BBC Radio Podcasts from What's Up Docs?
Doctors’ Notes: Embarrassment
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken set out to discover who gets embarrassed - and why.
Why do we get embarrassed?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore the role of embarrassment in our lives.
Doctors’ Notes: Nature
Chris and Xand look a little deeper into the relationship between nature and our health.
Is nature good for you?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to know the link between nature and our wellbeing.
Doctors' Notes: Psychedelics
Chris and Xand take a deeper dive into psychedelics and discuss the use of microdosing.
Can psychedelics improve your mental health?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken are on a mission to help us take better care of ourselves.
Doctors' Notes: Fibre
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken dig into fibre, its socioeconomics and the microbiome.
Are you getting enough fibre?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore why fibre is important for our health.
Doctors' Notes: Backs
Chris and Xand explore the wide-ranging issues around back pain.
How can you strengthen your back?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken get to the bottom of back pain.
Doctors' Notes: Magnesium
Drs Chris and Xand explore magnesium's relationship to diabetes and exercise.
Should you take magnesium supplements?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken unpick the most talked about mineral - magnesium.
Doctors' Notes: Menstrual Health
Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to know how we can reduce menstrual health stigma.
Is there a 'normal' menstrual cycle?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken uncover what we misunderstand about the menstrual cycle.
Doctors’ Notes: Noise
Chris and Xand crank up the volume on the science of noise.
Is our noisy world killing us?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken uncover the serious health impacts of noise.
Doctors’ Notes: Kidneys
Chris and Xand explore the issue of chronic kidney disease.
How to look after your kidneys
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discover the magic of the kidneys.
Doctors’ Notes: Nails
Chris and Xand take a deeper dive into nails and the health clues they can reveal.
What do your nails say about your health?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken delve into the science of nail health.
Doctors' Notes: Laughter
Chris and Xand explore different types of laughter and what they reveal about us.
Will laughter help you live longer?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discuss whether laughter really is the best medicine.
Doctors' Notes: Saying 'No'
Chris and Xand explore the importance of saying 'no' in parenting.
Should you say 'no' more often?
Chris and Xand explore the importance of setting boundaries in all aspects of our lives.
Doctors' Notes: Caffeine
Chris and Xand take a deeper dive into the science of caffeine and its impact on sport.
Can caffeine boost your performance?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore the effects of caffeine on our brains and bodies.
Doctors' Notes: Tanning
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken shine a light on what really happens when we tan.
Is it ever safe to tan?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken discuss whether having a tan is ever good for us.
Doctors' Notes: Core Strength
Chris and Xand van Tulleken hear more about how we can improve our core strength.
How To Build Your Core Strength
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to know what true core strength really means.
Doctors’ Notes: Hair Loss
Drs Chris and Xand hear about the latest groundbreaking research on hair loss.
Why does our hair fall out?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken get to the root of the issue of hair loss.
Doctors’ Notes: Smiling Special at Hay Festival
Chris and Xand dig deeper into smiling in this special live episode of the podcast..
Will smiling make you happier?
Chris and Xand explore the health claims behind smiling for a Hay Festival special.
Doctors' Notes: Boredom
Drs Chris and Xand Van Tulleken dive deeper into the science of boredom.
How to Avoid Boredom
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken find out how we can get better at completing boring tasks.
Doctors' Notes: Protein
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore the importance of protein for our health.
Protein - are you getting enough of it?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore how much protein we really need in our diets.
Doctors' Notes: HRT and Menopause
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken dig deeper into HRT and the menopause.
Menopause - is HRT for you?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore HRT and the menopause.
Doctors' Notes: Memory
Drs Chris and Xand Van Tulleken dive deeper into the science of memory.
What’s happening to your memory when you take photos?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken find out how photographs impact our memory.
Doctors' Notes: Microplastics
Drs Chris and Xand explore what impact microplastics may have on our health.
Should I worry about microplastics?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken explore concerns about microplastics in our environment.
Doctors' Notes: Difficult Conversations
Chris and Xand explore their own difficult conversation with the help of Kimberly Wilson.
How to have a difficult conversation
How can we best navigate difficult conversations? Chris and Xand van Tulleken investigate.
Doctors' Notes: Headaches
Chris and Xand van Tulleken dig into their guest’s personal experience of headaches.
How can I help my headaches?
Drs Chris and Xand Van Tulleken explore the causes and cures of everyday headaches.
Doctors' Notes: Fresh Breath
Drs Chris and Xand Van Tulleken explore the causes and effects of gum disease.
How can I freshen my breath?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to know what they can do about bad breath.
Doctors' Notes: Sleep
Drs Chris and Xand Van Tulleken explore the difference between sleepiness and fatigue.
Am I getting enough sleep?
How worried should we be about lacking sleep? Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken investigate.
Doctors' Notes: Testosterone
Drs Chris and Xand discuss how testosterone interacts with other hormones.
Do I need testosterone?
Drs Chris and Xand ask - what are the pros and cons of testosterone replacement therapy?
Doctors' Notes: Knees
Drs Chris and Xand discuss exercises that can help with chronic knee pain.
How can I look after my knees?
A pain in the knee. Can we do anything about it? Chris and Xand van Tulleken find out.
Doctors' Notes: Hanger
Chris and Xand dig deeper into hanger, exploring the politics of hunger.
Am I hangry?
Can you be hangry? Chris and Xand van Tulleken’s stomachs are rumbling to find out.
Doctors' Notes: Willpower
Chris and Xand dig deeper into willpower, explore relapse and get some therapy.
How important is willpower?
Can I get better at doing difficult things? Chris and Xand van Tulleken want to know.
Meet the Docs
Who are Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken, the hosts of What’s Up Docs?
Welcome to What's Up Docs?
Drs Chris and Xand van Tulleken are on a mission to help us take better care of ourselves.