Scary medical news stories get a checkup

Dr Phil Kieran’s new TV show is a prescription for staying well, putting scary medical news stories under the microscope and revealing the truth, says Helen O’Callaghan

CORK-BASED TV doctor Phil Kieran confides he has been the butt of quite a few experiments for new Channel 4 series How to Stay Well.

The four-part programme is fronted by Phil, alongside A&E doctor Javid Abdelmoneim and GP Helen Lawal. The premise is to take the big scary medical headlines and show they’re not nearly as scary as they sound.