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Series 3: Episode 5
Ashley John-Baptiste investigates the dodgy world of cut-price cosmetic surgery, where supposed ‘great’ money-saving deals are anything but. Dr Xand learns how to brush his teeth properly as he looks into electric toothbrushes and whether they really perform any better than a manual brush. And can stress really turn our hair grey?
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 5
Ashley John-Baptiste investigates the dodgy world of cut-price cosmetic surgery, where supposed ‘great’ money-saving deals are anything but. Dr Xand learns how to br ...
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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 3: Episode 3
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16-04-2025
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
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 2: Episode 12
Eczema affects one in five children and one in ten adults. There is no cure. Steroids are one frequently prescribed way to control it. After years of using steroid creams, 43-ye ...
11-10-2024
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 11
Sixty-nine-year-old Margaret and her husband Graham do their best to eat a healthy diet. They are vegetarian, and they try to look after themselves with regular exercise. Worrie ...
04-10-2024
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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 ...
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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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 3: Episode 5
Ashley John-Baptiste investigates the dodgy world of cut-price cosmetic surgery, where supposed ‘great’ money-saving deals are anything but. Dr Xand learns how to br ...
18-04-2025
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 1: Episode 4
Every year, thousands of people from the UK travel abroad for dental surgery. With the promise of affordable perfect gnashers, Turkey has become one of the go-to destinations fo ...
08-11-2023
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 1
From cons to cures, scams to scares and fakes from facts. \n\nHealth consumer show Dr Xand’s Con or Cure is dedicated to righting the wrongs of ‘bad medicine’. ...
26-07-2024
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 11
Sixty-nine-year-old Margaret and her husband Graham do their best to eat a healthy diet. They are vegetarian, and they try to look after themselves with regular exercise. Worrie ...
04-10-2024
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 2
Travelling abroad is easier now than at any other time, but what happens if something goes wrong with your health while you are away? Taking out travel insurance is advised, and ...
02-08-2024
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 8
Incontinence and pelvic prolapses can be debilitating conditions, and so for many women, the offer of a surgical mesh cure, available on the NHS, was a lifeline. But in many cas ...
13-09-2024
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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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