http://documentaryheaven.com Welcome To Documentary Heaven!! Sun, 05 Feb 2012 17:18:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://documentaryheaven.com/making-our-way-autism/ http://documentaryheaven.com/making-our-way-autism/#comments Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:19:10 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6296 Making Our Way: Autism is a documentary produced by MPBN that seeks to demystify autism, which is diagnosed in about one in every 110 children in America. Rather than focus on the limitations autism places on those who suffer from it, the program examines the broad spectrum of their experiences and looks at how many diagnosed with it have gone on to achieve great success.Featuring prominently in this hour-long program is Dr. Temple Grandin, who is to autism sufferers what Michael J. Fox is to those battling Parkinson’s: an inspiration (in Grandin’s case, as a PhD and an animal welfare advocate) and someone who has achieved enormous success despite the hurdles imposed by her condition.... 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Gerson’s pioneering theories were controversial at the time (and even today), but Garrett took on the challenge of researching this amazing therapy, drawing the interest of his neighbors in the small Alaskan community. With the help of Dr. Gerson’s daughter, Charlotte Gerson, and grandson, Howard Straus, who gave him the ammunition needed to go in search for the truth – Garrett brought home a truth tha... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-beautiful-truth/feed/ 15 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-marketing-of-madness/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-marketing-of-madness/#comments Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:57:28 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6234 The Marketing of Madness is the definitive documentary on the psychiatric drugging industry. Here is the real story of the high income partnership between psychiatry and drug companies that has created an $80 billion psychotropic drug profit center.But appearances are deceiving. How valid are psychiatrists’ diagnoses-and how safe are their drugs? Digging deep beneath the corporate veneer, this documentary exposes the truth behind the slick marketing schemes and scientific deceit that conceal dangerous and often deadly sales campaigns.In this film you’ll discover that… Many of the drugs side effects may actually make your ‘mental illness’ worse. Psychiatric drugs can induce aggression or depression. Some psychotropic drugs prescribed to children are more addictive than cocaine. Psychiatric diagnoses appears to be based on dubious science. Of the 297 mental disorders contained with the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, none can be objectively measur... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-marketing-of-madness/feed/ 27 http://documentaryheaven.com/woke-up-in-a-morgue/ http://documentaryheaven.com/woke-up-in-a-morgue/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:25:34 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6180 Cataplexy is a sudden and transient episode of loss of muscle tone, often triggered by emotions. It is a rare disease, but affects roughly 70% of people who have narcolepsy. Cataplexy can also be present as a side effect of SSRI Discontinuation Syndrome.Cataplexy manifests itself as muscular weakness which may range from a barely perceptible slackening of the facial muscles to the dropping of the jaw or head, weakness at the knees, or a total collapse. Usually the speech is slurred, vision is impaired (double vision, inability to focus), but hearing and awareness remain normal. These attacks are triggered by strong emotions such as exhilaration, anger, fear, surprise, orgasm, awe, embarrassment, and laughter. A person’s efforts to stave off cataplectic attacks by avoiding these emotions may greatly diminish their quality of life, and they may become severely restricted emotionally if diagnosis and treatment is not begun as soon as possible.Despite its relation to narcolepsy,... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/woke-up-in-a-morgue/feed/ 3 http://documentaryheaven.com/clearing-the-smoke-the-science-of-cannabis/ http://documentaryheaven.com/clearing-the-smoke-the-science-of-cannabis/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 20:06:35 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6178 Montana PBS’s new documentary, Clearing the Smoke, reveals how cannabis acts on the brain and in the body to treat nausea, pain, epilepsy and potentially even cancer. Extensive interviews with patients, doctors, researchers and skeptics detail the promises and the limitations of medicinal cannabis. Even though the video has an American perspective, marijuana use is illegal throughout many countries of the world for reasons that are not clear. This video is important because it mainly investigates the scientific basis underlying the medical benefits of marijuana use instead of focusing on the social, political and legal hysteria that have been attached to it.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/clearing-the-smoke-the-science-of-cannabis/feed/ 20 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-memory-loss-tapes/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-memory-loss-tapes/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:01:59 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6170 While there is hope for the future as science gains momentum, millions of people are currently affected by the painful and deadly consequences of Alzheimer’s. This verité documentary profiles seven people living with the disease, each in an advancing state of dementia, from its earliest detectable changes through death.“We wanted to capture a sense of what it was to be inside the disease,” explains Shari Cookson. “Our plan was to show the progression of the illness through several stories along the way.” But as Nick Doob points out: “There’s nothing clear cut about it. The course of the disease is different from person to person.” Adds Cookson: “They say if you’ve seen one person with Alzheimer’s…you’ve seen one person with Alzheimer’s.”... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-memory-loss-tapes/feed/ 6 http://documentaryheaven.com/a-new-way-to-see-food/ http://documentaryheaven.com/a-new-way-to-see-food/#comments Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:34:01 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6159 It's the Food that Matters! In this documentary film we see how the food we eat makes us either healthy or sick.... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/a-new-way-to-see-food/feed/ 44 http://documentaryheaven.com/fast-food-baby/ http://documentaryheaven.com/fast-food-baby/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 21:13:32 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6153 Documentary exploring the reasons why some parents feed their children junk food. The programme follows three families as they try to get back on the right nutritional track, and features experts who mentor them using the latest techniques in a bid to wean the youngsters off unhealthy meals... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/fast-food-baby/feed/ 15 http://documentaryheaven.com/the-boy-who-can-never-grow-old/ http://documentaryheaven.com/the-boy-who-can-never-grow-old/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 19:19:22 +0000 Danny http://documentaryheaven.com/?p=6142 Stuart 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 going to change forever. Although his body is failing him, his mind is focused on living.Imagine gradually losing the ability to use your muscles. You’re born a healthy baby, but by the time you’re a teenager you need 24-hour carers to do everything for you. Imagine knowing that the condition would eventually lead to your early death. What would you do?This intimate uplifting film follows 19-year-old Stuart Wickison who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, as he prepares to leave the comforts of Treloar’s, his special needs college, to study and live independently at university.Although Stuart is nearing death, the film follows him as he pushes himself beyond his limits, to achieve... Watch Now]]> http://documentaryheaven.com/the-boy-who-can-never-grow-old/feed/ 3