Healthy Living

Ross Walker talks to Dr Drew Neavin about her latest Bi-Polar research. 

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Asthma Australia CEO Kate Miranda talks about asthma deaths reaching their highest level in a decade,

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Professor John Boyages about Breast Cancer Awareness Week.

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Dr Ross Walker talks to Dr Tanveer Ahmed about circadian depression

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Dr Ross Walker and Professor Martin Ng talk about the latest advancements in cardiology. 

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Ross Walker speaks to Mell Gannon from Wesfarmers about Australia's improved cardiometabolic health

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Joanne Hau, optometrist from our sponsor Specsavers discusses presbyopia.

Specsavers Optometrists are experts who care for your eye health.If you’re due for your regular eye test, or have any concerns with your vision, book an appointment.

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Infectious diseases expert Clay Gollege weighs in on the death and lockdowns in Russia related to an illness resulting from a plague research lab. 

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Dr Ashani Couchman, Urologist and Vice President of the Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand, informs us about a very commonly and yet not very well recognised cause of pain in women.

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Ben Herbert shares a truly incredible medical breakthrough that could be one of the most potent weapons against cancer yet.

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Dr. Tanveer Ahmed speaks with Pilates practitioner Natalie Murray to explain how Pilates can be used not only for strengthening but also for specific conditions like Parkinson's disease.

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Dr Tanveer Ahmed speaks with Dr Tiê Yamato from The University of Sydney about the latest pain management research. 

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Adam Bunscher talks with founder of CPAP Direct founder Bryce Perron about best use of a CPAP systems. 

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Dr Tanveer Ahmed speaks with Dr Adrian Lim, President of the Australasian College of Dermatologists about the latets Skin Cancer research. 

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Dr Adrian Cohen about the latest research on CTE.

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Dr Ross Walker speaks with Dr Clay Golledge abouthe latest Malaria outbreak in Germany. 

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Dr Tanveer Ahmed speaks with Dr Stephan Barnett about MedLuma a new AI-driven clinical knowledge engine.

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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

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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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