Results of an MRI were negative, Thomas Royer, chief medical officer at Henry Ford Hospital said at a news conference. Royer said Wang was diagnosed with minor asthma and also was fitted with contact lenses to relieve headaches likely caused by blurred vision.
"It's hard for us to know exactly what was related to his prior confinement," Royer said.
Wang for months had suffered from a throat infection and headaches his family thought may have been a brain tumor.
Wang will be released from Henry Ford Hospital on today. He will fly to New York City where he will speak publicly this week at the New York Academy of Science.
"I'm free now but I do not feel relaxed. China is in my heart. I hope I can go back to my country soon," Wang said in a statement read by Xiao Qiang, executive director of Human Rights in China.
Wang, a leader of the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests who has spent more than 6 years in Chinese prisons, arrived in the US on Sunday after being released from a Chinese prison over the weekend.
"Wang Dan is very excited and eager to start his new life in exile," Xiao said. "Wang Dan is a modest methodical and determined person. He wants to continue to contribute for China's democracy."
He is the second major Chinese dissident to be released in six months. Wei Jingsheng, the most prominent Chinese government critic, was sent to the US in November. The latest release comes just two months before President Clinton's planned visit to Beijing.
The official Xinhua News Agency said Wang was released on medical parole but offered no details.
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