Children's heart conditions and exercise

Poor 12yearold Carmen has come into emergency with a dislocated jaw. At lunchtime in the school canteen, a big crusty bread roll was the culprit! Luckily, the effervescent Dr Shrouk Messahel is on hand to take a look, and we get an animation of what the skeletal jaw looks like and how it comes together. Dr Shrouk then gets right on top of the problem with a twopart move that hardly ever fails. Certainly everything clicks with Carmen, and now that she can happily go home, it'll be soft foods for

Siblings 11yearold Harry and eightyearold Maya visit Xand in the Ouch Mobile. Each has a squint in one of their eyes and wants to know about it. Our doctor explains it's all about muscle control around the eye area. The brain automatically focuses on the stronger eye, and chooses to use those stronger muscles. The weaker eye, bereft of full control, can't quite stay on track and wanders off!

Dhanayhus wonders why we get shorter during the day. It seems he wants to remain tall enough to go on more rides at the theme park! Straightaway, Chris explains about our vertebra and the jellylike discs in between. During the course of our day, they get squeezed which makes them shorter and us shorter.