In today’s supermarkets, you’d be hard-pressed to find food that didn’t contain some form of genetically modified substances. These genetically modified substances effects on our health are completely unknown and Big Industry players such as Monsanto, DuPont, and Syngenta, are essentially exposing us to one of the largest and dangerous science experiments ever conducted on our civilization as a whole.
Obesity increases the likelihood of various other health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, sleep apnea, and even certain types of cancer. Some health experts forecast that 42 percent of the U.S. population will be obese by 2030 but it’s not just a problem in America; obesity is also on the rise in other countries like never before. Aside from some exceptions, obesity is the result of excessive food intake and a lack of activity. “70% of the diseases that [...]
Raised in the city, Brion Whitfold grew up without knowing much about his Ojibway culture or heritage. Then he was diagnosed with diabetes and the more Brion’s health deteriorated, the deeper his interest grew in connecting with his origins.
In the mid 80s fewer than 3% of the US population was using cellphones. Today, a little over twenty years later, that percentage has gone up to close to 100%. By the time most people reach the age of 19 or 20, they will have been using a cellphone for about ten years.
Lance Armstrong is a cheater. When he came clean, he blew the lid, once and for all, on a dirty little secret: sports doping. However, there is a far larger problem. The general public also uses performance enhancing drugs. It is becoming a health crisis. Amateur Armstrongs: enjoy!
Athene has come up with a theory about everything: philosophy, physics, chemistry – both between humans and objects. This is a fascinating theory that draws from numerous fields of study. Worth watching! Review included.
Imagine that all you need to live is a new heart. The surgeons are standing by. People are dying all around you. The procedure is simple. But no one has ticked ‘donate my organs’ on their card. So you wait. Then you die. This happens every day. This documentary explores the dilemma.
DocumentaryStorm.com brings you another in our extremely popular conjoined twins series. This time, we look at Stuti and Aradhana: two twins from India who are extremely poor. Having to deal with hardships unimaginable to most North Americans, how can they possibly hope to survive in India when they are conjoined?
Meet Abigail and Brittany. They come as a package deal, so you better get along with both of them. They’re charming, pretty, and joined at the hip. Literally. Possessing only two arms and two legs between them, but two hearts and two minds, Abigail and Brittany are challenging society’s conception of individuality and human rights.
Put your hand up if you enjoy a good steak, hamburger, and bacon with your morning eggs. Vegetarians kept their hands down. Now, keep your hand up if you enjoy eating dog, squirrel, and spiders. Fewer people? How about human flesh? We explore cultural mores surrounding food.
This documentary looks at children who lost their parents to suicide at a young age. When your father or mother – the people who teach you about the world – take their own life, what is that teaching you? How do you go on without your parents? In French with English subtitles.
Between Sky and Ocean’ an independent documentary film, captures a series of unreported stories from the Christmas Island (Kiritimati), which is located in the Central Pacific Ocean. The documentary investigates a controversial case of military injustice towards the citizens of Kiritimati who were exposed to the radiation from Nuclear Bomb testings
A short film based on current conditions in Chernobyl & Pripyat. Made on a shoe string budget by the director. An amateur documentary with some professionally fleshed out ideas and research.
Stem Cell Research is arguably the most important research being done today that will pave the way for finding a cure for human’s weaknesses. Cancer, AIDS, degenerative diseases, etc. In 2001, Dr Jack Kessler witnessed a terrible tragedy to his family. This is the story of stem cell research – and Dr. Kessler.
Can We Live Forever? Technology has made this question less rhetorical nonsense and more practical planning. Surgery, drugs, and the study of DNA have all contributed to a human species living into our 80′s, 90′s, and even 100′s. How far can we go? NOVA explores.
On the battlefields of Iraq, Sgt. Samuel Tapia of the United States Army hit a roadside bomb. The explosion burned over 50% of his entire body. He lost his left fingers but gained a second chance.
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