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Dr Xand’s Con or Cure: Episode 10 (BBC One Friday April 28, 2023)
Dr Xand’s Con or Cure: Episode 10 airs Tonight on BBC One
Jo from Broadstairs sprang into action when she learned a friend was fighting cancer and needed £45,000 for treatment in another country. She held benefit concerts and recruited many of her friends to help her out. She was devastated to learn that her friend had been living a life of champagne and casinos off of the back of her lie.
And when Marcelle decided to treat herself, she scheduled what she thought would be a botox session to make a few minor adjustments. However, her nightmare quickly became reality when her face began to swell to dangerous proportions. We discuss the warning signs to look out for when researching alternatives to surgery.
The infected blood scandal has been going on for 40 years in the United Kingdom, and Mark Fox is one of the people it has affected.
Not to mention the sauna towel. With over 12.6 million views on TikTok, it has been promoted as a miracle cure for everything from cellulite to obesity. Is it really a good value, though?
Ten thousand steps a day, at last. Many of us consider this to be the magic number for maintaining good health. But if it’s so special, where did it come from?
Dr Xand’s Con or Cure: Episode 10 airs Friday April 28, 2023 at 10:00 on BBC One
Season 1 Episode 10
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’.
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