Lid pečuje o své zdraví (1953)

Este documentário revelador analisa as causas da obesidade infantil, que vem se tornando um sério problema de saúde pública nos Estados Unidos.

Um médico e um policial em Nova Orleans têm apenas 48 horas para localizar um assassino infectado com peste pneumônica. Uma noite nas favelas de Nova Orleans, Blackie e seus amigos matam um imigrante ilegal que ganhou demais em um jogo de cartas. Na manhã seguinte, o Ten. Dr. Clint Reed, do Serviço de Saúde Pública, confirmou que o homem morto tinha peste pneumônica. Para evitar uma epidemia catastrófica, Clint deve encontrar e inocular os assassinos e seus associados, com a ajuda relutante do capitão da polícia Tom Warren, apesar do ceticismo oficial, e em total sigilo, para que o pânico não não se espalhe pela cidade. Pode um médico virar detetive? Ele tem 48 horas para tentar.

Neste documentário emocionante, uma estudante de 28 anos cursando o doutorado em Harvard registra sua própria luta contra a síndrome de fadiga crônica.

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.

Beijing, China, 2020. Empty streets, mandatory masks, checkpoints, the entire state apparatus used to impose severe restrictions on population movements. An entire country quarantined to fight a fierce epidemic…

John Pilger unearths the hidden agenda behind the NHS crisis.

FAT: A Documentary 2 is the sequel to the international sensation that delves deeper into the lies and myths surrounding the age old question: "What should I be eating?"

Amidst radical changes in nicotine use globally, one filmmaker's journey through the confusion & fear leads to a startling discovery about Earth's most hated stimulant. Society may be changed forever.

Narrator Cori Brackett had a strange cause-and-effect experience with the diet cokes she was drinking and quickly found herself disabled and diagnosed with MS. Slowly able to walk and speak again, she believes her illness is linked to aspartame. She is a co-owner of a video/film production company. After 7000 miles, and 25 hours of footage, "Sweet Misery" will reveal one of the most pervasive, insidious forms of corporate negligence since tobacco.

Investigative journalist Joshua Philipp examines the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, covering events from late December 2019 to early April 2020.

A doctor explains to his children the dangers of tuberculosis, what it is and how to prevent against contracting it.

Os bastidores da cobertura jornalística durante a pandemia. Acompanhe o trabalho da imprensa profissional numa luta contra o negacionismo.

One of America's best-known and most respected doctors offers a sensible approach to eating: He emphasizes enjoyment over deprivation, and long-term health benefits over short-term weight loss. Dr. Weil assures us that there is no confusion among nutrition experts about the optimal diet for health, body weight, and longevity. Understanding inflammation to be the root cause of many chronic illnesses, he gives science-based recommendations to help combat specific health concerns, all as part of an anti-inflammatory diet. On the subject of dietary supplements, he talks about what's perilous and what can help.

This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.

This French-Canadian co-production goes behind the scenes of the huge tobacco industry, whose economic power has been expanding for five decades at the expense of public health. A gripping investigation covering three continents, Nadia Collot's film exposes the vast conspiracy of a criminally negligent industry that conquers new markets through corruption and manipulation. To confront the tobacco cartel, anti-smoking groups are organizing and scoring points, but the fight remains fierce. With ist diverse viewpoints, shocking interviews and riveting images, The Tobacco Conspiracy deftly defines the issues in a complex situation where private interests and the public good collide. Enlightening and engrossing, this documentary is a hard-hitting critique of an industry gone mad.

A husband sneezes inconsiderately all over the place, until his wife has had enough and leaves him.

Since the invention of the wheel we have striven to make great machines that would make our lives more productive and efficient, however we will almost certainly never invent a machine as efficient as the human body. Each component of the machine is given in depth attention with the same clarity and insightful touch you have come to expect from the Eyewitness books. There are over 206 bones, half of which are in the hands and feet. A total of 640 muscles contract and exert pressure, working together with our skeleton to turn power and strength into movement and precision. Our bodies are incredibly resilient machines, and conversely life is very fragile. After all, unlike any other, this machine can reproduce itself.