Check Up
Medical discussion programme in which listeners phone-in and ask a weekly guest about their particular area of knowledge
Check Up - Alzheimer’s Disease
Barbara Myers will be putting listeners' questions about Alzheimer's disease to Professor Clive Ballard, Director of Research at the Alzheimer’s Society.
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Check Up - Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Barbara Myers puts questions about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder to expert Professor Peter Hill, a child and adolescent psychiatrist at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children
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Check Up - Back Pain
Barbara Myers presents the health phone-in. She puts listeners' questions about back pain to GP Dr Stephen Longworth.
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Check Up - Childhood Obesity
In a special edition of Check Up, Barbara Myers visits the Fulham branch of MEND, a national family-based programme designed to combat childhood obesity.
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Check Up - Cholesterol
Barbara Myers puts listeners' questions about cholesterol and how to lower its level to expert Dr Jonathan Morrell
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Check Up - Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder (COPD)
Barbara Myers presents the health phone-in. She looks at chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), a term describing a number of lung conditions which give people breathing problems.
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Check Up - Cosmetic Dentistry
Barbara Myers and her guest, dentist Martin Fallowfield, offer advice on the latest cosmetic dentistry treatments and the truth behind the headlines about that perfect Hollywood smile.
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Check Up - Diabetes
If you think you might have Type 2 diabetes, or want to know how to treat or prevent it, Barbara Myers is joined in the Check Up studio by Dr Nick Oliver from St Mary’s Hospital to answer questions.
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Check Up - Dizziness
Barbara Myers and her guest Dr Rosalyn Davies from University College Hospital in London, answer listeners' questions about dizziness and balance disorders.
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Check Up - Fainting
Barbara Myers and her guest Professor Richard Sutton from St Mary's Hospital in Paddington answer callers' questions about fainting.
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Check Up - Feet
Barbara Myers puts listeners' questions about feet to consultant podiatric surgeon Barry Francis, who practices within the NHS as a Consultant Podiatric Surgeon at Herts and Essex Hospital.
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Check Up - Feet
Barbara Myers puts listeners' questions about feet to Emma Supple, Podiatric Surgeon at the Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield.
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Check Up - Food Allergies
Barbara Myers is joined by consultant allergist Dr Pamela Ewan from Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge to answer listeners' questions on food allergies and intolerances.
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Check Up - Hair Problems
Barbara Myers puts listeners' calls about hair problems, from too much to too little, to GP Dr Ann Robinson.
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Check Up - Hand Problems
De Rupert Eckersley joins Barbara Myers in the studio to answer listeners' questions about problems with the hands.
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Check Up - Headache and Migraine
Barbara Myers and her guest Dr Andrew Dowson look at headaches and migraines, from regular migraines to chronic daily headaches that can be induced by taking too many painkillers.
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Check Up - Heart Attacks
Barbara Myers and guest Professor Keith Channon from the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford answer questions on how heart attack victims can change their lifestyles to lessen risks of another.
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Check Up - Hip Replacements
Barbara Myers is joined by consultant orthopaedic surgeon Peter Kay, of the Wrightington Hospital in Wigan, to answer listeners' calls about hip replacements.
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Check Up - Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Barbara Myers puts your questions about Irritable Bowel Syndrome to Gastroenterologist Dr Anton Emmanuel at University College Hospital in London.
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Check Up - Lymphoedema
Barbara Myers and guest Peter Mortimer, Professor of Dermatological Medicine to the University of London at St George’s and the Royal Marsden Hospitals, London answer questions on lymphoedema.
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Check Up - Osteoporosis
Barbara Myers puts listeners' calls about osteoporosis, it's causes and treatments to Dr Nicola Peel, Consultant in Metabolic Bone Medicine at the University of Sheffield.
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Check Up - Palliative Care
Dr Polly Edmonds, consultant in palliative care medicine at King's College Hospital in London joins Barbara Myers to answer listeners' questions about palliative care.
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Check Up - Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
Barbara Myers and her guest Professor Adam Balen from Leeds General Infirmary offer advice about Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
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Check Up - Posture
Barbara Myers puts callers' questions about the best way to improve posture to avoid back pains to Dr Peter Skew.
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Check Up - Prostate Cancer
Barbara Myers puts listeners' questions about prostate cancer to Dr Chris Parker at the Institute of Cancer Research and Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
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Check Up - Shoulder Problems
Barbara Myers puts listeners' questions about shoulder problems to Professor Angus Wallace from Nottingham University.
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Check Up - Sleep
Barbara Myers puts listeners' questions about sleep problems to Professor Kevin Morgan, who runs the Clinical Sleep Research Unit at Loughborough University.
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Check Up - Strokes
Barbara Myers presents the health phone-in. She looks at strokes and how to recover from them with guest Lalit Kalra, Professor of Stroke Medicine at King's College Hospital, London.
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Check Up - Sun Damage
Barbara Myers puts listeners' questions about the sun's effects on the skin to Professor Rino Cerio, Consultant Dermatologist at St Barts and London NHS Trust.
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Check Up - Voice Problems
Barbara Myers and Dr Ruth Epstein, a specialist in voice disorders at London’s Royal National Throat, Nose & Ear Hospital, answer listeners' questions about voice disorders.
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Check Up - Weight and Diet
Barbara Myers presents the health phone-in and puts listeners' questions about weight and diet to GP Dr Ann Robinson.
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