Expert guides on medical tourism, treatments, and healthcare in China.
A neurologist explains why the first few hours after a stroke determine the rest of your life — and why China's top stroke centers are achieving recovery rates that rival anywhere in the world.
When doctors said his BMI was too high to donate a kidney to his dying child, this father lost 50 kilograms in months. A Shanghai hospital's multidisciplinary team then performed the living-donor transplant that gave his son a second chance at life.
A young woman collapsed with the worst headache of her life. Scans revealed a massive cerebral aneurysm at the highest surgical grade. A Shanghai hospital's neurovascular team spent 12 hours dismantling it — and she walked out of the hospital.
PUMCH's hematology team published the first-ever randomized trial showing luspatercept plus cyclosporine achieves 79% response rates in non-transfusion-dependent aplastic anemia — nearly double the standard treatment, especially in elderly patients.
PUMCH's vascular surgery team co-led a 169-patient study identifying two stem cell subtypes in arterial fat tissue that cause atherosclerotic plaques to rupture — the mechanism behind most heart attacks and strokes.
PUMCH's gynecologic oncology team published research revealing that cervical cancer subtypes have fundamentally different immune environments — explaining why PD-1 inhibitors work well for squamous cell carcinoma but fail in adenocarcinoma and neuroendocrine types.
Researchers at Tangdu Hospital published a breakthrough in Theranostics — a 3D-printed asymmetric bioadhesive patch that repairs intestinal tissue without sutures, prevents the deadly complication of anastomotic leakage, and blocks post-surgical adhesions.
Beijing Tiantan Hospital's neurology team developed RAG-17, China's first domestically developed siRNA drug for ALS, which reduced toxic SOD1 protein by up to 69% in a Phase 1 trial — results published in Nature Medicine.
A patient with bladder cancer at the trigone — the most surgically dangerous zone — underwent robotic partial cystectomy with bilateral ureteral reimplantation at Tangdu Hospital, preserving his bladder and kidney function entirely.
A critically ill premature infant weighing just 1.2 kg developed a rare 5-cm stomach perforation at 4 days old. Tongji Hospital's pediatric surgery team performed emergency repair — the baby went home at 2.5 kg one month later.
A patient from Central Asia traveled to XJTU First Affiliated Hospital for treatment of a severe hematological malignancy. The multidisciplinary team delivered successful treatment — demonstrating China's growing role in cross-border medical care.
A 66-year-old man's parathyroid gland had migrated deep into his chest. Tongji Hospital's thoracic surgery team removed it through an incision inside his lip — leaving zero visible scars on his neck or body.
A 39-year-old woman underwent radical colon cancer surgery at PUMCH's Day Surgery Center and was discharged within 24 hours — pain-free, eating normally, with only tiny puncture marks on her abdomen.
Tangdu Hospital's vascular surgery team used a modified endovascular delivery system to repair complex thoracic aortic disease — breaking through anatomical barriers that would have required open chest surgery at most hospitals.
