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How an autistic girl turns limitations into possibilities (2023) - 15yo. Rima dreams of doing the things her friends do. But it turns out that dreams can be hard to achieve. As Rima approaches her 18th birthday, she must slowly learn to become more independent and find her own way. [00:47:23]Health & Medicine

0 points 0 comments submitted 3 days ago by sabbah to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvO_y8FvE2c&list=PL6698BA1F3CDC7323

Australia's Eating Disorder Crisis (2023) - More than a million Australians are living with an eating disorder. Since the pandemic, cases have exploded & patients are getting younger. Families are desperate for help, but have nowhere to go. [00:45:28]Health & Medicine

387 points 45 comments submitted 28 days ago by Miss-Omnibus to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCQ6IJwsUuc

Banned pesticides - Europe's poisonous export (2023) | DW Documentary - investigating the pesticides that are banned in Europe but are exported to nations where their use is permitted, despite their toxicity (CC) [00:51:55]Health & Medicine

85 points 7 comments submitted 29 days ago by dect60 to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vSRojFkPNyI

Half Ton Dad (2008) | Is The World's Heaviest Man Past Saving? | Absolute Documentaries [00:48:40]Health & Medicine

21 points 4 comments submitted 1 month ago by gigananobyte to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLeidfoWrps

How the World's Deadliest Ebola Outbreak Started (2015) Frontline - how the biggest Ebola outbreak on record began and why it wasn’t stopped before it was too late. [00:53:17]Health & Medicine

23 points 8 comments submitted 1 month ago by TesseractToo to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG1aY5OOR2o

How We Deliver COVID Vaccines To Asia's Remotest People (2023) - mRNA transport and cold chain maintenance in rural areas of India, Malaysia, and the Philippines [00:46:40]Health & Medicine

14 points 1 comment submitted 1 month ago by civver3 to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zl5xZyT6Eac

The Invisible Extinction (2022) - How the loss of our internal microbiome may be linked to the rise in obesity, childhood allergies and autism. [01:20:00]Health & Medicine

982 points 140 comments submitted 1 month ago by cherrybounce to r/Documentaries

https://www.theinvisibleextinction.com

The So Called (2022) - a documentary film about 7 people (7 stories)) keep being living active diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. English subs. [01:12:55]Health & Medicine

4 points 0 comments submitted 2 months ago by toogeza to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uU3PlIBkOjc

The dirty business of beauty | DW Documentary (2023) [00:42:26]Health & Medicine

137 points 6 comments submitted 2 months ago by TranceIsLove to r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/eAIKvD_gLJo

Suppressing a cure for more than 40 years! (2022) - FDA suing cancer cure to profit off of Chemotherapy. (CC) [01:50:29]Health & Medicine

0 points 27 comments submitted 2 months ago by SharkBiteX to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmxUsAI29fw

Postmortem (2011) - A dysfunctional system with few standards and little oversight. In state after state, reporters found autopsies conducted by doctors who lacked certification and training. [00:53:17]Health & Medicine

427 points 18 comments submitted 3 months ago by Miss-Omnibus to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhuRGam7xG0

Killer in the Village (1983) - An eerie BBC documentary about the early days of the impending AIDS epidemic. Primarily shot in NYC. Lots of great interviews with patients, street scenes, cultural references. [00:54:46]Health & Medicine

113 points 6 comments submitted 3 months ago by flatblack79 to r/Documentaries

https://dai.ly/x5fcqz9

Mexico’s deadly Coca-Cola addiction (2021) [00:24:09]Health & Medicine

800 points 230 comments submitted 4 months ago by I-Skeleton to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqnUohxXV0I

The States Banning Abortion, The Advocates Fighting Back (2019) - A judge has just overturned Georgia's 6-week abortion ban. Meet the architects of these Fetal Personhood laws in GA and AL, and the women of color leading the resistance and fighting for Reproductive Justice [00:25:35]Health & Medicine

8 points 5 comments submitted 4 months ago by IzzyShambles to r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/X-JmrEHaJAg

Extraordinary People - The Girl Who Survived Rabies (2006) - In 2004, Jeanna Giese became the first person in history to survive being infected with the Rabies virus thanks to the administration of the experimental treatment referred to as the Milwaukee Protocol. [00:46:28]Health & Medicine

2,212 points 187 comments submitted 5 months ago by ChristmasGhidorah96 to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pG47tc_7ZD4

Safe and Effective: A Second Opinion (2022) - "Film About The Unheard Voices Of The Covid-Vaccine Injured, And Systemic Failings That Enabled Them" [00:55:23]Health & Medicine

0 points 43 comments submitted 6 months ago by vektr1 to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIVZ5ssWB-o

Life On The Psych Ward (2016) - Follow three patients at the Bethlem Royal Hospital, home to some of the most dangerous patients in the NHS, as they face the prospect of discharge after decades under lock and key. [00:47:07]Health & Medicine

233 points 14 comments submitted 6 months ago by Miss-Omnibus to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQIrEHTUYDU

The Meat Lobby (2016) How the Meat Industry Hides the Truth | Investigative Documentary [00:52:26]Health & Medicine

14 points 3 comments submitted 6 months ago by MrXiluescu to r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/nX1KUPZC3Ck

Inside the Brain of a Psychopath (2022) Institute of Human Anatomy uses preserved remains to walk us through the structural differences between a brain of a psychopath vs a normal brain and how these structural differences affects behavior and perception [00:33:50]Health & Medicine

414 points 55 comments submitted 6 months ago by TesseractToo to r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/AHk7S6prF6M

Is China Ready to be Old? | Foreign Correspondent (2022) [00:29:57]Health & Medicine

4 points 0 comments submitted 7 months ago by TranceIsLove to r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/rPY2Fcy2USY

The Opioid Crisis: Lies and Greed (2022) - A look at how America became addicted to opioids, and how the family behind it made off with billions [00:10:34]Health & Medicine

2,560 points 209 comments submitted 7 months ago by GeneTwist70 to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pZZ1PccrbU

The Struggle of Embalming Someone You Love (2022) - An interesting insight into the challenges faced by an all-female team of embalmers. [00:12:45]Health & Medicine

7 points 1 comment submitted 8 months ago by Leirdah to r/Documentaries

https://youtu.be/5Y5jWEpOjlY

Mental: A History of the Madhouse (2010) - Telling the intriguing and poignant story of the closure of Britain's insane asylums [00:58:37]Health & Medicine

231 points 3 comments submitted 8 months ago by yuzudreamer to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oswUssXzFlY

We Heard the Bells: The Influenza of 1918 (2010) Survivors of the Spanish Flu pandemic that killed 50 million people from 1918 to 1920 describe their experiences [00:56:29]Health & Medicine

20 points 17 comments submitted 8 months ago by ScipioAtTheGate to r/Documentaries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfbk1Sg8JlE

Hiding in Plain Sight (2022) - The first two-hour episode of Hiding in Plain Sight from PBS by Ken Burns. It focuses on more than twenty young people who provide an intimate look at what it’s like to experience the symptoms of mental illness. [1:56:00]Health & Medicine

439 points 7 comments submitted 8 months ago by Matbell87 to r/Documentaries

https://www.pbs.org/video/hiding-plain-sight-youth-mental-illness-101/

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