Discovery will also contribute Discovery Health, replacing it with OWN when the new network goes live on Jan. 1.

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Scott never really left the health care world after HCA. He helped invest in a predecessor to the Discovery Health cable channel.

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Kellogg's, for instance, promotes its cereal brand, Special K, in co-productions with the Discovery Health Channel in America.

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