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New study detects early stage lung cancer

16 July 2019

The Royal Melbourne Hospital is leading an international trial to investigate whether a CT scan is the best method in detecting early lung cancer.

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Has the implementation of a hep B vaccination program decreased chronic hep B prevalence in Aboriginal Australians?

11 July 2019

Most news items about Aboriginal health paint a dark story about the high rates of disease – not this one.

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Staphylococcus aureus (golden staph) strain ATCC 29213 cultivated on BHI plate

Co-ordinated approach urgently required to slow progression of antibiotic resistance

09 July 2019

Infectious disease experts from around Australia are calling for urgent action to address antibiotic resistance before it has a dangerous impact on remote Aboriginal communities.

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RMH Professor Stephen Davis wins international award

03 July 2019

Director of the Melbourne Brain Centre Professor Stephen Davis has received the International Cooperation Award at the fifth Annual Scientific Session of Chinese Stroke Association & TISC 2019.

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RMH emergency staff take home top prize for specialist exam

25 June 2019

The Emergency Department is at the heart of The Royal Melbourne Hospital and is often the first place patients come when they arrive.

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Emerging cases of measles in people who have been vaccinated

24 June 2019

Research into measles cases in Victoria has shown a number of people who were hospitalised with the disease had been vaccinated at least once in the past, but their immunity had waned over time.

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Bone Marrow Transplant Unit celebrates its 1000th long term follow-up review

19 June 2019

Jim Oommen had a cord blood transplant for leukaemia eight years ago at The Royal Melbourne Hospital, and just recently he became the 1000th patient reviewed by the Allogeneic Bone Marrow Transplant long term follow up clinic.

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Deane Reynolds, RMH Dry July Ambassador

Dry July 2019 ambassador, Deane Reynolds

13 June 2019

The Royal Melbourne Hospital challenges you to go alcohol-free while raising funds for cancer patients and their families.

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Drug slows Parkinson’s symptoms, new study shows

11 June 2019

The same drug that has slowed and reversed the progression of motor neurone disease has been found to yield similar benefits for Parkinson’s disease patients, according to the results of a new trial led by the Royal Melbourne Hospital.

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Research finds Type 1 diabetes can be delayed

10 June 2019

Findings from an international clinical trial involving Australian researchers show a drug that targets the immune system can delay type 1 diabetes (T1D) by two years in children and adults at high risk.

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