It’s a pretty good week on TV for programmes about health :

SUPERHUMAN: GENIUS
Tuesday 19th August at 8:00pm on ITV2
‘This documentary takes a look at amazingly gifted people in music, science and the arts to see if their genius is down to nature or nurture.’

EMBARRASSING ILLNESSES
Wednesday 20th August at 8:00pm on Channel 4
‘This week the team look at a woman who’s social life is being ruined by psoriasis and a man with a damaged penis.’

BLOOD AND GUTS: A HISTORY OF SURGERY
Wednesday 20th August at 9:00pm on BBC4
’1/5 – ‘Into the Brain: First part of a new series that looks at the bloody and dangerous history of surgery. We begin with brain surgery from lobotomies with icepicks to today’s life-saving surgery techniques.’

DR. ALICE ROBERTS – DON’T DIE YOUNG
Thursday 21st August at 8:30pm on BBC2
‘The Immune System’: Dr. Alice Roberts puts herself through a terrifying experience to see how her immune system responds to threat.’

SUPER DOCTORS
Thursday 21st August at 9:00pm on BBC1
’1/3 – ‘Robot Doctors’: First in a new series in which Professor Robert Winston looks at cutting edge surgical robots in the UK and abroad and questions how useful they are.’

(If you know of any interesting alternative medicine, complementary therapy or health-related programmes on TV then email them to us and we’ll include them in our weekly TV updates.)

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