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Series 3: Episode 2
Ashley John-Baptiste goes to the moon and back to explore new treatments for pain, devised for astronauts. Dr Xand gets to the truth of why we get sick when we have time off. And is there anything that can help with long Covid symptoms?
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Series 3: Episode 7
With eight million people in the UK suffering from arthritis, many people are turning to supplements that might help with their pain. But how well do they work? Whooping cough i ...
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 6
Ashley John-Baptiste investigates the criminals selling fake or stolen disabled blue badges. Plus, problems with your feet? Dr Xand has the latest gizmos and gadgets for bunions ...
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 5
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18-04-2025
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Series 3: Episode 4
The scandal of companies legally taking money from your bank account without you being aware of it. Ashley John-Baptiste investigates how we can protect ourselves. Also, the hor ...
17-04-2025
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 3
With heartless scammers increasingly targeting the bereaved, Dr Xand looks at ways you can protect yourself in even the darkest times. Also, the scandal of 100,000 women in the ...
16-04-2025
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Series 3: Episode 2
Ashley John-Baptiste goes to the moon and back to explore new treatments for pain, devised for astronauts. Dr Xand gets to the truth of why we get sick when we have time off. An ...
15-04-2025
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 1
From cons to cures, scams to scares and fakes from facts. \n\nDr Xand van Tulleken and journalist Ashley John-Baptiste scour the country to expose medical crime and quackery, ex ...
14-04-2025
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 15
Skin-lightening creams are popular but can be dangerous. Many such products sold online have chemicals that are banned in the UK and can cause nerve and liver damage or cancer. ...
01-11-2024
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 14
Food intolerance tests have become very popular, especially the cheaper versions found online. Tom from Oxfordshire felt duped by what he was told about them. He parted with mon ...
25-10-2024
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 13
Julie from Colchester suffers from arthritis and was told she needed knee replacement surgery. Not only did her operation go badly, but she then discovered that she didn’t ...
18-10-2024
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 4
The scandal of companies legally taking money from your bank account without you being aware of it. Ashley John-Baptiste investigates how we can protect ourselves. Also, the hor ...
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 6
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30-08-2024
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 9
We explore the dangerous side effects of antidepressants. Last year, over 86 million prescriptions were written for antidepressants in the UK. Reporter Anton Ferrie meets with s ...
20-09-2024
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 14
Food intolerance tests have become very popular, especially the cheaper versions found online. Tom from Oxfordshire felt duped by what he was told about them. He parted with mon ...
25-10-2024
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 4
Every week sees new advances in medical science. And sometimes we come across cures for a condition where there weren’t any before. But what if a so-called medical cure is ...
16-08-2024
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 1: Episode 6
The incredible story of the woman who can smell Parkinson’s. Seventy-two-year-old Joy first recognised her superpower when she realised she could smell the disease in her ...
10-11-2023
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