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Horizon Season 34, Episode 11: Mind Over Body

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Horizon reports on how mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system. Watch Horizon Season 34, Episode 11 Mind Over Body in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Horizon Season 34, Episode 11 and share your thoughts in the comments below!

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Episodes

15 episodes
1

Psychedelic Science

Horizon reports on the resurgence in research on psychedelic drugs in the 1990's.

60 min
2

Fat Cats, Thin Mice

In this documentary, Horizon investigates obesity in Britain, following a woman, Heather Osborne, who weighs 322 pounds. We watch her progress through a stomach stapling operation and explore reports on a so-called fat free fat and two new drugs which have been marketed as the ultimate cure for obesity.

60 min
3

Shipwreck

Horizon follows the investigations into the origins of a 16th century shipwreck discovered off of the coast of the Channel Islands.

60 min
4

Genius of the Jet

This episode of Horizon presents a profile of the inventor Sir Frank Whittle and his idea for the first jet engine which changed the nature of air travel.

60 min
5

Smallpox on Death Row

In this episode, Horizon reports on the last lab samples of smallpox destined to be destroyed. But do we still have much to learn from this virus?

60 min
6

Silent Children, New Language

In this episode, Horizon investigates an amazing new sign language developed solely by deaf children and explores if we copy language from what surrounds us.

60 min
7

Turned On by Danger

Horizon reports on a radical new theory by Professor Polly Matzinger about the human body's immune system.

60 min
8

A Perfect Oil Spill

Horizon investigates the real impact that oil pollution has on our environment during a 12 month study.

60 min
9

The Great Balloon Race

Horizon reports on the technical and logistical struggles of teams trying for the first time to circumnavigate the earth by balloon.

60 min
10

Crater of Death

Horizon investigates the theory that a comet impact in the Gulf of Mexico was responsible for the mass extinction of the dinosaurs.

60 min
11

Mind Over Body

Horizon reports on how mainstream science is now looking at whether the brain can affect the immune system.

60 min
12

Out of Asia

In this episode, Horizon presents new findings about the dates for the arrival of people in Australia and the invention of art.

60 min
13

The Virus that Cures

Horizon presents a documentary about scientists who now believe that viruses that can kill bacteria, known as bacteriophage, might win the fight against super-germs.

60 min
14

The Man Who Lost his Body

Looks at Ian Waterman, who at 19 caught a virus that destroyed half of his nervous system and who, in spite of medical assertions that he would never walk, feed or move again, managed by sheer will-power to get back some mobility. Examines the question of how far the brain can over-ride disease or physical problems.

60 min
15

Dawn of the Clone Age

This Horizon documentary is about how and why, a sheep named Dolly, became the first cloned copy of an adult mammal.

60 min