Discoveryhealth.com Presents Interactive Futuristic Space Home And A Quiz to Find Out If You Have ‘The Right Stuff’

The following has been issued by
Discovery Health Channel, LLC and Discoveryhealth.com, LLC:

WHAT:
If we lived in outer space, where would we sleep, how would we use
the bathroom and what would our rooms look like? Through the converging,
complimentary powers of television and the Internet, Discovery Health is
sending viewers out of this world to discover the effects outer space has on
the human body.
As Space Medicine launches at discoveryhealth.com, learn how
people will live and function in space stations.
This special online package
of content explains how astronauts maintain their physical and mental health
in the outer reaches of Earth’s atmosphere.
Moreover, NASA officials reveal
the one food item all astronauts want to eat while they are in space in a
feature called Cosmic Cuisine.

Examining the medical improvements research in space has brought to Earth,
Discovery Health Channel, in an innovative special Space Medicine, explores
the fascinating links between medical breakthroughs from the international
space program and their unique applications to gravity bound patients.
Viewers are taken to ground zero, the labs at NASA, providing a first-hand
look at the agency’s scientists in action.
Segments of the one-hour program
were produced on locations in the United States, Canada and England,
specifically focusing on people who have directly benefited from medical
firsts developed from research and technology first developed for NASA.
Space
Medicine airs Sunday, December 10 at 10:00 PM (ET) on Discovery Health
Channel, immediately following Discovery Channel’s Watch with the World:
Inside The Space Station.

WHEN:
Starting Monday, November 27, 2000, users can log on to Space
Medicine at discoveryhealth.com.
In addition, Discovery Health Channel airs
the special, Space Medicine, on Sunday, December 10 at 10:00 PM (ET).

Discovery Health takes you inside the world of health, medicine and
wellness — through medical breakthroughs, inspiring real life stories of
individual and medical triumphs and events brought to life in a unique and
captivating style.
From the people who bring you the Discovery Channel, the
most trusted brand on television, Discovery Health Channel, LLC and
Discoveryhealth.com, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Discovery.com, Inc.,
and the internet’s most comprehensive vertical health portal, are part of a
major, multi-media business designed to help consumers lead healthier, more
vigorous lives.
Discoveryhealth.com and Discovery Health Channel were formed
by Discovery Communications, Inc.