Healthy Living

Listen to Healthy Living with Dr Ross Walker and Adam Buncher, the full show podcast.

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

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

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

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. 

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

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

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.  

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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. 

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. 

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/

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 

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

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/ 

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

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

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. 

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

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.

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/

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.

Listen to the Full Show for Sunday, 17th May, 2026 Hosts: Dr Ross Walker and Juilan King Producer: Rob Kaldor Techical Producer: Darren Brampton

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

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. 

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.  

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

Ross Walker speaks with Dr Clay Golledge about the Hantavirus.

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

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.