Subjects: Medicine

The Doctors whip up a blood smoothie in their lab to show how blood transports oxygen from your lungs to the rest of your body.

Also, Dr. Chris observes a surgery to correct a boy’s eyes which squint and cross, while Dr. Xand is given exclusive access to a collection of preserved body parts in a top-secret location to show us a few ways in which the human body can go wrong.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has some nasty facial injuries and another has an infected finger.

We also meet the tallest man in the UK, learn a body trick that appears to magically shorten a person’s arm, and Dr. Chris goes on call with an emergency ambulance team.

The Doctors head into the lab where Dr. Chris swallows a camera so we can follow some food through his digestive system, via live images of his stomach and instestines.

Also, Dr. Chris gets hands-on in a popup operating theatre to simulate an abdominal surgery, while Dr. Xand saws through a real leg bone to investigate what’s inside and then shows us how doctors are “growing” artificial bones.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a swollen elbow from a fall and another has an irritated eye.

We also meet a man can blow up a hot water bottle until it bursts and we learn a body trick that will make you appear to have superhuman strength.

Dr. Xand eats a healthy diet for a couple of days, while Dr. Chris eats a very unhealthy diet on those same days. The Doctors then head into the lab (after a trip to the loo) to see how the food they ate affected their poo.

Also, Dr. Xand donates some of his blood and follows his blood’s journey from the clinic where it’s donated to the blood factory where it’s tested and then separated into red blood cells, plasma, and platelettes before being sent off to the hospitals where it will hopefull save someone’s life. Dr. Chris also donates some blood – via a Tsetse fly bite – as he investigates how these flies make many people deathly ill by spreading the parasite that causes sleeping sickness.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a deep cut in her hand after cutting it on some glass and another has a deep cut over his eye after bumping his head on a stump.

We also meet the UK’s National Junior BMX Champion and learn how his muscles help him ride his bicycle so well,  learn a body trick that will make you appear to have superhuman strength, and Dr. Chris goes on call with the Midlands Air Ambulance.

The Doctors head into the lab to show us what our lungs look like and they work.

Also, Dr. Chris visits the Burns Aftercare Clinic to see how burns are treated after the initial emergency treatment to minimise scarring and then visits a snot expert to investigate why our bodies produce mucus, why it’s so sticky… and why it’s OK to eat your boogers!

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has an injured eye after his friend accidentally shot him with a pellet gun and another has a concussion after knocking heads with a friend on the playground.

We also meet a man with the world’s stretchiest skin, learn a body trick that makes it look like your friends’ arms have shortened, and we see three pieces of lifesaving equipment that emergency medical teams carry with them at all times: the nebuliser, gas and air, and the electrocardiograph (ECG) monitor.

The Doctors go into their lab and use a multipulse transcranial magnetic stimulator to discover where the signals our brain sends to the other parts of our bodies originate.

Plus, Dr. Chris learns how leeches are still being used in modern medicine while Dr. Xand observes a surgery to remove some troublesome tonsils.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient can’t shut her mouth because she dislocated her jaw and another patient banged his head on a railing.

We also meet a world champion freerunner, learn an amazing body trick that can stop you being able to control the movement of your foot, and Dr. Xand goes on call with an emergency ambulance team.

The Doctors go to painful lengths to show us how pain is in your brain and how you can reduce the amount of pain you experience.

Plus, Dr. Chris works up a sweat while investigating why we perspire and where we perspire the most, and Dr. Xand trots around in high heels in the Gait Lab to investigate the things that can affect how we walk.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient cut the end of his finger off when he shut his hand in a car door and another patient broke his hand when he punched a wall.

We also meet a sword swallower, learn an amazing body trick that can confuse your friends’ brains using just a couple of bowls of water, and Dr. Xand goes on call with an emergency ambulance team.

The Doctors enter the lab where Dr. Chris sticks a nasogastric tube into Dr. Xand’s stomach, via his nose and throat, to prove how your nose, throat, and stomach are all connected.

Also, Dr. Chris observes a stomach surgery performed with the aid of a surgical robot and Dr. Xand enters a cryogenic chamber to find out how our bodies react to extreme cold.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has a broken arm and another has a stone stuck in his ear.

We also meet the man with the world’s longest tongue, learn a body trick that stops your friends from lifting their finger, and Dr. Xand goes on call with an emergency ambulance team.

Dr. Chris goes airborne in a stunt plane to show us why we get travel sickness and explain how to combat it.

Also, Dr. Chris goes on call in the Accident & Emergency department where he meets a seemingly indestructible boy and the Doctors get wired up in a sleep lab to investigate why we need sleep and what happens inside our bodies while we sleep.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient is severely constipated and another has a painful wrist.

We also meet a man whose amazing brain helps him do some amazing football tricks, learn a body trick that stops your friends from moving their legs, and Dr. Chris goes on call with an emergency ambulance team.

The Doctors perform a nasoendoscopy in their lab to take a look at Dr. Chris’s vocal chords and see how they work. They also have some fun with different gases to change the pitch of their voices. The Doctors then ride one of Britain’s scariest rollercoasters to investigate how our bodies deal with fear

Also, the Doctors go on call in Accident & Emergency where Dr. Xand meets a young girl who has had quite a fall from her scooter and Dr. Chris meets a boy with a football injury in his arm. Also in Accident & Emergency, one patient gets tummy pain every time she eats, another has an infected ear piercing, and yet another little guy hurt is elbow while breakdancing.

We also meet a man who can “break wind” on demand, learn a body trick that show you how to “burn” an image into your brain, and Dr. Xand goes on call with an emergency ambulance team.

The Doctors conduct some experiments in their lab to show us how muscles work.

Also, Dr. Chris investigates how maggots are helping to heal a sore foot and Dr. Xand gets kisses from random people to show us how the bacteria in our bodies are actually beneficial.

In Accident & Emergency, one patient has some grit in his head after a fall in the playground and another has injured his neck after performing a karate kick.

We also meet Britain’s Hairiest Man, learn a body trick that prevents someone from standing on their tiptoes, and Dr. Xand goes on call with an emergency ambulance team.