Healthy Living

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: [email protected]

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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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