Health Fact vs Fiction with Anna Richardson

Episode 4: This episode is all about the little grey cells. That’s right. Memory…! Consultant Neurologist at HCA Healthcare UK’s Wellington Hospital, Nick Losseff, joins Anna Richardson to test her cognitive functions and asks, are women really better at remembering things than men? And can doing the daily crossword really help brain training?

Episode 1: Say ‘balls’ to bravado, as Anna Richardson and her guest consultant Suks Minhas, one of the UK’s leading andrologists (a specialist bloke doctor), from HCA Healthcare UK’s Lister Fertility Clinic, bust myths and tackle the taboos about your tackle! Yep, we’re talking men’s health - and everything from fertility to lumps and cancer. Sharing their experiences of male cancers are former footballer and radio presenter, Jason Cundy, and TV’s Dominic Littlewood, who are both on the quest to get more men checking their bits. For more information on this episode, go to https://www.hcahealthcare.co.uk/podcast

Episode 2: What makes you ‘you’? How much of your future health is shaped by your ancestors and is there a way to predict or prevent it? Anna Richardson is joined Dr Anju Kulkarni from HCA UK’s London Bridge Hospital, to unzip the secrets of our genes and dive into the past, present andfuture of our health. They are joined by pop star and presenter Michelle Heaton who talksmovingly about how inheriting the BRCA gene - a gene that increases a woman’s risk of gettingbreast and ovarian cancer - has changed her life. For more information on this episode, go to https://www.hcahealthcare.co.uk/podcast

Episode 3: Time to get under your skin. Dr Sharon Wong, consultant dermatologist at HCA Healthcare UK’s London Bridge Hospital helps Anna Richardson understand how to keep the largest organ in our body, not only pampered but healthy too. Along the way, they’ll be busting myths including whether SP50 factor sun cream is enough to protect us from skin cancer; if women can be affected by common baldness - and can olive oil help your skin? Joining them will be TV star Denise Van Outen on her experiences with an ex - eczema, that is - and how the common condition can be treated and managed. For more information on this episode, go to https://www.hcahealthcare.co.uk/podcast

Coming Monday 12th November - It's just what the doctor ordered! Health Fact v Fiction is a frank and fascinating mix of myth-busting and chat about all things health. Join Anna Richardson as she brings together special celebrity guests and leading healthcare consultants. Their mission – to get to the heart of a different medical topic each episode, from the menopause and memory, to healthy guts, the BRCA gene and beyond.