Answers to Medicine Questions

There's a myth (or is it truth) that urine from a human can negate a jellyfish sting. Is that an urban legend?

When I take a painkiller, how does it know where the pain is?

Why doesn't nature make any straight lines?

If someone has an amputation, do they get high blood pressure because there's less body space for the blood to...

I learnt in school many years ago that food takes 12 to 24 hours to travel through the body. As I've got older,...

Why do instruments from different countries not go well together?

Have we got a time bomb in the population with mad cow disease?

I've been blind for forty years and when I dream, I can still see. I can see things I haven't seen like my...

Can you please repeat how many tonnes of blood the heart pumps in twenty four hours.

Why is it that when I pull out my nose hair I get a really painful teary response?

How does a lie detector work?

Why does a round pizza come in a square box?

How does meningitis affect the brain? I had it when I was younger and I think it might have affected my ability to...

We all know that music can affect mood. Why does it change our mood?

Why is it if you see somebody get punched in the nose, you go ouch?

Is there any way we can minimise brainwashing?

In your Christmas special you talked about why you can't tickle yourself because the brain switches it off while...

What are the islets of Langerhans? Why are these areas more richly supplied with blood vessels?

Why is it that when you pinch the excess skin on your elbow you don't feel the pain even if you pinch really quite...

How do 3D glasses work, and if you need these 3D glasses to appreciate the effect at the end, how do they produce them...

I have a question about anti-diarrhoea tablets. I've never been in favour of over-the-counter remedies but...

Why do eggs make things rise when they're baked, and why does yeast make dough rise?

How does taking herbal remedies such as St. John's Wort affect giving blood? Should you tell the blood donor...

You were talking earlier about a drug that keeps people awake. The military have been issuing amphetamines for years to...