In this episode, The Stomach & Intestines, Dr Alice Roberts gets to see inside her own stomach by swallowing a tiny camera - one of the latest diagnostic tools in modern medicine. The pictures recorded reveal some surprising, if harmless, results.
Using dissection, drawing and some unusual tests involving sweetcorn and a stop-watch, she reveals where the stomach and intestines are, how big they are and how best to look after them. And since bowel cancer is the second most-common cause of death from cancer in the UK, it's a message we all need to hear.
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