Surgery
Illegal organ trade is more sophisticated than one might think: Who's behind it and how it could be controlled
Every now and then the trade in human organs makes national, even international, news.
Jun 28, 2023
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Health
Why are more people traveling abroad for cosmetic surgery, and what are the risks?
In the fall of 2021, Danielle Geohagan woke up in a Turkish clinic, disoriented. Her body was shivering despite the stack of blankets piled on her healing midsection, and she was hungry after going more than 12 hours without ...
Jun 13, 2022
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Ethical, legal issues when people travel to other nations for health care
Harvard Law School (HLS) Assistant Professor I. Glenn Cohen lay on a table in a South Korean hospital and tried to relax as a worker wearing a white shirt and black pants methodically drove his elbow into Cohen's back.
Oct 17, 2012
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Health
Deaths due to tainted herbal medicine under-recorded
A University of Adelaide forensic pathologist is warning that potentially harmful substances found in herbal medicines may be playing a bigger role in deaths of 'health tourists' than previously thought.
Oct 25, 2018
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Health
'Suicide tourism' and understanding the Swiss model of the right to die
Two weeks ago, the 104-year-old Australian scientist David Goodall flew from his home in Western Australia to Switzerland to access assisted suicide with the help of lifecircle and Exit International, two right-to-die societies.
May 24, 2018
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'Stem cell tourism' growing trend: Panel decries overseas clinics that provide treatments devoid of scientific validity
Internet sites offer help for people suffering from a dizzying array of serious conditions, including: Alzheimer's, Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, atherosclerosis, autism, brain damage, cancer, cerebellar ataxia, cerebral ...
Dec 3, 2012
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Surgery
Patients who travel abroad for plastic surgery can bring home serious complications
With the promise of inexpensive procedures luring patients to travel abroad for plastic surgery, medical tourism has become an expanding, multi-billion-dollar industry. But while the initial procedure may be cheap, it can ...
Mar 29, 2018
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Challenges to the NHS from 'health tourism' going unrecognized
The rise of medical tourism presents significant challenges for the NHS according to new work from academics at the Universities of Birmingham and York. They argue that policy makers have so far failed to address the implications ...
Feb 13, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Could going on holiday be a treatment for dementia?
Many of us will have likely heard of music therapy and art therapy—but what about "travel therapy?"
Jun 23, 2022
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Surgery
Rise of medical tourism shows impact on cosmetic surgery market
Would you consider traveling to Mexico or India for a less-expensive rhinoplasty or breast augmentation procedure? Many Americans are doing just that—and the trend is having an impact on the market for cosmetic plastic ...
Oct 30, 2013
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