Health Medical Documentary Movies

Under pressure to continue a winning tradition in American tennis, Mardy Fish faced mental health challenges that changed his life on and off the...

This is the story of death and survival, exclusion and hope told by those who lived through it. 40 years ago an HIV infection seemed like a death...

Could psychedelics treat depression? Banned substances such as LSD and psilocybin are now being tested for various afflictions. Several studies are...

At a time when our eyes are tiring ever faster, we zoom in on new techniques to combat visual diseases and deficiencies.

"CURTIS (2004, Sundance, documentary, 35 min) is a loving portrait of Curtis Wheeler (1950-2003), a dancer and artist fighting to keep his...

ME/CFS is a devastating disease that affects around 300,000 people in Germany alone. There has been little help for sufferers to date. Many doctors...

Fasciae, hidden connective tissues, are largely unstudied parts of our anatomy. What role do they play in the organism? And could a better...

Amidst a devastating opioid epidemic, a needle exchange and free clinic operates in the shadows of Fresno, California.

What “living on the autism spectrum” means for those affected and their environment. To find out, the camera team accompanied autistic...

Intermittent fasting, autophagy, "metabolic switch": ten years after their first successful documentary on fasting, Sylvie Gilman and Thierry de...

The UN General Assembly regards antibiotic-resistance as a "global and most urgent threat". The WHO alarms that we could fall back into a...

How do you brave acute mountain sickness? We talk to researchers, doctors and mountaineers about a syndrome whose mechanisms are still poorly...

The immune system is indispensable for humans. It is both complex and fascinating. This scientific documentary offers us an insightful and...

A weary-looking middle-aged couple shuffle around their cluttered loft in Yangon, Myanmar. There is stuff everywhere, and a mountain of pills in...

How did psychedelics, not so long ago cast into the wilderness by the medical community, so quickly return to one of America’s most prestigious...

Formerly known as ‘multiple personality disorder’, dissociative identity disorder, the most common cause of which is severe childhood...