1. Female to Male Surgery
(Procedures/Female)

... reassignment surgery is actually a series of surgeries that includes: mastectomy (breast removal), hysterectomy (removal of female reproductive organs), genital reassignment, and testosterone treatment.  ...

2. November
(Articles/2007)

... Health Resort bags the tourism award for a ... Cheap holiday cosmetic surgeries are not worth the risk PHYSICIAN FOCUS: Medical tourism: right for you? tawam hospital hosts first laboratory ...

3. October
(Articles/2007)

... medical care abroad Andhra Pradesh Govt takes measures for tourism promotion Apollo performs 1000 hip surfacing surgeries Are Medical Tourism Doctors That Good? Are you covered by insurance? ...

4. September
(Articles/2007)

We vs. Me in the Days of Lean and Mean Effective partnership with industry key to tourism growth: Soni Australians Paying to Fix Botched Cosmetic Surgeries NHS bill for treatment of 'health ...

5. May
(Articles/2007)

... to promote medical tourism Consul General Aragon Hosts Luncheon for Medical Tourism Holiday surgeries botched Medical tourism warts-and-all Warning on cheap 'holiday surgeries Health tourism ...

6. February
(Articles/2007)

... consider plastic surgery ‘High costs keep patients away from joint replacements’ Manila Doctors Hospital Opens New Aesthetic Surgery Center Surgeries overseas could save thousands of dollars ...

7. November
(Articles/2006)

...  tourism Next in globalization: outsourced surgeries Aussie breast enlargement holidays Trying to get pregnant? Book a procreation vacation Durano makes a pitch for medical tourism GMA ...

8. Sometimes Medical Tourism Savings Aren’t Enough
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... easily attract patients who desire lower costs for elective surgeries like breast or buttocks augmentation, thigh lifts or reductions, tummy tucks, and the like.  The discounts and savings and amazing, ...

9. When the Cost of a Laminectomy Isn’t Just a Pain in the Neck
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... abroad in large numbers for low cost surgeries and treatments with the same quality of service that they would expect in their home countries.  The trend, known as medical tourism, has been rapidly gaining ...

10. Singapore’s Secret for Low Cost Herniated Disc Surgery
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... industry continues its research into less invasive forms of fusion and discectomy surgeries or treatments, some studies question the need for surgery at all.  Various sources claim medicine and rest ...

11. 5 Things to Remember Before Your Hip Replacement Surgery Abroad
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... many patients cannot afford the cost of hip replacement surgeries.  In the US the cost of hip replacement surgery can get as high as $45,000 per hip. The low cost of hip replacement surgery in countries ...

12. Plastic Surgery Prices Are More Affordable Than You Thought
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

...  The price tag for these surgeries and treatments: $12.4 million.”  Why Medical Tourism? Although Botox injections are simple procedures that only need an hour or so of your time, it may be worth ...

13. Restricted by the Cost of Glaucoma Surgery?
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... and Quality, “In 1998, approximately 1.4 million cataract surgeries were performed on Medicare beneficiaries.  Primary open-angle glaucoma affects at least 2.5 million individuals in the United States, ...

14. How To Cover the Cost of Breast Lift Surgery?
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

...  Vacation Argentina is just one of many options available to the medical tourist.  Argentina, like Brazil and Thailand, is known for its breast surgeries, including breast augmentation and breast lifts.  ...

15. Tango & Cash: Argentina's Secret Weapons Against Fat Thighs
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... cost savings in plastic surgery procedures like thigh lifts, breast augmentations, and other cosmetic surgeries.  The country, rich in history, filled with exotic nightlife, and warm subtropical climate, ...

16. Avoiding the Hidden Costs of Dental Medical Vacations
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... the recovery period, the incentive to turn a regular holiday into a medical one is greatly enhanced.  Despite the lack of viable insurance options for elective surgeries, dental tourism continues to ...

17. How Safe Are Dental Medical Vacations?
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

...  to research would be insurance. Generally, elective surgeries that are purely cosmetic in nature and do not affect the individual’s health are not covered under current insurance policies.  However, ...

18. Is Indian Medical Tourism Overrated?
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... healed of course) exploring India’s treasures.  If you choose to have minor elective cosmetic surgeries, you’ll need very little time to recuperate which means all the more time to ...

19. India Paves the Way for a Healthy Heart
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... number of hospitals operating ED’s has decreased by 12 percent between 1994 and 2004.  The money spinners for these hospitals are the elective patients who need surgeries, because they can ...

20. Shopping For the Perfect Body in India
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

...  out of Indian cosmetic surgeries are increasing day by day.  Stick with Accredited Medical Tourism Centers According to the Shreveport Times, health leaders from industrialized nations including ...

21. When Size Matters, Opt For Medical Tourism in Thailand, Singapore, or India
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

Does the Cost of Penis Enlargement Surgery Provide Adequate Benefits? Phalloplasty, or penis enlargement surgery, has become increasingly popular over past decade, although the first surgeries were ...

22. Reduce Stress with Health Vacations
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... foreign tourists can take exciting health vacations and explore parts of the country after their surgeries.        Choose From Many Medical Tourism Destinations A health ...

23. Holiday with a Difference: an Exotic Health Vacation
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... ranging from plastic surgeries to dental procedures to surgical interventions.  Insurance companies who were unwilling to pay for surgeries abroad are now willing to pay for medical tourism coverage ...

24. Major Cost Differences Lure Americans to India
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

...   The difference in prices of elective surgeries is substantial, but it pales when compared to the difference in costs for higher-end surgeries like cardiac procedures.  A surgery to correct ...

25. What the Cynics Want You to Believe about Medical Tourism
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... That patients will finally have access to the treatment they want?  That they will be in a position to “shop around” not only for better prices for elective surgeries and life-saving ...

26. Medical Vacations: Tooth Travel for Families
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

Families Head to Mexico and Other Medical Tourism Destinations What started as trips for cosmetic surgeries to places like Mexico and Thailand has now evolved enough to fit into the genre of “family ...

27. Kidney Transplant Racket Exposes Dark Side of Indian Medical Tourism
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... in a luxury home in Gurgaon where the surgeries were reportedly conducted.  The organs were removed from laborers who were threatened at gunpoint and sedated before having one of their organs removed.  ...

28. Brighter Smile? Dental Tourism Can Help
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... vacation options to perfect their pearly whites.  Unlike high-end life-saving procedures like cardiac surgery and joint replacement surgeries, that tend to be concentrated in a few pockets of Asia, ...

29. Traveling From Down Under to Up Over for a Smooth Visage
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... is hunky dory in the Australian medical tourism market, however.  Recent reports of botched surgeries have led to doctors warning of the risks involved in traveling abroad for medical care.  ...

30. Perfecting a Cleopatra Smile in Egypt
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... health and dental travel destination with the cost of procedures from basic dental fillings to high end maxillofacial surgeries running at discount prices.  If Cleopatra were here today, she’d ...

31. How a Health Vacation in Thailand Can Boost Your Sex Appeal
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

Hair Transplant Surgeries in Thailand With its well deserved reputation for medical tourism and low cost elective surgery procedures, Thailand is also the best place to head to put the glory back on ...

32. Proper Research Will Help Ensure Your Health Vacation’s Success
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

...   Choose Thailand, Singapore, or India for Serious Procedures Josef Woodman, author of Patients Beyond Borders, suggests that for more “expensive, invasive surgeries” the best care ...

33. India: The Right Health Vacation Destination for You
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... unbearable spices, and intolerable heat came to mind, they remarked to an Australian newspaper.  But after their high quality, completely affordable surgeries, gazing up at the Taj Mahal, they new ...

34. Am I Covered?
(Medical Tourism/Insurance and Taxes)

... that many medical tourism surgeries cost less than 20% of what you would pay back home, it’s easy to see why health insurance companies are monitoring the medical tourism industry very carefully.  They ...

35. Taking the Tangles out of Hair Transplant Surgery
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

...  of that spending is covered by health insurance," Steve Friess at USA Today explains.  "A full set of hair-replacement surgeries can cost as much as $10,000; Propecia can cost $50 a month, ...

36. India Can Help You Get Back in the Groove
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... the Dangers of Medical Tourism A growing industry, medical tourism is not without its dangers. Overcharges, botched surgeries, visa troubles, insurance problems, and follow-up visits are just a few ...

37. Salsa and Surgery: Medical Tourism in Brazil
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... The smart ones, however, look abroad for their cosmetic needs.  The cost of surgeries like facial implants are about 20% to 40% of US prices in medical tourism destinations like Brazil and Thailand.  ...

38. Top 7 Medical Tourism Destinations
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... surgeries and aesthetic enhancement procedures.  ...

39. 4 Ways to Kill Yourself on Your Medical Tourism Vacation
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... say that people who travel abroad for medical tourism will always have excellent results.  Botched surgeries, although rare, are not unheard of.  So, what would you have to do to make sure ...

40. One More Reason to Go on a Health Vacation
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... Add to that the cost for heart surgeries (which could be anywhere from $21,000 to $37,000 in India,  depending on whether valve replacement is involved), and you have surgery options that aren't ...

41. Advantages of Medical Tourism
(Medical Tourism/Overview)

... Tourism Provides You with Options Some countries heavily regulate (or even ban) certain elective procedures or complicated surgeries.  Hip resurfacing, for example, was only recently approved by the US ...

42. What You Need to Know about Thai Medical Tourism
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... medical tourism in Thailand are sex reassignment surgeries.    Low Cost of Male to Female Surgery Sex reassignment is the ultimate proof of man’s mastery over medical science, especially ...

43. How a Brazilian Holiday Can Enhance Your Love Life
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... of the hymen, which creates the illusion of virginity. Women in cultures that place a high price on virginity have traditionally been known to opt for such surgeries to fake virginity, and thereby ...

44. 4 Reasons You Should Head to India for your Surgery
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... rates in Indian hospitals are on par with those in Western hospitals, and in some cases even higher.  Apollo Hospitals, for instance have a 98.5% success rate for cardiac surgeries, and an 87% success ...

45. How to Tone Those Thighs on Your Thai Holiday
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

Banish Cellulite through Medical Tourism Getting rid of excess weight isn’t that much of an uphill task anymore with gastric bypass surgeries and liposuction to remove pockets of fat.  ...

46. One Good Reason to Fire Your Cosmetic Surgery Provider
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... quality care that’s on par with what would be available at a comparable Western institution.    Stories of botched surgeries are not uncommon, and anyone who chooses to fly abroad ...

47. The Dark Underbelly of Medical Tourism in the Philippines
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... India offers cheaper and more advanced surgeries, while Singaporean hospitals are among the best in Asia.  With stiff competition from rivals like these, Filipino medical tourism hotspots like ...

48. NCPA Nod to Medical Tourism
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... after a major surgery.  And it’s not just the major surgeries that are moving away from the US.  The cost of dental bonding, can be anywhere between $300 and $600 in the US. In a country ...

49. A Thai Junket for a Sex Change
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

Thailand Offers More Than Life-Saving Surgeries   Thai medical tourism has been known for many things, from the world class hospitals and the lowered costs of treatment to the ...

50. India on the Cutting Edge of Hip Surgeries
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... of success with the procedure.  "The surgeon I got him in touch with in Belgium has done more than 2,500 hip resurfacing surgeries, whereas in the U.S. you might be able to find a surgeon who ...