Doctors in the Death Zone
This two-part BBC Horizon series follows a team of doctors conducting a series of groundbreaking experiments as they climb Everest, the world's highest peak.
From their laboratory tents, pitched in -25°C conditions, the experts use their own bodies for medical tests. They push themselves to the limit to better understand the human body's behaviour in a low-oxygen environment.
The team hopes their work will lead to new, life-saving treatments for intensive care patients suffering from hypoxia, a shortage of oxygen in the body.
8.91 Doctors of Death
In the 1930s, Japan's notorious Unit 731 carried out brutal experiments on the population of recently-invaded Manchuria. Whole villages and towns w...
8.40 Life and Death in the War Zone
Medical personnel more accustomed to treating patients than handling weapons prepare to head to Iraq. The 21st CSH ("cash"), or Combat Support Ho...
6.77 The Molecule That Made Our World
Oxygen – we all need it, we can't live without it. It's integral to life on this planet. And it's probable that, as you watch this film, you will b...
6.92 Autopsy: Emergency Room | Minutes From Death
Broadcast (2007) In this new three part series, von Hagens explores the impact that accidents and assaults have on the human body, while also demon...