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Series 3: Episode 14
With weight-loss jabs in high demand, criminals are flooding the market with deadly cheap substitutes. Also on the programme, the growing trend of people using a tobacco-free pouch seen as less harmful than vaping or smoking but which is dangerously addictive. And Dr Xand explores the idea that a full moon affects our behaviour.
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 15
Ashley John-Baptise joins a group of pensioners in Hertfordshire as they learn how to fall safely. Also on the programme, Dr Xand unpacks the milk aisles in our supermarkets. Ar ...
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The tragic story of a man who hoped his life insurance would pay out to his family after he was diagnosed with a terminal illness, only to discover a clause meant he wasn’ ...
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 12
The horrific side effects of a hay fever jab being sold illegally by some beauty clinics. Dr Xand unpacks the myth that fresh is always better and reveals the surprising benefit ...
24-02-2026
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Series 3: Episode 11
Dr Xand hears the shocking story of 17,500 women in Northern Ireland who were told their cervical smear results were possibly wrong. Also, as the sale of gut health drinks soars ...
23-02-2026
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Series 3: Episode 10
Dr Xand investigates a common prescription drug with horrific withdrawal symptoms. Also on the programme, the effects of late-night eating on sleep and weight gain. And the incr ...
20-02-2026
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 9
Hundreds of women end up in hospital each year after having cheap bum lifts or breast enlargement jabs that go wrong. We investigate the beauticians illegally offering dodgy inj ...
19-02-2026
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 8
As 200 people in Scotland call for a public enquiry into their mistreatment by a surgeon, Dr Xand asks what we can do to check out the medical professionals who treat us. With 2 ...
18-02-2026
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
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 ...
17-02-2026
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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 ...
16-02-2026
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Most popular episodes of Dr Xand's Con or Cure
Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 14
With weight-loss jabs in high demand, criminals are flooding the market with deadly cheap substitutes. Also on the programme, the growing trend of people using a tobacco-free po ...
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Series 2: Episode 7
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New figures reveal that 42 million of us in the UK suffer from allergies, and topping that chart is hay fever. There are dozens of hay fever products available over the counter ...
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Series 3: Episode 15
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 2: Episode 15
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Series 2: Episode 5
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13-05-2025
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Dr Xand's Con Or Cure
Series 3: Episode 11
Dr Xand hears the shocking story of 17,500 women in Northern Ireland who were told their cervical smear results were possibly wrong. Also, as the sale of gut health drinks soars ...
23-02-2026
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