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Second Chance - Sudden Death Syndrome in Sports |
 “Second Chance” takes a close look at a not-so-well known reality -but not so exceptional by any means: sudden death in sports. In a journey across four European countries this 45 minute documentary reviews the experiences of five sportsmen, three professional and two amateur, who have confronted de… |
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A Journey that does not end |
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What are the differences among alcoholics in Europe? Is it still true that south Europe drinks too much wine, central Europe beer and northern countries are dependent on hard alcohol?
In a document made by Czech TV the audience will have possibility to follow three typical stories of people depe… |
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Try again - Computer games addiction |
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During the last few years, electronic games monopolize on the interest of young people. Thus, from being a harmless entertainment, they tend to become a new kind of addiction in today’s way of life.
The image of kids returning after their outdoor games, with muddy clothes and bleeding knees, has been substituted by the image of kids with tired eyes, for hours stuck in front of the computer screen.
However, the excessive occupation with this new attractive world, often, has unpleasant consequences. The users alienate themselves in the “digital world”, disregarding even rudimentary necessities. A considerable percentage of the youth is driven into addiction, creating problems to themselves as well as to their families.
Even though the electronic game addiction has not officially recognized as a disease, it is treated as such in specially created therapy centers.
The documentary “Try again” follows three young men, in three European cities, -in Germany, Netherlands and Greece- during their efforts to free themselves of the excessive use of the computer. They speak openly of their private stories, from the time they first started playing on the computer to the present time, at the completion of their therapy, making a new start in the “real world”.
At the same time, experts provide us with precious and revealing information about the symptoms and the consequences of this modern “disease”.
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In February 2003 a new virus, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome), appeared in China and Vietnam. Within weeks it had crossed the planet, sowing panic and death along its path. If AIDS, Ebola or another as yet unknown virus became transmittable by air like SARS, a science fiction scenario co… |
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To Breathe or not to breathe? |
 Air pollution is one of the main health issues Europe, that’s well known. What is less known, is that one of the most dangerous pollutants is neither CO (carbon monoxyde), nor SO2 (sulfur dioxide), and not even O3 (ozone). Our worst volatile enemy is PM: Particulate Matter.
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In the Name of Love - Corporal punishment |
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It’s wrong to hit children. A simple statement, which most parents would agree with. But still, within the European Union (EU) alone, thousands of children are injured and some even killed every year at the hands of their own parents.
In most of the world’s countries corporal punishment is still considered an acceptable and even recommendable correctional tool. A necessary means in order to shape your child into a good, responsible member of society.
The documentary In the Name of Love shows how the general attitudes towards corporal punishment differ in three different EU countries: the United Kingdom, Romania and Sweden.
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The brain of left-handers |
 Are left-handers really better at tennis? And more broadly in sports? The answer is yes! Even better: these finding holds are true in many other activities that have nothing to do with competition. Moreover, left-handers have always existed in the population of all time, on all continents, in all cu… |
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