Have you ever watched a TV show or documentary that got your health condition totally right (or totally wrong)? We’d love to hear about it! Leave your thoughts in the comments below or record your opinion using our app (select “Share Your Voice” as the story type).
In the meantime, if you’re looking for something to watch on Netflix, these health stories (both fictional and non-fiction) may spark your interest. Netflix has become widely available over the years, streaming in many countries, and what makes viewing a million times better is being able to watch the content on high-speed internet TV’s or laptops. If you are watching Netflix on your laptop, you could always get a HDMI cable (like this one: https://www.hdmi.org/spec/hdmi2_1) so that you can watch it on the bigger screen of your TV. If you want to watch it directly on your TV, then there are many bundles and offers around for this service and you can find one company that does these sorts of deals at https://att-bundles.com/att-tv/ and start your high-quality viewing experience. Before settling down to watch some Netflix shows or movies, make sure that you have a good internet connection first. Without a good internet connection, many people will experience buffering and connectivity issues. This can be extremely annoying. If this happens regularly, it might be worth looking at some at&t internet plans to see if they make any difference. By switching to a better internet provider, people should be able to watch more television without any loading problems.
A lot of people have Netflix, so that’s why we’ve suggested content on there. However, there might also be some good health stories on your cable TV too, so no matter what you use to watch TV shows, there should be something for you to view. Even though we’ve written about Netflix, there are actually more people watching cable TV which is interesting. These days, we all just assume that everyone has Netflix, but more people have cable. If you’d like to read some more interesting facts like that, there is more information on infinitydish.com. Anyway, if you do have Netflix, here are some health stories that you may want to watch! Enjoy!
Atypical
Health Topic: Autism
Genre: Teen TV Shows, TV Dramas, TV Comedies
From Netflix: “When a teen on the autism spectrum decides to get a girlfriend, his bid for more independence puts his whole family on a path of self-discovery.”
Root Cause
Health Topic: Chronic Illness, Chronic degenerative disease
Genre: Documentaries
From Netflix: “A Man’s 10-year search for the underlying cause of his chronic illnesses becomes an expose of the dental root canal procedure’s harmful health risks.”
Theory of Everything
Health Topic: ALS
Genre: Drama
From Netflix: “Thanks to the power of love, one of the modern world’s greatest minds endures unimaginable challenges.”
American Circumcision
Health Topic: Circumcision
Genre: Documentaries
From Netflix: “With interviews from experts on both sides of the debate, this film questions the routine practice of non-religious infant circumcision in the U.S.
Irreplaceable You
Health Topic: Cancer
Genre: Drama
From Netflix: “She tried to arrange his future in case she wasn’t in it. But focusing on his ‘next’ made her lose sight of their ‘now’.”
End Game
Health Topic: Death, Hospice, Palliative Care
Genre: Documentaries
From Netflix: “Facing an inevitable outcome, terminally ill patients meet extraordinary medical practitioners seeking to change our approach to life and death.”
Silver Linings Playbook
Health Topic: Bipolar
Genre: Comedy
From Netflix: “After a stint in a mental hospital, Pat moves in with his parents and tries to win back his wife, until he meets a woman who’s as unstable as he is.”
The Girl Whose Muscles Are Turning To Bone
Health Topic: Rare Conditions, Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
Genre: Documentaries
From Netflix: “Few people are as courageous as young Luciana Wulken,a 7-year-old who must fight an extremely rare condition that turns her muscles to bone.”
The Kominsky Method
Health Topic: Death and Grief
Genre: Comedy
From Netflix: “Life’s third act has thrown them a few curveballs. But their friendship only gets better with age.”
Kingdom of Us
Health Topic: Suicide
Genre: Documentary
From Netflix: “He slipped into a darkness his family couldn’t understand. Now they’re searching for answers – and peace.”
The Fundamentals of Caring
Health Topic: Caregiving, Duchenne muscular dystrophy
Genre: Comedy
From Netflix: “In this inspirational buddy comedy, a young shut-in and his caregiver take a road trip in search of landmarks, but end up finding hope and friendship.”
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Unrest
Health Topic: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Genre: Documentary
From Netflix: “In spite of what so-called experts think, her symptoms and suffering aren’t’ creations of her mind.”
Brain on Fire
Health Topic: anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis, a rare autoimmune disease
Genre: Movies based on real life, Biographical Movies
From Netflix: “Stricken with seizures, psychosis and memory loss, a young New York Post reporter visits doctor after doctor in search of an elusive diagnosis.
The Bleeding Edge
Health Topic: Medical Devices
Genre: Documentary
From Netflix: “Safety loopholes, kickbacks, untested devices. Inside the booming world of medical tech lies a web of hidden dangers.”
Maniac
Health Topic: Mental Health, Schizophrenia
Genre: TV Drama
From Netflix: “Diagnosed with schizophrenia, Owen is the black sheep of the wealthy Milgrim clan. After losing his job, he enrolls in an experimental drug trial.”
Seven Pounds
Health Topic: Organ Donation
Genre: Drama
From Netflix: “His promise to help seven strangers lighten their burdens is a heavy load. Heavier still is the method of his kindness.”
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