The Relaxback UK Show

In the UK there is a drive to get people to return their bowel cancer tests when they get them.

Also from official UK government data it seems that a lot of us really aren't eating properly.

Jessamyn Stanley is a yoga teacher but not a typical one.

She is co-founder of the online yoga teaching site , The Underbelly and was invited to  speak at The Fortune Most Powerful Women Next Gen event.

I enjoyed talking with her and I think you will enjoy listening to her.

EMS training is a way to decrease the amount of time you need to spend in the gym.

Then The World Health Organisation puts anitbiotic resistance in the top ten of dangers facing mankind.

Why do we go for cancer screening when invited - or not? Do we go and get checked if we are worried about something? 

This show has insight from a behavioural scientist and a patient advocate.

Doran Binder is The Bearded Water Sommelier - he loves water and will let you know which he thinks tastes best and why. This is fascinating stuff.

Then Jo Goodhall and Jasmine Schembri have launched an app called Luna which is aimed at teenage girls.

There are many medical products and techniques that have little or no evidence that they work. Dr Stephen Barrett is a retired phychiatrist who has for many years called these out. 

There are many cough and cold remedies. Some are old family recipes and some are old wives' tales, some work and some don't. In addition some are expensive and a waste of money. Dr Zoe Williams gives some help on advice on the subject.

Then the pharmacy John Bell and Croyden is 225 years old this year. Learn about what has changed, what hasn't and how a modern day pharmacy can help you with their chief pharmacist, Reshma Malde.

James Greenwell ruptured his achilles tendon in an agonising training injury. The team doctor told him that was the end of his sporting career - it wasn't! Find out what he did to beat this awful injury.

Also if you find that you suffer from aches and pains as you age or it takes longer to recover from exercise this can provide some help.

Long Covid has many really awful symptoms.

My guest, Dr Buasek, talks about exercises to encourage diaphragmatic breathing and the trial currently underway to see if this helps long covid sufferers.

Breathing exercises have a track record of helping with a host of toher things and I am currently doing an experiment on myself to see if the programme helps with my high blood pressure and anxious breathing.

Using the immune system to help cure cancer is an idea that has been around for quite a while. However in the relatively recent past it has started to show some real progress.

Listen to cancer research scientists discuss their work in this fascinating episode of the Relaxback UK Show.