June 14, 2019
(The Conversation) – For the past two decades, the Chinese regime has been killing prisoners of conscience for their organs. The purchase and sale of human lives has become an industry, and Canada, among other developed countries, has been supporting … Read More
May 20, 2019
(Newsweek) – Hundreds of thousands of Americans are crossing the border into Mexico each year to receive a wide range of treatments, including medical services, dental care and cosmetic surgery, experts in what has become known as “medical tourism” say. … Read More
May 6, 2019
(The Epoch Times) – Belgium’s primary legislative body passed a new bill on April 25 that would punish all parties involved in the buying and selling of human organs for commercial purposes. Violators face up to 20 years imprisonment with … Read More
April 1, 2019
(Daily Mail) – Australian couples are spending $20,000 to choose the eye colour and sex of their ‘designer babies’ at an overseas clinic. But critics have slammed the practice, claiming it is reminiscent of ‘what the Nazis wanted to do’. … Read More
March 29, 2019
(BBC) – Patients Beyond Borders, a publisher of guidebooks for “medical tourists” estimates that more than 20 million people will travel to another country for medical treatment this year, up 25% from 16 million last year. Meanwhile, a 2016 report … Read More
March 20, 2019
(Daily Mail) – The Dominican Republic may be the most dangerous place to travel abroad for plastic surgery, a new report finds. Researchers looked at cases of post-surgery infections over a 14-year period and found that nearly half of them … Read More
March 8, 2019
(Medical Xpress) – The European Union’s police agency says law enforcement authorities seized illegally trafficked medicines last year worth more than 165 million euros ($185 million). Europol said Friday that a seven-month operation involving authorities from 16 European countries led … Read More
February 14, 2019
(Kaiser Health News) – Fenner is not the only one thinking like this. The U.S. government estimates that close to 1 million people in California alone cross to Mexico annually for health care, including to buy prescription drugs. And between 150,000 and 320,000 Americans … Read More
February 5, 2019
(ABC News) – Authorities in Romania are investigating an Italian citizen who allegedly posed as a plastic surgeon in clinics around Bucharest. The College of Medics said Tuesday that it hadn’t issued Matteo Politi, who used the alias Matthew Mode, … Read More
January 25, 2019
(Newsweek) – Americans traveling to Mexico for cheap surgeries have returned to the country with deadly antibiotic-resistant superbugs, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. U.S. residents who traveled to and had gotten “an invasive medical procedure … Read More
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