Health Movies

An exciting video journey through the world of time-lapse photography by one of the founders of the science of photobiology, Dr. John Nash Ott. Do...

A film record of M.E.T.E.I. (Medical Expedition to Easter Island), one of the most unusual scientific enquiries ever launched, headed by a McGill...

A Cambridge geneticist dispels misconceptions about living with obesity and explores why the epidemic continues to expand across the UK and America.

A recently widowed Mr. Jordan finds himself stuck in the health system as he battles cancer alone.

Filmmaker Judith Helfand turns the camera on herself to document her battle with cancer caused by DES, a drug prescribed to her mother during...

Unsupersize Me documents the inspiring story of Juan-Carlos Asse, owner of Zen Fitness, a personal training studio in Gainesville, Florida, and his...

NOVA takes you inside the operating room to witness organ transplant teams transferring organs from donors to recipients. Meet families navigating...

Toxic: America's Food Crisis explores how America's food, chemicals, and pesticides might contribute to the nation's health crisis.

A doctor persuades a group of boys to be vaccinated by explaining how it will protect them against disease. Animated sequences depict the body...

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

The film recounts the incredible research conducted by François Cartault, a pediatrician and geneticist on the island of Réunion....

As obesity progresses inexorably, Sylvie Gilman and Thierry de Lestrade investigate the causes of this planetary plague and reveal the fight waged in...

Growing up in Masbate Province in the Philippines, Jary is neglected and shunned since the moment of his birth for one reason-- his appearance. His...

In the cobalt mining areas of Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), babies are being born with horrific birth defects. Scientists...

Wendy’s hopes for friendship at the picnic crumble when her homemade cake ends in a recipe for disaster.

Michael Mosley transformed the lives of millions of people. In this programme, we look back at an extraordinary broadcasting career which spanned...

This 1959 documentary short is a frank portrait of the daily operations inside the Montreal General Hospital’s emergency ward.