CDC Reports Deaths After Medical Tourism in the Dominican Republic
There were 93 deaths among U.S. residents who traveled to the Dominican Republic (D.R.) for cosmetic surgery from 2009 through 2022, according to findings in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). While there were a mean of 4.1 deaths after cosmetic surgery from 2009 through 2018, that number rose of 13 during 2019-2020, with a […]
Many Medicare Patients Travel 50-Plus Miles for Neurology Visits
Nearly one in five Medicare beneficiaries who saw a neurologist traveled long distances for their office visit, 2018 cross-sectional data suggested. Out of over 563,000 Medicare beneficiaries with a neurologist visit that year, 17% traveled 50 miles or more one way for care, reported Chun Chieh Lin, PhD, MBA, of Ohio State University in Columbus, […]
CIA Doc Sent to Investigate Illness Developed Havana Syndrome
A CIA physician who traveled to Cuba to get to the bottom of the mystery illness known as “Havana Syndrome” wound up experiencing some of the same debilitating symptoms, he told CNN. During the network’s weekend special report “Immaculate Concussion: The Truth About Havana Syndrome,” Dr. Paul Andrews (a pseudonym) told CNN medical correspondent Sanjay […]