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SA lung transplant team’s successful, patient-centred COVID-19 response
CALHN’s SA Lung Transplant Unit delivers ongoing specialised care for SA’s more than 200 planned and post-lung transplant recipients, including throughout the pandemic.
Organ Smoking Ceremony part of healing for recently transplanted patients
In what’s hoped to be the first of many, an Organ Smoking Ceremony was held at the Royal Adelaide Hospital this week to pay respects to the donor and family of a recently transplanted patient. Providing families and patients with the option to have an Organ Smoking...
Specialised exercise therapy program helps patients move through cancer
A specialised exercise therapy program for cancer patients has received a World-Class Care Award during CALHN’s World Class Care Day. The Move Through Cancer program, based at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital, is a physiotherapy led outpatient initiative and provides...
SA breakthrough in the fight against drug resistance and leukaemia
South Australian scientists have made a significant breakthrough in the fight against drug resistance affecting patients with acute myeloid leukaemia (AML), a rare blood cancer that kills most sufferers within a few years. A revolutionary discovery The breakthrough...
Testosterone treatment prevents and reverses early type 2 diabetes
Testosterone treatment in addition to a diet and exercise program has shown significant benefits for men who are at high risk of type 2 diabetes (T2D) or with mild newly diagnosed T2D. The Testosterone for the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes (T4DM) Study is the first...
Fellowship boosts clinical and research expertise in male health
A clinical training program has been established in the Central Adelaide Local Health Network to boost male health expertise in South Australia. Dr Andrew Peel is undertaking the inaugural Bellberry Clinical Training Fellowship in Male Health, based in the...
Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards 2022 finalists
CALHN thanks all our finalists in this year’s South Australian Nursing and Midwifery Excellence Awards
Burns Awareness Month: Hot water bottle caution
RAH burns unit patient cautions against the use of hot water bottles after sustaining "painful burn".
Medical and radiation oncology combine to tackle prostate cancer
Recruitment for a world-first study is underway at the Royal Adelaide Hospital, which aims to provide life-changing treatment for men with persistent prostate cancer. The trial is testing the addition of radiation therapy to standard drug therapy as a means of...
Hereditary pancreatitis with Professor Toby Coates
Podcast: Research Pulse, Episode 02. In this episode of Research Pulse, we’re focusing on a recent research discovery relating to hereditary pancreatitis that could help to improve the healthcare provided for Aboriginal Australians. We speak with world-renowned...
CALHN working to improve the health outcomes of Aboriginal people and communities
Incorporating Aboriginal Health Practitioners as part of the patient’s treatment helps to ensure Aboriginal patients receive culturally safe and responsive care.
“Let’s make history”: World-first human trial the next step towards a cure for diabetes
A revolutionary new method is a small step towards a legitimate cure for type 1 diabetes and implants insulin-producing islet cells into an artificial dermis (skin) in the patient’s arm.
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