Healthy Living

Dr Tanver Ahmed  talks wth author Rich Haridy about his book Trip Reports 

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Dr Tanveer Ahmed Professor Ben Freedman who leads the Heart Research Institute’s Heart Rhythm and Stroke Prevention Group about the best treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF).

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Cataract surgery is one of the most common medical procedures in Australia, with over 250,000 surgeries performed annually. Dr Tanveer Ahmed speaks with Professor Andrew Chang. 

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CPAP Direct founder Bryce Perron joined Healthy Living to explain how unconscious bias and flawed diagnostic tools cause sleep apnea in women to go underdiagnosed.

He revealed how hormonal changes during menopause increase risk and why symptoms like chronic fatigue and insomnia present differently in women than men.

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Shelly Horton discusses the vital importance of clinical trials to close the data gap existing between women and men's health.

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One of Australia's most beloved comedians and performers, Mary Coustas, joins Dr Ross Walker live in the studio to discuss her experience with menopause, her telehealth platform 'Unpause' and her book Marypause

Find out more - visit https://www.maryandeffie.com/ 

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Dr ROss Walker speaks Dr Tanveer Ahmed about Post-Partem Psychosis

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Adjunct Professor Niusha Shafiabady from Charles Darwin University about the use of AI in Intensive Car Units (ICU)

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Alex Stutlet from Audika about Australian men needing hearing tests.

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Rhys Cohen from the Pennington Institute about the increase in overdoses in ageing Australians 

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Dr Vincent Ho from Western Sydney University  about the latest research into Coeliacs disease. 

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Ross Walker speaks with Professor Declan Murphy, Director of Genitourinary Oncology at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre about the recent decision not to renew funding for {prsate Cancer Nurses.

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Ross Walker speaks with 82 year dragon boat rower,Neil Milgate about how he trains and competes in to 80s. 

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Ross speaks with Dr Tanveer Ahmed about Male Eating Disorders.

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Ross Walker speaks with Professor Declan Murphy, Director of Genitourinary Oncology at Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre about the latest developments in Prostate Cancer prevention. 

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We are joined by Bryce Perron from CPAP Direct discussing the impact of Sleep Apnea. To find out more about CPAP Direct go to https://cpap.com.au/

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We are joined by Bryce Perron from CPAP Direct discussing the impact of Sleep Apnea. To find out more about CPAP Direct go to https://cpap.com.au/

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Dr Grey Hoy speaks to Dr Ross Walker about "bio-invisible" pyrocarbon implants

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Trent Twomey, Pharmacy Guild of Australia’s National President, speaks to Dr Ross Walker about the role pharmacists can play in easing pressure on the medical system.

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Dr Ross Walker speaks to Robyn Llewellyn, author of 'Flow Well, Be Well'

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Ken Griffin, Chief Executive Officer of AUSactive discusses the benefits of the Million Moves campaign

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Dr. Ben Herbert updates Dr. Ross Walker with the latest medical developments that give spinal injury patients a new option in the future.

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Dr. Ross Walker speaks with resident epidemiologist Clay Golledge about the latest tuberculosis news

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Clinical trial investigator Associate Professor Vincent Ho joins Dr Ross Walkker  to discuss this groundbreaking research ahead of his talk at the Sydney and Melbourne Gluten Free Expos.

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Dr Ross Walker speask with Dr. Sandra Elmer from the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand about continuously putting off your bathroom breaks can overstretch your bladder muscles, leaving you at serious risk for painful UTIs, chronic retention, and even kidney damage.

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Dr. Sarah Stephens about the latest research into Alzheimer's disease and the potential for it to be reversed.

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Dr Ross Walker talks to Tanveer Ahmed about a potential genetic link to depression. 

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Dr Ross Walker talks to to Associate Professor  Bridget Barber from QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute about their latest Malaria reserach trial.

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Dr Warrick Bishop about Mitochondria and Cholesterol are available at https://drwarrickbishop.com/index

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Tanveer Ahmed speaks Dr Clay Golledge about Bird Flu and its potential impact on Australians. 

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Dr Tanveer Ahmed speaks with forensic psychologist Dr Kim Dilati who has spent years exploring whether hip-hop music - writing lyrics, creating beats and telling personal stories through rap can be used and an adjunct to traditional therapy. 

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Dr Tanveer Ahmed speaks with Dr Brendan Dyett from RMIT about the new study advances dry mRNA vaccine patches.

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Dr Tanveer Ahmed speaks with the Director of Infectious Diseases at Mater Health Services, Prof Paul Griffinabout the dangers of RSV to  elderly Australians. 

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Dr Tanveeer Ahmed speaks with Fish Oil Dr Joanna Harnett from Sydney Universoty Fish OIl about supplements and Brain Health

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Dr Tanveer Ahmed speask with Associate Professor Carmine Gentile, head of the Cardiovascular Regeneration Group at the Heart Research Institute and UTS, as he explores the future of treating severe heart failure. Using groundbreaking stem cell technology, his team is 3D-bioprinting personalized "mini-hearts" designed to repair damaged tissue offering a potential life-saving alternative to donor transplants and a novel way to test cancer treatments for adverse cardiac side effects.  

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Dr Tanveer AHmed speaks with Professor Nadia Badawi AM, the CP Alliance Chair of Cerebral Palsy Research, is leading groundbreaking work to accelerate the diagnosis of cerebral palsy, the most common childhood physical disability. By transforming the historically delayed diagnostic timeline, her research ensures that families no longer miss the critical early treatment windows that are essential for optimal infant brain development.

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Ross Walker speaks with Dr Tanveer Ahmed about the Brain structure of people with depression. 

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Ross speaks with Dr Sandra Vale about managing Food Allergies with children.

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Nutritionist Sarah Di Lorenzo about her lastest book, The Blood Sugar Repair Plan . The book gives you a program for type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, prediabetes and obesity. Easy steps to prevent, manage and even reverse high blood sugar and type 2 diabetes in 9 weeks. See -https://www.sarahdilorenzo.com/products/the-blood-sugar-repair-plan

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Dr Penny Figtree about the Defeat Diabetes App.

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Dr Ross Walker talks with  Research Fellow Dr Louisa Piccoresearch about impact of Victoria's prescription drug monitoring program, SafeScript, in reducing the use of high-risk medicines like opioids and benzodiazepines.

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Dr Clay Golledge about the Oropouche virus.

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Dr Jeffery Tho from Sleepwise Clinics about oral devices for the treatment of sleep apnea as an alternative to CPAP machines. 

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Dr. Ross Walker speaks with Ken Griffin, CEO of AUSactive, about how exercise is also an essential part of the prescription.

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Dr Tanveer Ahmed about  mother navigating the emotional rollercoaster of a difficult birth using skin-to-skin contact often called Kangaroo Mother Care.

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Dr. Ross Walker and stem cell expert Dr. Ben Herbert explore the groundbreaking shift in Type 1 diabetes treatment: moving from lifelong insulin injections to actually replacing the destroyed insulin-producing cells. 

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We are joined by Bryce Perron from CPAP Direct discussing the impact of Sleep Apnea. To find out more about CPAP Direct go to https://cpap.com.au/

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A groundbreaking study published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics brings new hope to the fight against pediatric cancer. Led by the Children’s Cancer Institute, in collaboration with UNSW Sydney, Monash University, and Queensland Children’s Hospital, researchers have discovered that a specific class of targeted cancer drugs could benefit a much broader group of children than previously recognised.

Dr Ross Walker speaks with Associate Professor Emmy Fleuren - Team Leader at Children's Cancer Institute 

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Dr Ross Walker talk to Dr Tanveer Ahmed about the latest ADHD research. 

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Professor John Wentworth, Endocrinologist and Senior Clinical Research Fellow at St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research. We discuss the TGA’s historic registration of Tzield, the very first non-insulin medicine designed to delay the onset of clinical Type 1 diabetes.

To find out more go to https://breakthrought1d.org.au/news/tzield-approved-in-australia/ 

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Dr. Ross Walker speaks with Bob Montgomery about his fundraiser for Motor Neurone Disease. To track his trip from Broome to Bowral, go to

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Dr Ross Walker interviews medical expert Dr. Marian Sturm to explore a promising breakthrough for fistulising Crohn’s disease, a notoriously debilitating and hard-to-treat complication of inflammatory bowel disease. 

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Dr. Ross Walker speaks with Healthylife’s Chief Health Officer Simone Austin about the growing "health confidence disconnect" and the stark gender and regional divides driven by Australia's rising cost of living.  Find out more at https://www.healthylife.com.au/health-report-2026

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Ross Walker speaks with lead researcher Madeline Gibson from Monash University  to explain how tracking these 24-hour vascular "swings" can detect subtle brain damage years before cognitive decline begins.

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Dr. Ross Walker speaks immunolgist Dr Clay Golledge to break down the critical facts, prevention strategies, and health insights surrounding the Ebola virus. 

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Listen to the full show of Healthy Living for Sunday, 24 May 2026

Hosts: Dr Ross Walker and Spiro Christopoulos

Producer: Rob Kaldor

Techical Producer: Darren Brampton

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Dr. Ross Walker talks to Dr. Negin Hesam-Shariati, lead researcher from NeuRA's Centre for Pain IMPACT and the UNSW School of Psychology, about a paradigm shift in how we understand and treat chronic pain following spinal cord injuries.

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Dr. Ross Walker talks to fertility specialist from IVF Australia, Dr. Michele Kwik, about a historic shift in women's health: the official renaming of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) to Polyendocrine Metabolic Ovarian Syndrome (PMOS). For more details go to https://www.ivf.com.au/

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Dr. Ross Walker talks to psychiatrist and commentator Dr. Tanveer Ahmed about a paradigm shift in psychiatric treatment: targeting anhedonia, the total inability to feel pleasure. While conventional mental health treatments focus heavily on reducing distress, sadness, and anxiety, a groundbreaking study from SMU and UCLA reveals that a new 15-session psychotherapy called Positive Affect Treatment (PAT) is significantly more effective at lifting both depression and anxiety.

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Listen to the Full Show for Sunday, 17th May, 2026

Hosts: Dr Ross Walker and Juilan King

Producer: Rob Kaldor

Techical Producer: Darren Brampton

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Associate Professor Dr Elie Matar, a Neurologist and Research Fellow at the University of Sydney’s Brain and Mind Centre, who is also the co-lead of a crucial study funded by the Shake It Up Australia Foundation about specific sleep behaviours such as "acting out dreams as one of the earliest warning signs of Parkinson’s disease, shifting the focus away from traditional symptoms like tremors and mobility issues. 

If listeners are interested in learning more about the research, they are welcome to contact the Healthy Brain Ageing Clinic at: bmri.hba@sydney.edu.au

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Dr Ross Walker  speaks with Professor Henry Brodaty AOpioneer in dementia research, Co-Director of the Centre for Healthy Brain Ageing (CHeBA) at UNSW, and Senior Australian of the Year about Federal Government’s recent $200 million budget boost for dementia care and research. 

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Dr. Ross Walker sits down with Dr. Ben Herbert to unpack a groundbreaking Nature Communications study from Texas A&M University that challenges long-held beliefs about mammalian tissue regeneration.  

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Listen to the full show of Healthy Living for 10 May 2026.

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Ross Walker speaks with Dr Clay Golledge about the Hantavirus.

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Dr. Ross Walker speaks with psychiatrist Tanveer Ahmed about Bipolar II and the risk of early death.

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Dr Ross Walker is joined in the studio by Dr Stephen Fention - author of The 5 CH Lifestyle: Lower Your Cholesterol Without Medication, Reduce Your Risk of Heart Attack and Achieve Long-Term Wellness. 

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With Australian drowning deaths reaching a staggering high not seen since 1996, and four out of five cardiac arrests happening right in the family home, being prepared for a medical emergency is absolutely critical. Ross Walker speaks with national treasure and swimming icon Laurie Lawrence joins us to discuss the 2026 relaunch of The Heart Beat Club—a life-saving online initiative created by Kids Alive Do the Five and Royal Life Saving WA. Tune in to learn how this fantastic program is empowering parents and caregivers to become everyday heroes, equipping you with the vital skills and confidence to step up, act fast, and save lives when every second counts for the people you love most.

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Dr Ross Walker interviews Prof. Lucy Morgan, Clinical Professor at the University of Sydney and Chair of Lung Foundation Australia about 2025’s record surge of over 177,000 RSV cases and the severe risks it poses to older adults, including pneumonia and loss of independence. Ahead of the winter respiratory season, Prof. Morgan highlights the May 15 rollout of Australia’s first free RSV vaccine for seniors via the National Immunisation Program. The conversation clarifies how to distinguish RSV from a standard cold, explores the heightened vulnerabilities for those with chronic conditions, and urges the two million eligible Australians to secure this critical protection.

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Dr Ross Walker talks to by medical oncologist Dr. Nick Zdenkowski about the Rosalie trial that aims to determine whether radiation therapy can be safely skipped for breast cancer patients who have no invasive cancer remaining by the time of their surgery. 

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Dr Ross Walker talks to psychiatrist Tanveer Ahmed about gender-specific patterns of alcohol use.

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Dr. Ross Walker is joined by Sleep Health Foundation CEO and health psychologist Dr. Moira Junge to explore the widespread impact and critical risks of sleep apnea.

See more about Sleep Apnea Awareness Dayhttps://nationaltoday.com/sleep-apnea-awareness-day/

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Dr. Ross Walker is joined by pediatric oncologist Dr. Noemi Fuentes-Bolanos to explore the crucial topic of better early identification of childhood cancer.

More information at zerochildhoodcancer.org.au

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Kate Broun, the Manager of Screening, Early Detection and Immunisation at Cancer Council Victoria joins Ross to discuss the need for regular bowel cancer tests.

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