Health Movies

It is one of the most controversial issues of our day, jeopardizing the health and smearing the reputations of Olympians, professional sports players...

When filmmaker Wael Kadlo picks up his mother from the airport in Beirut, it seems like a rather warm family visit. But Kadlo, who was born in...

Virologist Dr Chris van Tulleken embarks on a global investigation into the hunt for the pathogen that could trigger the next pandemic and the...

Vaccinations are considered to be the greatest success in medicine. But are they really a comprehensive and safe protection against dangerous...

This educational film illustrates the structures and functions of the outer, middle and inner ear. Shows the importance of the semicircular canals as...

"Village of the forgetful" (original title: "Das Dorf der Vergesslichen") tells the story of European Alzheimer's disease patients who are being...

In Nigeria, a young Canadian doctor serves in a local mission hospital and learns much from the experience. Stationed abroad under the Canadian...

Join Rip Esselstyn, former Texas firefighter and bestselling author, as he teaches the White and Wali families the basics of a whole-food,...

Shows how people, faced with the possibility or reality of being infected with venereal disease, cope with their individual situations.

The heatwave of 2003 remains etched in our memories. We remember an angry emergency doctor, crowded hospital corridors, and a health minister in a...

Canadian seniors over 65 are staying active through philanthropy, the arts, volunteerism, education, entrepreneurship, or the workplace. Profiled...

A documentary featuring the successful treatment and follow-up of a group of volunteer veterans and their families diagnosed with complex PTSD. The...

With the world increase in spillover diseases from animals Scientists trace outbreaks such as the Zika and Ebola viruses which have the potential to...

The majority of premature deaths can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle. In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger examines the...

The story of the water fluoridation controversy which has arisen from moral, ethical, political and safety concerns regarding the fluoridation of...

A New Zealand man discovers the health benefits of a plant-based diet after he suffers a heart attack.