Watch Diagnosis: Dead or Alive

2012
1 Season
6.7 (10)

Diagnosis Dead or Alive is a Discovery Health channel original series. Each episode is approximately one hour. This is a documentary-style drama series. Due to medical content and procedures, this program may not be suitable for some viewers. With each episode of Diagnosis: Dead or Alive, two different medical cases are explored. Using interviews, actors and actual medical footage, the viewer is shown the medical symptoms of a patient. The symptoms can range from common ailments to the strange and unusual. After seeking conventional medical treatment, the patient still doesn't find relief for their illness. Rushing against time, a network of doctors and specialists try administering a number of tests to see if they can diagnosis the problem. In most cases a diagnosis is hard to find and the patient has only a limited amount of time before the illness takes his life. At the end of each segment, viewers find out the diagnosis is for the patient's illness. Viewers then are shown what procedures are taken to help make the patient better. After the treatment or treatments have been followed, viewers finally find out if the patient survived the illness or if it took his life. Some of the illnesses and diseases discussed in this program include parasites and rare auto immune diseases. Some patients are victims of poisoning from uncooked foods or having caught a rare disorder from traveling to foreign countries. Interviews with the family and friends give no indication as to if the patient survives or not before the end of the episode. Doctors' interviews discuss each case in depth and explain why it took so long for the initial diagnosis and subsequent treatment. The viewer is left to guess the outcome of the episode until the very end.

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Seasons

5. Episode 5

July 23, 2012

Summary not available

4. Kurt and Jessie

July 16, 2012

A man suffers from lumps on his body and a young woman's cheeks go numb.

3. Jordan and Tannis

July 9, 2012

A man who has bleeding gums and a woman with high blood pressure and headaches are examined in this episode.

2. Bonnie and Shannon

July 2, 2012

A woman who faints from a high fever and a woman who loses control of the right side of her body are examined in this episode.

1. Jamie and David

June 25, 2012

A man with joint pain and a tired woman are shown on the premier of the new series which explores mysterious medical conditions.

Description

Rushing against time, a network of doctors and specialists try administering a number of tests to see if they can diagnosis the problem. In most cases a diagnosis is hard to find and the patient has only a limited amount of time before the illness takes his life.

At the end of each segment, viewers find out the diagnosis is for the patient's illness. Viewers then are shown what procedures are taken to help make the patient better. After the treatment or treatments have been followed, viewers finally find out if the patient survived the illness or if it took his life.

Some of the illnesses and diseases discussed in this program include parasites and rare auto immune diseases. Some patients are victims of poisoning from uncooked foods or having caught a rare disorder from traveling to foreign countries.

Interviews with the family and friends give no indication as to if the patient survives or not before the end of the episode. Doctors' interviews discuss each case in depth and explain why it took so long for the initial diagnosis and subsequent treatment. The viewer is left to guess the outcome of the episode until the very end.

Diagnosis: Dead or Alive is a series that is currently running and has 1 seasons (5 episodes). The series first aired on June 25, 2012.

Where to Watch Diagnosis: Dead or Alive

Diagnosis: Dead or Alive is available for streaming on the Discovery Health website, both individual episodes and full seasons. You can also watch Diagnosis: Dead or Alive on demand at and Discovery Life.