people with Parkinson’s Disease using gravity and movement.
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Prof Paul Myles standing in the surgical recovery area.
Shaping health care: Eighth Australian joins influential academy
22 October 2019
Anaesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine director, Professor Paul Myles has become just the eighth Australian elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM) in the United States.
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Cutting antibiotic use in animals could protect humans
19 August 2019
Reducing antibiotic use in food-producing animals is critically important to address antibiotic resistance in humans, according to Professor Allen Cheng, Director of Infection Prevention, and Dr Freya Langham. 
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Our surgical team and patients from the ‘Advanced Surgical Amputee Program’ (ASAP)
Alfred leading the way in mind-controlled limbs
5 July 2019
More upper limb amputees in Australia are gaining their independence back thanks to The Alfred’s revolutionary thought-controlled prosthetic arm program.
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Elderly woman crossing road
Elderly at risk of hypothermia at home
17 June 2019
Elderly Australians are dying in hospital of hypothermia developed living in their own homes, a study by The Alfred's Dr Michelle Ananda-Rajah has found.
emergency & trauma
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Neurology leader honoured
12 June 2019
Changing the lives of patients with chronic and severe headaches, along with fostering the growth of the neurological profession across the world, forms just part of the reason behind Associate Professor Richard Stark’s appointment to the Member of The Order of Australia (AM).
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Professor Terry O'Brien
New trial provides hope for incurable disease
7 June 2019
The Alfred has launched a world-first clinical trial to investigate whether an existing medication can be used to treat people with Rett syndrome – a rare and catastrophic neurodevelopmental disease that currently has no cure.
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