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.