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      Life in the Alfred ICU
    
    
      13 August 2025
    
    
      Most people who pass by The Alfred’s ICU building are unaware of what happens inside – but anyone who has entered its doors as a staff member, a patient or a loved one, will have a compelling story to tell.
    
    
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      World-first trial takes aim at deadly silicosis
    
    
      8 August 2025
    
    
      New hope is on the horizon for silicosis sufferers with Melbourne experts set to embark on a world-first trial designed to halt progression of the deadly lung disease.
    
    
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      Vic’s road to transplant
    
    
      5 August 2025
    
    
      As 54 year old Vic Wiggins waited for a lifesaving heart transplant, he never gave up hope he’d one day be able to join his son on a long bike ride.
    
    
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      “What worked in melanoma can work in brain cancer”
    
    
      4 August 2025
    
    
      At the recent 2025 Andrew Olle Lecture, our Director of Neurosurgery Professor Lindy Jeffree addressed the audience in her capacity as Chair of Brain Cancer Australia National Consortium.
    
    
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      Two leaders in the global fight against STIs
    
    
      31 July 2025
    
    
      As of this week, Alfred Health's Melbourne Sexual Health Centre (MSHC) is home to not one, but two incoming Presidents of large international organisations in the field of sexually transmitted infections.
    
    
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      Organ donation: the ultimate and most precious gift
    
    
      29 July 2025
    
    
      Rob Brewster was just 51 when he was fatally struck by a jet ski while swimming at his local beach in Port Melbourne.
    
    
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      100 percent of the class, pass!
    
    
      24 July 2025
    
    
      Congratulations to our Alfred Health basic physician trainees, all of whom have passed their Royal Australasian College of Physicians (RACP) clinical examinations.
    
    
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      New season of Extremely Human
    
    
      3 July 2025
    
    
      After a successful first season, new episodes of Discovery College's podcast Extremely Human are being released. 
    
    
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      Spike in winter burns as experts urge caution
    
    
      27 June 2025
    
    
      As the winter chill hits, The Alfred has seen a dramatic increase in the number of patients presenting with burns sustained in the home, compared to the same time last year.
    
    
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      Lifesaving breakthrough for leukemia patients
    
    
      17 June 2025
    
    
      Leukemia patients who undergo stem cell transplants may now be three times more likely to be cancer-free and avoid deadly complications post-procedure, thanks to a clinical trial led by clinicians at The Alfred.
    
    
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