Channel Information
Discovery Home Health, the latest addition to the Discovery Networks Europe stable, launched on Sky Digital on July 31st with programming from around the world devoted to health, medicine and well-being. Discovery Health will be a dual media outlet, with the TV channel running in conjunction with this online service.
Discovery Health will empower viewers and users to take an active responsibility for their health and wellbeing. By using up to the minute healthcare information it promotes a range of healthcare solutions designed to compliment the modern lifestyle.
Online...
Over the coming months you can expect to see this site develop into a fully interactive source of Health information and advice with daily news articles and features from Lifestyle through to optical and alternative.
You will be able to find your local Doctor's surgery or Health centre using the resource locator, measure your calorie or alcohol intake using our selection of counters, play the operation game, take an interactive trip around a human body and even learn all about the history of medicine.
On TV...
Building on Discovery's reputation for quality and innovation, Discovery Health will be a trusted voice on modern medicine, featuring high-quality programming about real-world medical experiences, practical fitness and nutrition guidance from experts and the most in-depth coverage of breaking health and medical news from around the world.
Series...
From the US comes the award winning Health Diary, with true-life personal tales from people undergoing treatment and sharing their health experiences - from giving up smoking to eczema and from obesity to a lung transplant. Along the way sports people and celebrities, from Rod Laver to Jane Fonda, share their methods for gaining and maintaining a state of well-being.
From the UK, Liverpool Mums follows the fortunes of a group of new mothers and mums-to-be, recounting their experiences from conception to birth and caring for their baby, while the joys and trials of parenting are explored in Spilled Milk from Canada.
The Operation looks at modern surgical methods, with cameras following patients and their surgical team through a different procedure in each episode, while Ultra Science goes behind the health headlines to look at the science of current medicine around the world.
Documentaries
A mother with terminal cancer prepares her family for her death and campaigns to raise awareness of the importance of early diagnosis in The Deborah Maybury Story, while the impact of the suspicion of child abuse on an ordinary family is portrayed in Loss of Innocence.
Alan Alda - of MASH and ER fame - introduces some of the most recent technological breakthroughs and treatments in 21st Century Medicine.
Strongman tells the story of a trapeze artist who fights his way back from paralysis after a fall by developing a system of exercises that lead to him performing again for the Russian State Circus - as title suggests - as the strongman.
Other highlights include personal testimony about the condition from schizophrenics and their families from Australia and the UK in Spinning Out and Edge of Madness, while adoption, the medical reasons for criminality, autism, the drive to reproduce, identical twins and the science behind sexual attraction are among other topics covered.
- Postal Address:
- Discovery
c/o TV Direct
10 Queen's Square,
Bristol BS1 4NT
No channel e-mail
- Telephone:
- 0117-9091221
- Web Site:
- Click here to visit the Discovery Home and Health web site
