Have you contacted your local media with your Mal de Débarquement story? Whether it’s a newspaper, radio station, or TV health segment, they are always looking for impactful human stories.

Print & Radio

Recent Mentions in Mainstream Media

• Good Housekeeping, Health, Wellness: “That Rocky, Swaying Feeling You Get After a Cruise Is Real, According to Doctors,” 2026

• Unilad News, Health: “Health experts warn of little-known condition that can strike after a cruise and last for years The condition impacts 150,000 people in the US.” 2026

• The Independent, Travel: “Just went on a cruise? The life-altering health condition to watch out for. Symptoms include a rocking or swaying sensation and brain fog.” 2026

Interviews with Patients

• La Dépêche, “Après une croisière, elle développe une maladie rare : son cerveau se croit toujours sur un bateau.” 2025
• Business Insider, Travel, “My first cruise was a 7-day disappointment. Even worse, it left me feeling sick long after touching dry land.” 2024
• Prevention Magazine, “Medical Mystery: Why Do I Always Feel Dizzy?” 2022
• The Guardian, Experience: I get seasick on dry land. 2020
• Washington Post, Travel Perspective, “For some unlucky travelers, ‘disembarkation sickness’ strikes after the cruise is over.” 2019
• Solid land feels like rolling ocean to Boones Mill woman with rare disorder. The MdDS Warrior t-shirt she is wearing is available through our store on Zazzle. 2018
• “Erika…now has hope. A hope that she had lost.” This article is in French, available to readers of the Nice-Matin, Victime du mal du débarquement. 2017
• The Washington Post interviewed patient Cathy H. and Yoon-Hee Cha, MD, in “Her dizziness started after two days on a boat, and then it never went away.” 2017
• Portland, TN’s WQKR radio interviews board member Cathy H. for their weekly show aimed at men and women concerning issues and providing information for the community, The Afternoon Roundtable 02 May 2017.
• WFAN’s Bob Salter interviews Drs. Mingjia Dai and Sergei Yakushin on the topic of Mal de Débarquement Syndome (MdDS) just prior to Rare Disease Day. 2017
• Huff Post, This Woman Didn’t Let A Rare Disorder Stop Her From Creating Art, 2016
• Neurology Now, June/July 2016, Balancing Act: Unsteadiness is a common symptom of many neurologic conditions, causing falls and injuries. These strategies can help boost your balance—and your brain health.
• WFAN’s Bob Salter dedicates the first hour of his weekly radio show to MdDS. His interview with Cathy H. discusses an atypical trigger, difficulty getting a diagnosis, finding support, and many more of the challenges of having our rare disorder. Note: this recording was provided with ads included. 2015
• Green Bay Gazette, “Today’s Take: Join our JAM for motion disorder” by Julie Lipp. 2014
• The Telegraph, “When you can’t get off the boat” by Ed Grisamore. Celeste Queen and Sheryl Wilkinson explain how it feels to live with MdDS. 2014
• Dr. Tony Maglione talks in-depth with Cindy Beagle about MdDS on his radio show, Political Pulse. 2014
• Prime Time PostScript radio, Motion Makes It Better! featuring Jane Houghton. Hayley Wilkinson gets to speak as well. They even close the interview with a snippet of her song “Rock the Boat.” 2014
• The simplest thing can be the hardest to do. Jane Houghton speaks with NPR affiliate KCRW in “On the Rolling Sea,” recorded for their Get Off the Couch program. 2014
• Mirror (UK), Cruise holiday left pensioner left permanently seasick with rare Mal de Debarquement Syndrome. 2014
  • BBC Radio Kent – Julia George interviews Diane Morley (skip to 1:08:23)
  • Mail Online, Teetotal grandmother suffers permanent sea sickness after cruise to Norway leaves her stumbling around like she is drunk (and there is no cure)
• Medical Xpress, Brain stimulation shows promise in treating debilitating balance disorder. 2014
• Los Angeles Times, “No safe harbor from disembarkment syndrome.” 2010

Television Coverage

• Ça commence aujourd’hui sur France 2, france.tv – How to fight against a rare disease? Suffering from disembarkation sickness syndrome, Tamara talks with Faustine Bollaert about constantly having the impression of living on a boat. 2021
• Fox News, Grand Rapids, Woman suffers from rare condition, making her seasick on land, 2020
• Julie Lemoine on Radio-Canada (French TV): Deux ans après un voyage en mer, la houle la secoue encore. 2018
• CruiseTipsTV answers a subscriber question regarding seasickness after disembarkation in, “Mal de debarquement syndrome MdDS Treatment, Symptoms and Resources.” 2017
• The Doctors (US tv show), “Seasickness on Land?” with Dr. Travis Stork and patient Joy Sheerer. 2014
• The Project (AU tv show), “Permanent Seasickness” with Dr. Alan Pearce and patient Fay Selkrig (viewable in AU only). 2014
• ABC News, Rare disorder gives illusion of being in motion long after traveling, with Yoon-Hee Cha, MD. 2011
• ITV News, Feeling permanently seasick after cruise. Tom Savvides talks to Diane Morley and Dr Doris-Eva Bamiou. 2011
• Deborah Duncan hosts Great Day Houston, featuring Terri Gibson and her husband, Mike. 2009
• Mystery Diagnosis, The Woman Who Couldn’t Stop Rocking: Disembarkment Syndrome (season 3, episode 5). The first 20 minutes are dedicated to Disembarkment Syndrome. 2007
• ABC News: Medical Mystery: Disembarkment Syndrome. Sufferers feel as if they are still in motion after they have stopped traveling. (The show is copyrighted material and a video is not available online; find the transcript here.) 2007

What is disembarkation syndrome?

Mal de Débarquement (French for “sickness of disembarkment”) is known variably as disembarkment syndrome, disembarkation syndrome, and debarkation syndrome. The disembarkment/debarkation is not limited to cruise ships and may in fact be from any vehicle, whether water, air or land-based.