Top Documentary Films» Health http://topdocumentaryfilms.com Watch stunning, eyeopening, interesting, free, streaming, full, online documentary films and movies. Mon, 21 May 2012 17:08:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 The Price of Lifehttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/price-life/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/price-life/#comments Sat, 24 Mar 2012 12:00:04 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8575 The Price of LifeDocumentary about the rationing of high cost cancer drugs by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. On a finite budget, the NHS cannot afford to offer every treatment on the market, so how is it decided which medications should be made available? Adam Wishart follows

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/price-life/feed/ 28 Fast Food, Fat Profits: Obesity in Americahttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fast-food-fat-profits-obesity-america/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fast-food-fat-profits-obesity-america/#comments Sat, 11 Feb 2012 13:21:08 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8471 Fast Food, Fat Profits: Obesity in AmericaObesity in America has reached a crisis point. Two out of every three Americans are overweight, one out of every three is obese. One in three are expected to have diabetes by 2050. Minorities have been even more profoundly affected. African-Americans have a 50 per cent higher

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fast-food-fat-profits-obesity-america/feed/ 86 The Lazarus Effecthttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/lazarus-effect/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/lazarus-effect/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:02:03 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8453 The Lazarus EffectThe 30 minute film illustrates the transformative effect of life-saving antiretroviral medicine through the stories of HIV+ people in Zambia. By taking the ARV medicine – 2 life-saving pills that cost around 40 cents a day – in as few as 40 days, the medicine can help

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/lazarus-effect/feed/ 22 The Boy Who Can Never Grow Oldhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-boy-who-can-never-grow-old/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-boy-who-can-never-grow-old/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 11:00:07 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8043 The Boy Who Can Never Grow OldStuart Wickison has a rare genetic disorder; Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. The average life-expectancy with this condition is in the early twenties, Stuart is nineteen. But, its now he’s embarking on one of the most important journeys of his life. Over the next two months, Stuart’s world is

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-boy-who-can-never-grow-old/feed/ 84 Fast Food Babyhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fast-food-baby/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fast-food-baby/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:00:18 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8037 Fast Food BabyOur junk food addiction is dropping alarmingly down the age ladder and we are now rearing a generation of fast food babies. This arresting documentary reveals babies and toddlers eating a diet of chips, burgers and kebabs, all washed down with bottles of fizzy cola. It explores

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/fast-food-baby/feed/ 69 My Strange Addictionhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/my-strange-addiction/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/my-strange-addiction/#comments Sun, 16 Oct 2011 08:00:09 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8033 My Strange AddictionMy Strange Addiction is a TLC documentary television series about people with unusual compulsive behaviors. These range from eating specific non-food items and ritualistic daily activities to bizarre personal fixations or beliefs. Despite the title of the show, few of the show’s subjects have what would medically

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/my-strange-addiction/feed/ 53 Can’t Stop Eatinghttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cant-stop-eating/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cant-stop-eating/#comments Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:00:40 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=8016 Can’t Stop EatingCan’t Stop Eating is documentary film that follows the lives of several people with Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS). The film is set in Gretton House, near Kettering in England, which is a government-funded care home deliberately constructed to assist people with PWS. Prader–Willi syndrome is a rare genetic

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/cant-stop-eating/feed/ 28 Selective Hearing: Brian Deer and the GMChttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/selective-hearing-brian-deer-and-the-gmc/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/selective-hearing-brian-deer-and-the-gmc/#comments Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:00:43 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7852 Selective Hearing: Brian Deer and the GMCBrian Deer, a journalist writing for News Internationals Sunday Times, was the only person in the world to complain to a regulatory body about the work of doctors at the Royal Free Hospital in London who diagnosed children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease, which their parents suggested had

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/selective-hearing-brian-deer-and-the-gmc/feed/ 14 Blood and Guts: A History of Surgeryhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/blood-and-guts-a-history-of-surgery/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/blood-and-guts-a-history-of-surgery/#comments Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:00:42 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7689 Blood and Guts: A History of SurgeryDocumentary series looking at the brutal, bloody and dangerous history of surgery. Michael Mosley recounts the history of surgery through its catastrophes and successes. 1. Into the Brain. Just over 100 years ago, cutting into the brain was a terrifying prospect for both patient and surgeon. They

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/blood-and-guts-a-history-of-surgery/feed/ 20 Burzynski, the Movie: Cancer Is Serious Businesshttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/burzynski-the-movie-cancer-is-serious-business/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/burzynski-the-movie-cancer-is-serious-business/#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:00:19 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7642 Burzynski, the Movie: Cancer Is Serious BusinessBurzynski is the story of a medical doctor and Ph.D biochemist named Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski who won the largest and possibly the most convoluted and intriguing legal battle against the Food an Drug Administration in American history. His victorious battles with the United States government were centered

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/burzynski-the-movie-cancer-is-serious-business/feed/ 134 One Night in Bhopalhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/one-night-in-bhopal/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/one-night-in-bhopal/#comments Thu, 16 Jun 2011 11:00:36 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7527 One Night in BhopalThe Bhopal disaster is one of the world’s worst industrial disasters in the history of mankind. The explosion at Union Carbide plant located at the heart of the city of Bhopal caused a release of toxic gas rolled along the ground through the surrounding streets killing thousands

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/one-night-in-bhopal/feed/ 23 The English Surgeonhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-english-surgeon/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-english-surgeon/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 11:00:45 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7508 The English SurgeonHenry Thomas Marsh, (born 1950) is a leading British neurosurgeon, and a pioneer of neurosurgical advances in Ukraine. Marsh originally read Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford, achieving First Class Honours, before graduating with Honours in Medicine from London University. He is now the senior consultant neurosurgeon

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/the-english-surgeon/feed/ 19 Jimmy’s GM Food Fighthttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/jimmys-gm-food-fight/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/jimmys-gm-food-fight/#comments Tue, 31 May 2011 05:00:08 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7483 Jimmy’s GM Food FightJimmy Doherty, pig farmer, one-time scientist and poster-boy for sustainable food production is on a mission to find out if GM crops really can feed the world. We need to double the amount of food we produce in the next fifty years to feed the world’s growing

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/jimmys-gm-food-fight/feed/ 74 Dying To Have Knownhttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/dying-to-have-known/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/dying-to-have-known/#comments Wed, 18 May 2011 05:00:57 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7408 Dying To Have KnownIn Dying To Have Known, filmmaker Steve Kroschel went on a 52-day journey to find evidence to the effectiveness of the Gerson Therapy – a long-suppressed natural cancer cure. His travels take him across both the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans, from upstate New York to San

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]]> http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/dying-to-have-known/feed/ 120 Food Mattershttp://topdocumentaryfilms.com/food-matters/ http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/food-matters/#comments Tue, 03 May 2011 05:00:45 +0000 Vlatko http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/?p=7336 Food MattersLet thy Food be thy Medicine and thy Medicine be thy Food – Hippocrates. That is the message from the founding father of modern medicine echoed in the controversial new documentary film Food Matters from Producer-Directors James Colquhoun and Laurentine ten Bosch. With nutritionally-depleted foods, chemical additives

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