Medical Tourism

The Real Cost of Delaying Your Health Care

Josef Woodman | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Health Screenings, Medical Tourism, Cancer, Dental Treatment, Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, No Health Insurance, Get Health Insurance, Health Care Insurance, Personal Health, Health Care, Health Insurance Plans, Healthy Living News

The cure for procrastination is action. Patients seeking care closer to home need only call their local doctor or clinic to stop postponing and start acting to promote their health and well-being.

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Medical Makeovers For Tourists In India

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Medical Tourism, Mommy Makeovers, Cosmetic Surgery, India Travel, Plastic Surgery Travel, Plastic Surgery, Travel News

India is becoming a hot stop for medical tourists. That's especially the case for those seeking cosmetic surgeries like "mommy makeovers," according t...

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How A Medical Tourism Company Is Speeding Up Surrogate Baby Production

Slate.com | Posted 01.11.2012

Read More: International Surrogacy, Medical Tourism, Surrogate Mothers, Gestational Surrogacy, Parents-Pregnancy, Indian Surrogates, Infertile Women, Planethospital, Overseas Surrogacy, Alternative Pregnancy, Parents News

The booming business in international surrogacy, whereby Westerners have begun hiring poor women in developing countries to carry their babies, has be...

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Paying for Your Trip as an Incidental Health Traveler

Josef Woodman | Posted 02.15.2012

Read More: Hearing Exam, Medical Tourism, Health Screening, Colonoscopy, Auditory Exam, Medical Travel, Travel, Medical Care, Healthcare, Business News

With more than 400 American-accredited hospitals and clinics now offering Western-style medical treatment in 47 countries around the world, it's a bit of a no-brainer to check out your medical tourism options.

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How To Climb Out Of The Thorny Thicket Of Healthcare

Josef Woodman | Posted 11.29.2011

Read More: Reducing Healthcare Costs, Medical Tourists, Medical Tourism, Negotiating Medical Bills, Negotiating Health Care Costs, Foreign Healthcare Options, Foreign Medicine, Health Tourism, Healthcare Costs 50s, Healthcare Advice 50s, Health Post50, Fifty News

The steep and seemingly endless rise of U.S. healthcare costs, particularly for post-50 Americans, remains a thorny and prevailing topic regardless your political persuasions.

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Plastic Surgery Tourism: Buyer Be Aware

Michael Yaremchuk, M.D. | Posted 09.20.2011

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Medical tourism is an established element of the international medical landscape. But buyer be aware: Plastic surgery tourism is a reflection of both the best and worst of our global society.

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Dental Tourism: How Far Would You Go For A Crown?

Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S. | Posted 08.04.2011

Read More: Medical Tourism, Healthy Living, Healthy Living Body, Dental Tourism Mexico, Dental Tourism India, Dental Tourism, Mexican Dentist, Dental Health, Dental Crown, Healthy Living News

Maybe you've seen some ads or websites that state something like: Hey, how about a Mexican vacation, complete with sun, surf and tequila? And while you're here, why not get a dental implant or cheap crown?

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Fatima, 4-Year-Old Deaf Iraqi Girl, Given The Ability To Hear In India (VIDEO)

Posted 05.25.2011

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Though her parents had initially lost all hope, a deaf Iraqi girl has been granted the ability to hear thanks to a team of tireless Indian doctors, th...

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Costa Rica No Longer A Stem Cell Tourism Destination

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Stem Cell Research, Central America, Stroke, Medical Research, Medical Tourism, Costa Rica, World News

By Alex Leff SAN JOSE, Costa Rica -- Doctors and patients claim it's a miracle cure, and one not yet available in the United States. They say it c...

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Capitalist Free Markets Can Successfully Provide Healthcare - If the Playing Field is Leveled

Howard Steven Friedman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Medical-Tourism, Health Care Reform, Thomas Friedman, Medical Tourism, The World Is Flat, Medicine, Health Care, Politics News

When I caught up with Phil a few days later I abruptly greeted him saying, "Let's chat about situations where health care services can be optimized by...

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Former Minnesota Businesswoman Of The Year Now Collecting Food Stamps

Huffington Post | Julian Hattem | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darlene Brayton, Unemployment, Homelessness, Food Stamps, Jeremy Deron, Manuel LinoR-Rivas, Medical-Tourism, Javier Saavedra, Bearing Witness 2.0, Bearing Witness, Michigan-Unemployment, Child Support, Naomi Nixon, Ini Augistine, Impact News

As part of its Bearing Witness 2.0 project, the Huffington Post is rounding up compelling local stories about the victims of the recession. In 2006,...

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India: Medical Tourism Draws Attention Away From Disastrous Conditions At Most Hospitals

Global Post | Posted 05.25.2011

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By Jason Overdorf NEW DELHI, India -- Seema sits cross-legged on a filthy sheet of cardboard next to a crumbling concrete planter in the central sq...

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