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Trust Me, I'm a Doctor Series 2
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Going behind the headlines to answer health questions. Dr Chris van Tulleken discovers how to make some favourite meals healthier without changing a single ingredient.

Can we eat the same food and still lose weight? In a world first, Dr Chris van Tulleken discovers how to make some of our favourite meals healthier without changing a single ingredient.

Medical journalist Michael Mosley finds out why getting more sun on our skin can actually be good for us. Surgeon Gabriel Weston travels to the US to witness a remarkable surgical procedure that's helping the paralysed to regain movement.

Also, GPs can prescribe acupuncture on the NHS but does it work? Dr Salehya Ahsan looks at the evidence for this controversial treatment.

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Thu 20 Nov 2014 01:35
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  • A daily pill, eating more oily fish, or 10 minutes of sun?

  • Dr Chris van Tulleken makes a brand new discovery that could change all our lives!

  • A&E doctor Saleyha Ahsan shows how you can stop a wound from bleeding

  • Surgeon Gabriel Weston witnesses an medical breakthrough for those with spinal injuries.

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Music Played

Timings (where shown) are from the start of the programme in hours and minutes

  • Rik Carter

    Cousin Betty

  • Caro Emerald

    Dr. Wanna Do

  • Georgie Fame & the Blue Flames

    Dr Kitch

  • Nasser Bouzida

    Sunshine Life

  • ²Ρ΄Η³ϊ²ΉΓ―±π°μ

    The Groovebox

  • Chris Salt

    Life Choices

  • Tim Whitelaw

    The Maze

  • Pemberton

    Cooking Ready

  • Pemberton

    Puzzled Mind

  • The Quantic Soul Orchestra

    That Goose on my Grave

  • Peter Van Wood

    Butta la pasta Teresa

  • Claudio Villa

    Stornelli Amorosi

  • Matt Hill

    Memories of Berlin

  • Triosk

    Vostok

  • Corinne Bailey Rae

    I'd Like To

  • Bob Bradley

    Sauce

  • Hexstatic

    Chase Me

  • Booker T. & The M.G.'s

    Hip Hug Her

  • Cissie Redgewick

    Gimme That Swing (feat. Bob Bradley & Steve Dymond)

  • Stateless

    Curtain Call

  • Le Quere Prodhomme

    Web Cops

  • Tim Whitelaw

    The Maze

  • Blacka Ranks

    Welfare

  • Bob Bradley

    Digi Pizz

  • Carter

    Recovery

  • Reeves

    Dusk

  • Rod Baines

    What Happened

  • Stereophonics

    Plastic California

  • Newton Faulkner

    Plastic Hearts

  • Primal Scream

    Movin' on Up

  • Tom Quick

    Cool Beans (feat. Adam Drake)

  • Tom Quick

    Jelly Brain (feat. Adam Drake)

  • Hexstatic

    Chase Me

  • Philip Guyler

    Guyler Investigates

  • Philip Guyler

    Delicate Decisions

  • Daniel Pemberton

    The Pressure Continues

  • Ronni Shaw

    Unanswered Questions

  • Ronni Shaw

    Coroner's Report

  • Randall Breneman

    Ribbons (feat. Jake Field & Duncan Thompson)

  • Julie London

    You'd Be So Nice to Come ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ To

  • Johnny Cash

    Hurt

  • Jon Hopkins

    Fairytale

  • Daniel Pemberton

    Dub Double

  • Tim Whitelaw

    Formulation

  • Daniel Alexis

    Here's How it Works

  • Caro Emerald

    Dr. Wanna Do

Credits

Presenter Christopher van Tulleken
Presenter Michael Mosley
Presenter Gabriel Weston
Presenter Saleyha Ahsan
Executive Producer Jacqueline Smith
Series Producer Graeme Thomson
Producer Alex Freeman

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