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In this episode Paul Pennington talks to Alice Baron from Myeloma UK, Fiona Loud, from Kidney Care UK and Luke Griggs, CEO of the brain injury charity, Headway 

Under the spotlight in this edition - Sonya Chowdhury , CEO of Action for M.E. joins Paul Pennington to look at Myalgic Encephalomyelitis . Sue Farrington from the charity SRUK UK talks us through Raynaud’s Phenomenon and Nic Wray from Tinnitus UK highlights the charity's new push to try and reduce the incidence of this common incurable condition. 

In this edition,  we focus on Gut Health and Paul Pennington talks to Julie Thompson from the charity Guts UK and Probiotics scientist Dr Linda Thomas.  In our second feature  we speak to Professor Stuart Ralston from the Paget's Association about Paget's Disease of the Bone.   

In this our 40th edition, Paul Pennington talks to Social Entrepeneur, David Jamilly about the importance of kindness for the good of our health and society as a whole.  Rachel Avery from the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation highlights the charity's latest awareness initiative, 'On the Right Path'.  Grace Ogden from Parkinson's UK joins Paul to discuss the background to the 'Can't Wait' campaign and our final interview is with Alan Rudkin from the UK's largest music therapy charity, Nordoff Robbins. 

In this edition,  Paul Pennington talks to Jonathan Pauling,  CEO of the Alexandra Rose Charity about their mission to give families on low incomes access to fresh fruit & vegetables in their local communities and their  new pilot scheme to make fruit and veg available on prescription.  You can find a link through to the Alexandra Rose Charity on the podcast page of our www.wordonhealth.com website where you can also access our recent radio reports and find out details on our new fund raising campaign, which we hope you can support.   

In this edition,  Paul Pennington talks to Breast Cancer Now's Clinical Nurse Specialist Katy Goford as very recent research shows 2 out of 5 women don't regularly check their breasts for the signs of breast cancer and 39% of women don't attend breast cancer screening. Gez Medinger and Professor Danny Altman discuss their new 'Long Covid Handbook' and Gwenda Burns from the charity, Fertility Network UK joins Paul to talk about the impact of infertility on the 1 in 6 couples affected.          

In this edition, Paul Pennington  speaks to the RNIB's Louise Gow about why vision matters.  Steve Jones from the charity, Action for Pulmonary Fibrosis  joins Paul to talk about this group of incurable interstitial lung diseases and, we hear from Nusrat Kausar, Ruth Harvey, Dalhia Campbell, Lucy Marland, Jennifer Van Zant and Victoria Dagnan, registered dietitians from across the UK,  about disease related malnutrition.  

In this edition, Paul Pennington talks to Andrew Proctor, CEO of the National Eczema Society, Sue Schilling, CEO of Alopecia UK and there's an extended feature on alzheimer's disease with Tim Beanland, Head of Knowledge at the Alzheimer's Society  and Professor Claudia Cooper from Queen Mary University London, who talks about an exciting new research project that she is leading for people caring for and supporting alzheimer's patients.       

In this edition, Paul Pennington talks to Abi Howse from Blood Cancer UK about this Autumns' combined charity push to boost awareness of blood cancer in all its guises. Paul speaks with Robin Hewing from The Campaign to End Loneliness and in the final interview, we have an extension of our radio report with Simon Kitchen, CEO of Bipolar UK.   

In this edition, Paul Pennington talks to the Samaritans about the 'Talk to us' campaign. TV's Dr Chris Steele highlights Coeliac Disease and Sarcoma UK join Paul to discuss this thankfully rare group of cancers that very few of us know anything about. Further information on all the topics we cover together with links through to organisations that can provide help and support can be found on the wordonhealth.com website    

In this the 33rd edition of our podcast, Paul Pennington talks to Muscular Dystrophy UK about the 'increased numbers 'of people living with muscle wasting conditions. Carers UK discuss the work of unpaid carers and Paula Briggs, chair elect of the British Menopause Society talks to Paul about the menopause.     

In this edition, Paul Pennington looks at alarming new public research on bowel cancer symptoms, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapists highlight the dangers of DVT to those of us travelling by long car, train and coach journey. We also feature reports on anaphylaxis, the rising tide of dementia cases and new guidelines on cancer and malnutrition.    

In this edition Paul Pennington talks to Julia Priestley from the British Thyroid Foundation, Dr Andy Whittamore from Asthma + Lung UK and Rozie Corbett from Endometriosis UK. 

In this the 30th edition of our podcast, Paul Pennington talks to Dr Stephen Cox from Cardiac Risk in the Young,  Claire Wright from the Meningitis Research Foundation and Julie Thompson from Guts UK.   

In this edition,  Paul Pennington talks to Michelle Vickers from the Head  & Neck Cancers Foundation, Dave Smithson from Anxiety UK, Cathy Yelf from the Macular Society and Sian Porter of the British Dietetic  Association. 

In this edition,  Paul Pennington talks to Consultant Dietician Anne Holdoway  about how to navigate the Christmas calories fest!  Alison Bowser author of 'The complete guide to acne and rosecea' talks about rosecea,  Meg Burgess from Prostate Cancer UK  joins Paul to talk about the disease.  NHSBT highlight the importance of giving blood this Christmas and  in the final interview of this edition, Paul speaks with Jenny Ward from the Lullaby Trust about SiDS (Sudden infant death syndrome).       

In this edition, just ahead of the start of ‘Movember’, Paul Pennington talks to Dr Gill Jenkins about the importance to men of regular health checks.  The National Institute of Medicinal Herbalists join Paul to discuss the right approach to using herbal medicine.  Consultant Dietitian, Anne Holdoway and the Patients Association, talk disease related  malnutrition and new patient resources available to help detect and support people at risk.  Dr Carrie Rushton from the HSIS, looks at the importance of Vitamin D and Target Ovarian Cancer highlight a form of cancer that sadly takes the lives of 11 women every day in the UK.        

In this episode, Paul Pennington talks to Dr Tim Cantopher about clinical depression.  Claire Jacklin, CEO of the National Rheumatoid Arthritis Association highlights the misconceptions surrounding the condition.  Lucas Sojka from Hair Solved discusses female hair loss and Dr Trisha Macnair from the Primary Care Society for Gastroenterology, looks at why we all need to be more mindful about our liver health.

In this episode Paul Pennington talks to the Chair of the Circulation Foundation about how we can reduce our risk of vascular disease. The CEO of the PAGB discusses our changing attitude to community pharmacists. Paul looks at how a simple piece of jewelry could help save your life.  He talks to Endometrosis UK about why it can up to 11 years for a woman to recieve a diagnosis and in the final interview of this episode Paul talks to the National Academy for Social Prescribing.       

In this edition, Paul Pennington talks to Dr Jon Goldin from the Royal College of Psychiatrists Child and Adolescent faculty about self-harm and Paul  looks at research into rare and complex brain conditions in children.