Best Medicine Episodes Available now
8. Doing Less, Gardening, The Smartphone, Expertise—Series 1
Can you learn to see through your tongue?
7. Failure, Detection, Herpes, Climate Change—Series 1
Cancer-curing Herpes, Victorian clockwork saws and a neurologist playing detective.
6. CT Scans, Inhalation, Faith, Attention—Series 1
Guest Ria Lina champions CT scans.
5. Laughter, Other People, Inclusion, Tissue Engineering—Series 1
Drumming rats, Henry VIII's disabilities, laughter and a world-first heart operation.
4. Surgical Microrobots, Backlash, The Immune System, Keeping an Open Mind—Series 1
Micro-robots and the immune system are among the medicines championed in this episode.
3. Breast Medicine—Series 1
A breast special featuring a life-saving AI algorithm, luck and injectable radiation.
2. Cytosponge, Fresh Air, Showmanship, Alkaline Breathing—Series 1
Comedy meets medical science with a pill on a string and medieval surgery.
1. Sobriety, Touch, Camellia Sinensis, Trust—Series 1
Comedy meets medical science with virtual reality injections, sobriety and trust.
Pilot: Bubbles, Dancing, Masks, GoodSAM
Pilot: Comedy meets science with cancer-curing microbubbles, dancing & a life saving app.
Introducing Best Medicine
Kiri Pritchard-McLean dissects funny and fascinating medicine with experts and comedians.