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Dr Alexander Lyon is a consultant cardiologist and clinical lead for the cardio-oncology service, based at Royal Brompton Hospital. https://www.rbht.nhs.uk/specialists/dr-alexander-lyon Some cancer treatments can affect the heart during treatment or even years later. In this episode of The Dokkcast, Dr Nara Daubeney…
In this episode of the Dokkcast, host Nara sits down with Professor Piers Daubeney, a world-renowned Consultant Paediatric and Fetal Cardiologist at the Royal Brompton Hospital and Imperial College London. Together, they untangle the complexities of Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS)—a frequently…
What actually happens when we speak, sing, or lose our voice entirely? In this episode of the Dokkcast, host Nara is joined by Mr. Declan Costello—one of the UK’s leading ENT surgeons, laryngologists, and a classical singer himself. Declan demystifies the complex anatomy of the vocal folds, explaining how a simple…
In this episode of The Dokkcast, host Nara is joined by Stacey Zimmels, a highly specialized pediatric speech and language therapist and lactation consultant. Together, they dive deep into the often confusing, advice-heavy world of infant feeding. From untangling the coordination of "suck, swallow, breathe" to busting…
Jenny Halpern-Prince built a PR agency from her kitchen table into a WPP-backed business — then co-founded Lady Garden, the charity breaking the silence around gynaecological cancers. In episode 9 of Dokkcast, Jenny joins us to talk about her career, her own health journey, and why 60 women being diagnosed and 21…
Losing weight can be tricky. We explore the risk of significant muscle loss during dieting and regaining fat, potentially leading to sarcopenic obesity (a condition characterized by the concurrent presence of excess body fat (obesity) and a low mass, quality, and function of skeletal muscle (sarcopenia). It creates a…
Perimenopause Nutrition: Why Weight Changes in Your 40s (Protein, Fiber, and Metabolism) 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 00:25 Marcella’s Career Journey 02:30 Focus on Women in Their 40s 03:33 Menopause and Perimenopause Explained 05:54 Hormone Fluctuations and Symptoms 08:38 Weight Gain Complaints and Causes 10:56…
Most women expect menopause to mean hot flushes and the end of their periods. The reality is far more complex — and far more consequential — than that. In this episode, Professor Nara Daubeney is joined by Dr Laura Wood, specialist GP at Muse Medical and menopause expert, for a comprehensive and myth-busting…
Dr Sophie Ladbrooke joins Dokkcast to break down everything you need to know about health screening — from the free tests you might be skipping to the private add-ons that can genuinely change outcomes. Bowel cancer. Breast density. Prostate MRI. Ovarian cancer. The future of blood-based cancer detection. It's all…
Brad went from nearly dying of sepsis as a collegiate football player to building one of the most comprehensive preventative health companies around. In this episode of the Dokk Cast, Nara sits down with Brad to trace his remarkable journey — from athlete to med-tech leader to founder of Elevation Health — and unpack…
