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A BRIEF HISTORY OF Medical TourismTuesday, Nov. 25, 2008 It's no wonder. The medical tourism industry has experienced massive growth over the past decade. Experts in the field say as many as 150,000 U.S. citizens underwent medical treatment abroad in 2006 — the majority in Asia and Latin America |
Legalizing the Organ Trade?Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 Singaporean retail tycoon Tang Wee Sung could probably afford to buy almost anything. But in early July, Singapore authorities alleged that Tang tried to make an outr? purchase: a new organ. Tang is currently charged with offering to pay a broker $220,000 to secure a healthy kidney from an Indonesian man. |
Outsourcing Your HeartSunday, May. 21, 2006 Whiplash was just the first agony that Kevin Miller, 45, suffered in a car accident last July. The second was sticker shock. The self-employed and uninsured chiropractor from Eunice, La., learned that it would cost $90,000 to get the herniated disk in his neck repaired. |
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