April 1, 2016
(IMTJ) – Hungary claims to be the European capital of dental tourism, although there are no reliable figures to back that claim. The story of how Hungary became Europe’s dental chair is a case study in medical tourism. Investigative journalist … Read More
March 14, 2016
(Evening Standard) – Three women aged 55 or older were revealed to be simultaneously receiving inpatient maternity care at St Thomas’ Hospital in Lambeth after travelling abroad for IVF. Thousands of British women go to foreign clinics each year as … Read More
March 4, 2016
(The Korea Times) – Fifty medical centers have disclosed their fees to prevent illegal brokerage activities and provide credible service information, as a growing number of foreign patients seek treatment here. The move is the first of its kind, in … Read More
February 29, 2016
Medical Law Review (vol. 24, no. 1, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Risks, Reasons and Rights: The European Convention on Human Rights and English Abortion Law” by Rosamund Scott “What Role Should Public Opinion Play in Ethico-Legal Decision … Read More
February 26, 2016
The New England Journal of Medicine (vol. 374, no. 6, 2016) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “On the Road (to a Cure?)—Stem-Cell Tourism and Lessons for Gene Editing” by R.A. Charo “Lead Contamination in Flint—An Abject Failure to … Read More
February 25, 2016
(Medical Tourism Magazine) – Renée-Marie Stephano, President of the Medical Tourism Association®, said ransomware should raise a red flag to the potential dangers of cyberattacks in the medical tourism community, which has warmly embraced information technology to gather and transfer … Read More
February 23, 2016
(The Atlantic) – Batorfi is a specialist in oral surgery; he is also the face of one of the most unexpectedly shimmering sectors of Hungary’s post-communist economy. Between 2000 and 2008, the number of dentists in Hungary per capita increased … Read More
February 15, 2016
(Fox News) – Five people are set to go on trial in Costa Rica for their alleged roles in a major organ trafficking ring that sold kidneys harvested in the Central American nation to buyers in Israel. Costa Rica’s Prosecutor’s … Read More
February 2, 2016
(The Washington Post) – Hungary’s post-communist elite, led by a flamboyant, well-connected oral surgeon, has developed a sector of skilled dentists. By charging bargain prices, they have created an internationally marketable product. The national government even includes a Medical Tourism … Read More
January 20, 2016
(Vice News) – By last year, the service was booming. New agencies were springing up all the time and recruiting potential mothers into their programs with the promise of making more money than these typically poor and uneducated women would … Read More
December 28, 2015
(Eurekalert) – North Americans travel to Europe for many reasons, including business, vacation or trips to learn more about their family heritage. New research from The University of Texas at Arlington shows that a growing number of North Americans are … Read More
December 16, 2015
(Yahoo!) – While it means we’ll have another Caribbean island to visit for tropical vacations, Cuba boasts another popular industry: medical tourism. You can almost consider doctors and healthcare workers one of Cuba’s natural resources, thanks to medical colleges such … Read More
December 16, 2015
(The Guardian) – A Mexican state legislature has voted to close the door to foreign couples and gay men looking to have a child by surrogacy. The Gulf coast state of Tabasco is currently the only Mexican state that allows … Read More
December 14, 2015
Journal of Perinatology (vol. 35, no. 12, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “Integrating Neurocritical Care Approaches into Neonatology: Should All Infants Be Treated Equitably?” by P.C. Mann, et al. “When Worlds Intersect: Practical and Ethical Challenges when Caring … Read More
November 30, 2015
(Vancouver Sun) – Medical tourism is not only bringing ethical questions home with returning patients, but also higher costs to fix botched procedures or antibiotic resistant infections, says an international expert in the field. Glenn Cohen, a Harvard law professor … Read More
November 13, 2015
Public Health Ethics (vol. 8, no. 3, 2015) is available online by subscription only. Articles include: “The Ethical Significance of Antimicrobial Resistance” by Jasper Littmann and A.M. Viens “The Choice to Travel: Health Tourists and the Spread of Antibiotic Resistance” by … Read More
November 10, 2015
(Eurekalert) – The continued marketing and use of experimental stem cell-based interventions inside and outside the United States is problematic and unsustainable, according to a new paper by science policy and bioethics experts at Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public … Read More
November 9, 2015
(Economic Times) – Commercial surrogacy is often termed the ‘rent-a-womb’ industry or ‘outsourced pregnancy’ and the rise in the popularity of India as a destination for childless foreign couples seeking a baby through surrogacy has led to the country being … Read More
November 9, 2015
(CBS News) – Legendary Cowboys running back Tony Dorsett was diagnosed in 2013 with chronic traumatic encephalopathy, a degenerative brain disease that has been linked to depression, dementia and to suicides of NFL players, CBS Dallas reports. Two years later, … Read More
November 9, 2015
(Eurekalert) – Traveling abroad to receive a kidney from a paid living donor at a commercial transplant center carries considerable risks, according to a study that will be presented at ASN Kidney Week 2015 Nov. 3-8 at the San Diego … Read More
November 5, 2015
(The Wall Street Journal) – A court in Mumbai has temporarily lifted a government prohibition on foreign couples’ using Indian surrogate mothers, clearing the way for two fertility clinics in the city to keep serving clients from abroad, two lawyers … Read More
October 30, 2015
(Sydney Morning Herald) – A booming surrogacy industry chased out of Thailand and Nepal has turned to Cambodia, where many Australians are ignoring warnings from their own government not to seek surrogacy services. Up to 20 Australian couples have entered … Read More
October 23, 2015
(Thomas Reuters Foundation) – Puerto Rico is trying to build its medical tourism industry, from a current level of about $80 million a year to $300 million by 2017, as part of efforts to heal its chronically sick economy. A … Read More
October 8, 2015
(Medical Daily) – More than half of all patients crossing borders for reproductive care do so to evade the law of their home country, Van Hoof and colleagues note. In Europe alone, this may account for roughly 15,000 cycles of … Read More
October 5, 2015
(The Wall Street Journal) – Their situation isn’t unique as the emergence of fertility services and surrogate programs geared toward gay Chinese suggest more couples are heading overseas to start their families. Many go to the U.S. because of its robust … Read More
