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7 unusual facts about Discovery Health Channel


Discovery Health

Discovery Health Channel, a former American cable television network which was replaced in 2011 by the OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network and later returned as Discovery Fit & Health later that same year

Discovery Health Channel

As the network matured, it began producing its own programming in the reality show genre, mostly dealing with babies (Babies: Special Delivery, Birth Day), bodies (Plastic Surgery: Before and After, National Body Challenge), and blood (The Critical Hour, Dr. G: Medical Examiner).

Harmony By Karate

In 2005, as part of the series, "The National Body Challenge", Sensei John was featured on the Discovery Health Channel teaching national radio disc jockey Zach Martin for a six-month period.

Harmony By Karate has been featured in Blackbelt Magazine—as well as in many other publications, both domestic and international (see below), and on The National Body Challenge series on the Discovery Health Channel.

Little Parents, Big Charlie

Little Parents, Big Charlie is a reality television series starring Craig and Becky Hennon on TLC and the Discovery Health Channels.

Runway Moms

Runway Moms is an American reality television program created for the Discovery Health Channel.

Strictly Sex with Dr. Drew

It ran for 10 episodes in all, and is still featured on the Discovery Health channel.


Gigantiform cementoma

The most famous case is of Novemthree Siahaan (who died on September 15, 2005), a young Indonesian boy from Batam Island who received medical care in Haulien, Taiwan through a Buddhist missionary from the Tzu Chi Foundation, which was documented on the Discovery Health Channel.

Jan Garavaglia

She stars in the hit series Dr. G: Medical Examiner on the Discovery Health Channel which first aired in July 2004 and is currently on its seventh season.

Stand Up to Cancer

The telethon returned on Friday, September 10, 2010 at 8/7c to ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Bio., Current, Discovery Health, E!, G4, HBO, HBO Latino, MLB Network, Mun2, Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, Style Network, TV One and VH1.


see also

Discovery Health

Discovery Fit & Health, an American cable television network dedicated to fitness and health, launched in 2011 from a merger of Discovery Health Channel and FitTV