Professor Leonie Heilbronn joins FIVEaa radio to discuss the impact of diet on risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

Diet and heart disease

British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made headlines revealing he starts each week with a 36 hour fast. 
SAHMRI's Professor Leonie Heilbronn joined ABC Afternoons to explain the science behind fasting and answer how long is too long.

How much fasting is too much?

Endocrinologist, Professor Gary Wittert joined FIVEaa alongside Sarah Game MLC.for a discussion about men's health and overcoming barriers for men in accessing health services. The Freemasons Centre for Male Health and Wellbeing (FCMHW), based at SAHMRI, is now developing a new app that aims to streamline the process of men visiting the doctor and getting the appropriate help. The project has been kickstarted by $100,000 in funding from the State Government.

New app to help men at the doctor's office

Professor David Lynn joins ABC Afternoons host, Nikolai Beilharz, on International Long COVID Awareness Day, alongside Long COVID sufferer, Amelia Hurren, to discuss the progress in Long COVID research, the unknowns and calls to stop referring to the condition as Long COVID

International Long COVID Awareness Day

Ozempic, a brand name for the drug semaglutide, has taken the world by storm as a weight loss medication prescribed for diabetes and used to combat obesity. Research is now showing it could also be a tool to reduce the risk of heart disease and heart attack, making it even more likely to continue growing in popularity. 

Cardiologist and SAHMRI Deputy Director, Associate Professor Peter Psaltis joined ABC Afternoons to discuss the benefits and drawbacks of using semaglutide and how the drug might factor into the future of health.

The future of Ozempic in heart health

Calls for Australia to introduce a sugar tax have been reinvigorated following the revelation that Coca-Cola has increased the sugar content in Sprite and Fanta. 

Director of SAHMRI’s Health Policy Centre, Professor Caroline Miller, gave her take on the situation on ABC radio.

Is it time for a sugar tax in Australia?

SAHMRI’s BRIGHT Walk is back, lighting up the city on July 6th to support a cause that touches us all: raising funds for medical research.

SAHMRI's Head of Media and Communications, Pete McDonald joined the FIVEaa Breakfast show to kick off launch day.

BRIGHT Walk Launch 2024

Dr Merryn Netting joined ABC Afternoons ahead of Food Allergy Awareness Week, to discuss the increasing prevalence of food allergies being carried from childhood into adulthood and even spontaneously developing later in life.

Rise in adult food allergies

MITRU Director, Chady Barkil, joins the MTP Connect podcast to share his knowledge of manufacturing nuclear medicines and the radiopharmaceuticals supply chain.  

This is an excerpt from the MTP Connect podcast episode 172 'From Mines to Medicines - Australia Poised for a Radiopharmaceuticals Revolution'

Manufacturing nuclear medicines

SAHMRI's Dr Karen Best joins ABC Afternoons for International Clinical Trials Day. This conversation explains the ins and outs of clinical trials, why they're so important and what happens when you get involved.

BRIGHT Walk Launch 2024

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