Professor Sir Michael Marmot is Professor of Epidemiology at University College London, Director of the UCL Institute of Health Equity, and Past President of the World Medical Association. He is the author of The Health Gap: the challenge of an unequal world (Bloomsbury: 2015) and Status Syndrome: how your place on the social gradient directly affects your health (Bloomsbury: 2004) . Professor Marmot holds the Harvard Lown Professorship for 2014-2017 and is the recipient of the Prince Mahidol Aw...
Oct 15, 2019•54 min
This episode is to supplement my interview with Dr David Unwin and is just with me reviewing and discussing some areas in more detail that David and I ran out of time to cover, including: Pathophysiology of DMT2 and different dietary considerations Environmental and farming practices Ending the Diet Wars Some further reading for those that want it: Environmental considerations: https://www.lifestylemedicine.org.au/content/is-the-path-to-health-the-same-path-to-environmental-sustainability/ Nutri...
Oct 07, 2019•53 min
Dr David Unwin is a GP based in the UK. He is a Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP) clinical expert in diabetes, RCGP National Champion for Collaborative Care and Support Planning in Obesity & Diabetes, Ambassador for the All Party Parliamentary Group on Diabetes, Founder member of The Public Health Collaboration Senior Collaborator NNEdPro at Cambridge (Need for Nutrition Education / Innovation Programme) and NHS Innovator of the year 2016. He has published multiple times on his l...
Oct 07, 2019•1 hr 23 min
Professor Gregory Phillips is the CEO of Abstarr consulting and Professor of First People’s Health in the School of Medicine at Griffith University. Gregory is from the Waanyi and Jaru Aboriginal Australian peoples and comes from Cloncurry and Mount Isa. He is a leading change maker, thought leader and medical anthropologist. He developed an accredited Indigenous health curriculum for all medical schools in Australia and New Zealand, founded the Leaders in Indigenous Medical Education (LIME) Net...
Aug 31, 2019•58 min
Dr Joseph Firth completed his PhD at The University of Manchester in the United Kingdom. His initial research projects investigated the physiological and psychological effects of physical activity in young people with mental illness. Since then, his research has expanded to cover multiple aspects of health behaviours (including physical activity, sedentary behaviour, sleep, technology and diet) and the interaction this has with mental illness and brain health - particularly in young people. Dr F...
Aug 22, 2019•42 min
Dr Ron Granot is a specialist neurologist working in Bondi Junction, Sydney. He is involved in various research projects and has appeared on multiple radio and TV platforms. He writes a blog on his website https://eastneurology.com.au/ . Today we discuss migraines, including: Prevalence Pathophysiology and risk factors Types of migraines Diagnostic features Role of investigations Management = Acute, lifestyle, prophylaxis including new medications like Erenumab Botox Future treatments on the hor...
Aug 15, 2019•59 min
Dr John Sykes is a GP in Sydney, trained in the UK, a certified nutritionist with Mac-Nutrition Universal and a Trustee and Director of the British Society of Lifestyle Medicine. Today we discuss physical activity vs sedentary behaviour. Moving Medicine – a useful resource for clinicians that gives advice on how to discuss exercise for several different medical conditions: https://movingmedicine.ac.uk Parkrun – Information about the volunteer-led association of Parkrun and how to get involved: h...
Aug 10, 2019•52 min
Professor Craig Pennell is Chair in Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Professor in Maternal-Fetal Medicine at the University of Newcastle (John Hunter Hospital). He is also a senior researcher at Hunter Medical Research Institute HMRI in the Mothers and Babies Research Centre within the Priority Research Centre in Reproductive Health and Chair of the National Scientific Advisory Group of Red Nose. His research can best be categorised into personalised medicine in perinatal health and the developmen...
Aug 01, 2019•43 min
Dr Melita Cullen is a GP who has a special interest in paediatrics and the NDIS. She also has 2 children utilising the NDIS so has both professional and personal knowledge and insight into this process. Today we discuss the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) including: What is the NDIS and who is eligible? What are the funding packages and what can participants use them on and not use them on? How much can they receive? Who is controlling what the person is allocated and how/where it is...
Jul 26, 2019•43 min
Professor Hay is an academic psychiatrist who is recognised internationally for her expertise in reducing the personal and public health burden of eating disorders and obesity. She has over 200 peer-reviewed publications, written and co-edited several books, and has won several awards, notably the 2015 Australian and New Zealand Academy Lifetime Achievement award. In 2013 she was elected Fellow of the International Academy for Eating Disorders. She is the founding Editor-in-Chief of the first on...
Jul 19, 2019•28 min
Dr John Stevens is a health sociologist and Associate Professor in the School of Health and Human Sciences at Southern Cross University (SCU). He is also a Registered Nurse and the director of a number of companies engaged in health education and research, working closely with Primary Health Networks. In the past, John has been Head of the School of Nursing and Health Practices, the Director of Post Graduate studies (which included the first ever Master’s Award in Lifestyle Medicine) and Directo...
Jul 13, 2019•31 min
Kim Poyner is a practice nurse, health coach and previously an ICU nurse. She is the Founder of MediCoach and the winner of the 2015 APNA Best Practice Award in Nursing for Chronic Disease Management. Simon Matthews is a psychologist and fitness coach with a special interest in behaviour change and lifestyle interventions. He is also CEO of WellCoaches Australia. This episode is by demand as many people contacted us after my first episode with Kim asking for advice on how to put health coaching ...
Jul 06, 2019•43 min
Liz Turnbull is a solicitor for the Illawarra Legal Centre and on the Social Security Rights Network. Today we discuss the disability support pension and what health professionals can do to support their patients. What is the DSP and how much is it? Carers allowance vs carers payment What are the requirements of the DSP? For health problems - how does one qualify for the DSP? What constitutes as enough evidence for the points system? What should be in letters from GPs and health professionals? C...
Jun 28, 2019•28 min
Dr Tim Sharp (aka Dr Happy) has three degrees in psychology, including a PhD. He is an Adjunct Professor in Positive Psychology within the School of Management, Faculty of Business at the University of Technology Sydney as well as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Health Sciences, RMIT. He is the founder & CHO (Chief Happiness Officer) of The Happiness Institute, Australia’s first organisation devoted solely to enhancing happiness in individuals, families and organisations. He is also a ...
Jun 13, 2019•1 hr 4 min
Professor Michael Kidd is an Honorary Professor of Global Primary Care with the Southgate Institute for Health, Society and Equity at Flinders University. He is now Professor and Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto in Canada, and Director of the new World Health Organization Collaborating Centre in Family Medicine and Primary Care. He has over 30 years experience as a General Practitioner working in inner city, rural and remote practices with spe...
May 23, 2019•44 min
Dr Marita Long is a GP and GP clinical educator for Dementia Training Australia. Before being a GP she was a paediatric and maternal health nurse for 20 years - what an excellent mix! Today we discuss diagnosing dementia. This episode is a taster to some of the workshops Dr Long and Dr Hilton Koppe run, in particular with two PHN workshops on June 8th (Brisbane North) and June 11th (Gold Coast) coming up soon. Brisbane - https://www.brisbanenorthphn.org.au/page/news-and-events/events/upcoming/re...
May 10, 2019•35 min
Professor David Hunter is a rheumatology clinician-researcher whose main research focus has been clinical and translational research in osteoarthritis (OA). He is the Florance and Cope Chair of Rheumatology and Professor of Medicine at the University of Sydney and the Royal North Shore Hospital and Consultant Rheumatologist at North Sydney Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Centre. He is ranked as the world’s leading expert in osteoarthritis on Expertscape.com since 2014. He is on the editorial boa...
Apr 28, 2019•58 min
Terry Swanson is a Nurse Practitioner specialist in Wound Management, Service Provider for South West Healthcare Wound Management Services and Vice Chair of the International Wound Infection Institute. In short - a guru of wound management! Today we discuss the new Therapeutic Guidelines "Ulcer and Wound Management". https://www.tg.org.au/ 1. General principles when approaching a wound 2. History to consider in healing 3. Examination of a wound and investigations 4. Aims of ulcer and wound manag...
Apr 22, 2019•1 hr 9 min
Dr Peter Tenni is widely recognised as one of Australia's leading clinical pharmacy practitioners and trainers with over 40 years’ experience. He is a clinical senior lecturer at the University of Tasmania, a Director of Medscope and Director of Consultant Pharmacy Services. He is the lead author of the deprescribing guides from the PHN Primary Health Tasmania which we are going to discuss today and will be updated on the website after May 9th. These cover a range of principles and specific medi...
Apr 14, 2019•54 min
Dr Stephen Duckett is an economist and Health Program Director at the Grattan Institute. He has held top operational and policy leadership positions in health care in Australia and Canada, including as Secretary of what is now the Commonwealth Department of Health. He has a reputation for creativity, evidence-based innovation and reform in areas ranging from the introduction of activity-based funding for hospitals to new systems of accountability for the safety of hospital care. He is a Fellow o...
Mar 28, 2019•43 min
Professor Bruce Arroll is a Professor of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland New Zealand and a practising GP at Greenstone Family Clinic in Manurewa in South Auckland. He does regular general practice at that clinic and also does special consultations using Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) for people who are feeling stuck in their lives by stress, pain or low energy. Today we discuss ACT: What is ACT? Principles/philosophy What are its origins? ...
Mar 12, 2019•41 min
Professor Boyd Swinburn is Professor of Population Nutrition and Global Health in the School of Population Health, University of Auckland. He trained as an endocrinologist but is now a public health physician and conducts research on community and policy actions to prevent childhood and adolescent obesity, and reduce, what he has coined, the ‘obesogenic’ food environment. He is Co-Chair of World Obesity's Policy & Prevention section and Co-Chair of the Lancet Commission on Obesity. He establ...
Mar 05, 2019•48 min
Dr Dean Ornish is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, Founder and President of the non-for-profit Preventative Medical Research Institute, Founder of the only USA-medicare lifestyle-based program; the "Reversing Heart Disease" program, he has published extensively over 35 years in major journals such as The Lancet, JAMA and NEJM, he is listed by Forbes Magazine as one of the most powerful teachers in the World, and is author of 7 books including his latest book "UnD...
Feb 26, 2019•35 min
Dr Ron Granot is a specialist neurologist working in Bondi Junction, Sydney. He is involved in various research projects and has appeared on multiple radio and TV platforms. He writes a blog on his website https://eastneurology.com.au/ Today we discuss Parkinson's Disease: 1. Pathophysiology 2. Life expectancy 3. Diagnosis, signs and symptoms and investigations 4. Lifestyle treatments 5. Medication options 6. Deep brain stimulation Dr Granot has no conflicts of interest. Enjoy friends!...
Feb 21, 2019•59 min
Dr April Armstrong is a UWA graduate of Medicine and works in General Practice in Western Australia. She is passionate about the business of medicine and is the founder of the Business for Doctors concept and social media group. April was awarded the WA Telstra Business Woman of the Year 2015 in the start-up category and her rural practice, Collins Street Surgery nominated for the WA Telstra Business Awards 2015. As an owner of two medical practices and numerous investments she brings 25 years o...
Feb 15, 2019•40 min
Dr Darren Morton's keen interest in optimising human functioning led him to complete a Masters and PhD degree in Human Physiology. To date, he is the author of three books and over 50 publications in scientific and medical journals. He is a lead researcher in the Lifestyle Research Centre at Avondale, where he supervises several PhD students and is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine. His latest creation is The Lift Project which incorporates evidence-based strat...
Feb 06, 2019•1 hr 8 min
Dr Marlene Pearce is a GP, medical writer, podcaster, GP Liaison Officer, Medical Administrator completing her Masters of Health Administration and all round entrepreneurial awesome-type. Today we cover options, tips and advice for those thinking of expanding their medical and health careers outside of their clinical roles. This can be rewarding for you, your patients and the health system at large for many reasons. We briefly discuss: - Medical writing/media - Medical administration/governance ...
Jan 27, 2019•40 min
Dr Ania Hargrove is a consultant paediatrician with a special interest in children's allergies. Her practice includes managing eczema, food allergies, hay-fever and asthma. As always we could have spoken for 3 hours... easily! Today we discuss: - Physiological vs pathological gastroesophageal reflux - Cows milk protein allergy - Other food protein allergies - Brief review of colic, lactose intolerance, sleep - History taking and examination - Investigations - Management principles Further resour...
Jan 20, 2019•1 hr 4 min
This episode is a bit different... Today I am being interviewed by GP, blogger and podcaster Dr Edwin Kruys. Edwin has a great vision of building bridges between different health professions to the betterment of us all, and I commend this path. You can find his blog and podcast at: https://doctorsbag.net/ https://bridgebuilders.vision/podcast/ We discuss: What is Lifestyle Medicine? Is Lifestyle Medicine evidence based? Is it alternative medicine? How do we get it practiced more widely? What are...
Jan 17, 2019•29 min
“Back pain is a functional problem. How can surgery fix a functional problem? It's like asking a mechanic to fix a car that is being driven by a bad driver. One is structural, the other is functional.” – Dr David Johnson Dr David Johnson is a brain and spinal neurosurgeon now practicing at St Andrew’s War Memorial Hospital. He has had a pioneering role in the establishment of multidisciplinary spinal practices and holistic care for neurosurgical patients. He has launched three Functional Movemen...
Jan 01, 2019•1 hr 3 min
