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Dr Xand's Con or Cure

  • 2023 – 2025
  • Returning Series
  • Documentary
  • ~43m / ep
  • 3 seasons

From cons to cures, scams to scares and sifting fakes from facts. Dr Xand van Tulleken and Ashley John-Baptiste’s health consumer show, dedicated to righting the wrongs of ‘bad medicine’.

Latest: Series 3 · 2025

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The facts, not the fakes, about your health.

  1. E1. Episode 1

    Apr 14, 2025 · 28m

    Brazilian butt lift dangers, the robot transforming one boy’s experience of cancer, choosing the right toothpaste, and should we drink pickle juice?

  2. E2. Episode 2

    Apr 15, 2025 · 28m

    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 about long Covid symptoms?

  3. E3. Episode 3

    Apr 16, 2025 · 28m

    Scammers targeting funerals, the contraceptive device causing pain, and the dangers of cotton buds.

  4. E4. Episode 4

    Apr 17, 2025 · 28m

    Protecting ourselves from financial scams, the addictive dangers of a hair loss drug, and does drinking alcohol help keep us warm in cold weather?

  5. E5. Episode 5

    Apr 18, 2025 · 28m

    The cheap deals for cosmetic surgery that left people out of pocket, can stress turn our hair grey, and why electric toothbrushes really are worth the money.

  6. E6. Episode 6

    Apr 21, 2025 · 28m

    The criminals selling fake or stolen disabled blue badges, plus the latest gizmos and gadgets for bunions, plantar fasciitis and other foot issues. But do any of them work?

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