Um painel do deficiente sistema de saúde americano. A partir do perfil de cidadãos comuns, somos levados a entender como milhões de vidas são destruídas por um sistema que, no fim das contas, só beneficia a poucos endinheirados. Ali vale a lógica de que, se você quer permanecer saudável nos Estados Unidos, é bom não ficar doente. E, depois de examinar como o país chegou a esse estado, o filme visita uma série de países com sistema de saúde público e eficiente, como Cuba e Canadá.
Este documentário revela como, na corrida pela inovação, a indústria de artefatos médicos pode trazer trágicas consequências aos pacientes.
Ollie é uma especialista em contrabandear remédios na fronteira dos Estados Unidos com o Canadá. Após decidir deixar a vida criminosa para trás, ela é surpreendida pela morte repentina da sua mãe, que a deixa com uma enorme dívida e uma escolha difícil.
Após um trágico incêndio em um clube romeno, em 30 de outubro de 2015, as vítimas de queimaduras começam a morrer em hospitais devido a ferimentos que não são fatais. Uma equipe de jornalistas investigativos entra em ação, descobrindo a corrupção em massa do sistema de saúde e das instituições do Estado, abordando questões sobre propaganda e manipulação que até hoje afetam não apenas a Romênia, mas também sociedades em todo o mundo.
Based on the real story of Tom and Nicola Ray from Rutland. Their perfect life is totally ruined in a single moment after Tom had developed sepsis. While her husband was in coma, Nicola gave birth to their second child on the other side of the same hospital. Within a matter of days, sepsis would rob Tom of both his arms and legs, and left his face severely disfigured. As an ordinary man, Tom never put himself at risk — he just woke up two months later in a nightmare, a face-off quadruple amputee... This incredible story of survival shows what can be overcome when love is unconditional.
Nos bairros mais ricos da Cidade do México, a família Ochoa administra uma ambulância particular, concorrendo com outros EMTs com fins lucrativos para pacientes que precisam de ajuda urgente. Enquanto tentam ganhar a vida nesta indústria cruel, lutam para impedir que suas necessidades financeiras comprometam as pessoas sob seus cuidados.
Inside the dramatic search for a cure to ME/CFS (Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome). 17 million people around the world suffer from what ME/CFS has been known as a mystery illness, delegated to the psychological realm, until now. A scientist in the only neuro immune institute in the world may have come up with the answer. An important human drama, plays out on the quest for the truth.
Every minute of every year an American drops dead of a heart attack, hundreds of thousands without any warning or prior symptom. But these people could have been saved. The Widowmaker uncovers a chilling tale of greed, ego, and a conspiracy of silence around that most vulnerable of human organs - the heart.
John Pilger unearths the hidden agenda behind the NHS crisis.
The documentary follows one woman's quest to overcome anxiety, depression, and opioid addiction through the use of psychedelic medicines.
The world is facing some huge problems. There’s a lot of talk about how to solve them. But talk doesn’t reduce pollution, or grow food, or heal the sick. That takes doing. This film is the story about a group of doers, the elegantly simple inventions they have made to change the lives of billions of people, and the unconventional billionaire spearheading the project.
15 years ago, Luiza decided to make a fresh start in Spain. She left her 3-year-old daughter Cristina in the care of her relatives and took off. When she returns to Romania, the woman learns some shocking truths that were kept hidden from her: Cristina ran away from home, is a drug addict and has a 2-year-old girl who lives in an orphanage. Overwhelmed by guilt, Luiza attempts to save her daughter
Conexões genuínas entre as crianças e a natureza podem revolucionar o nosso futuro. Mas será que essa descoberta ainda é possível nos grandes centros urbanos do mundo? Evidências científicas apontam que a falta de contato com a natureza pode contribuir para problemas físicos e mentais. No novo capítulo de “O Começo da Vida”, os principais especialistas no tema mostram como essa conexão pode fazer parte da cura para os maiores desafios da humanidade contemporânea e da construção de uma vida de mais bem-estar e felicidade. O filme revela que esse pensamento tem sido transformador em diversas cidades pelo mundo que valorizam e promovem uma maior conexão com o mundo natural. A soma entre ciência e ação significam uma oportunidade única para um futuro com mais saúde para os humanos e para o planeta.
This documentary follows the marathon run led by Athiwara “Toon Bodyslam” Khongmalai to raise funds for Thailand’s public hospitals throughout the 55-day journey from Betong, Yala in Thailand’s deep south to northernmost district of Mae Sai, Chiang Rai.
Tommy Tucker's Tooth is a live-action short film by Walt Disney at his short-lived Laugh-O-Grams studio in Kansas City from 1922. The film was one of two commissioned by Kansas City Dentist Thomas B. McCrum. It earned the Laugh-O-Gram studio $500.
Dedicated home care nurse Vlasta attends her whimsical patients in Czech wine country and lives for her husband Lada and her daughter, but one day things change and Vlasta is forced to reach outside of her comfort zone. Drama and gentle humor intertwine as Vlasta realizes, for the first time in her life, that she might need some care, too.
The link between heart disease and blood cholesterol is a medical dogma that has existed for the past fifty years and has led to the development of a billion-dollar, low-fat, food industry, as well as to statins, a drug that lower “bad cholesterol” levels, so it has became one of the most prescribed medicines in the world. But more and more researchers are openly questioning the mainstream opinions on cholesterol…
Its hard to explain the full depth and breadth of the depravity of the pharmaceutical industry, the medical research industry, and the federal government. This film does a pretty good job. Hang on to your hat. The model for modern biological warfare was "discovered" during the conquest of the Americas and has been repeated over and over again.
A pain management specialist in a Berlin hospital laments how difficult it is to see if black skin has turned blue. The patient, 15year old Arlette, doesn’t understand German. Her knee was injured in the war, and unknown wealthy Germans have helped pay for her trip to have surgery in Europe. The camera follows Arlette on her journey, from her worried family in Central African Republic to the desolate rooms of the hospital and the rehabilitation centre. The girl’s gaze is captivating but impenetrable, and the easily bored teenager surrounded by adult strangers is only cheered up by an interpreter who knows her mother tongue. The story takes a gloomier turn when it transpires that rebel forces have taken up arms in Arlette’s home country.
