Mitchell Hooper recently celebrated his second birthday – a milestone he might not have lived to see were it not for prenatal genetic testing and precision medicine in the hours immediately after his birth....
The Victorian Heart Hospital and the Victorian Heart Institute have successfully led a first-in-human trial for a breakthrough gene-editing therapy that may lower cholesterol and triglycerides in people with difficult-to-treat lipid disorders. The Victorian Heart...
‘Baby comes when baby’s ready,’ goes the saying. To the surprise of new parents Lucy and Fred, their daughter Zelda arrived on Monash Medical Centre’s doorstep!Her appearance in the early hours of Father’s Day made Fred...
Would you recognise the warning signs of a heart attack?Today is World Heart Day, and the Victorian Heart Hospital welcomed the Health Minister and 10 News to raise awareness of the warning signs of a...
Melbourne man Steve Bruhn donated his kidney to a stranger so his wife of 43 years, Leanne, could receive a much-needed new kidney.Their journey is documented in a moving photographic exhibition at Monash Medical Centre....
Book Week at Monash Children’s Hospital was a celebration bursting with colour, creativity, and joy!...
The Victorian Minister for Ageing, Ingrid Stitt MP, this week visited the Boollam Boollam Aged Care Centre – Monash Health’s newest facility – for a ‘first look’, to meet with future residents and officially unveil...
Monash Health is helping inspire Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students to embark on STEM-related careers in healthcare.As reported by SBS News, over 20 students from an Aboriginal high school in Victoria spent 3 days...
A week shy of her first birthday, Hazel was admitted to Monash Children’s Hospital due to complications associated with the flu.She was treated for dehydration and potential pneumonia and tested for encephalitis, inflammation of the...
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