1. Filipino Bridges Lead to Smiles
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

Medical Vacations Bridge Gap Between Affordability and Healthcare As Americans face the humbling combination of rising fuel prices, higher healthcare costs, and declining dollar values, finding was ...

2. Why Solo Travel Is Dangerous
(Tips and Safety/Travel Tips for Everyone)

...  International travel brings certain risks.  Receiving health care brings certain risks.  When you travel internationally for health care, you face any number of uncontrollable variables.  There are ...

3. Thailand Caps Excessive Healthcare Costs
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

...  chipped, or broken teeth, thus, improving a person’s dental health.  Even still, expect to pay top dollar if you have your work done in the West.  By going to Thailand, however, you can walk away with ...

4. Selecting a Medical Tourism Agency
(Medical Tourism/Medical Tourism Companies)

... companies.  These are in addition to the questions that every health vacationer should ask prior to committing to a trip.  In addition, we recommend having an attorney present before signing any documents.  ...

5. Medical Tourism Packages
(Medical Tourism/Medical Tourism Companies)

... the more popular services that many medical tourism companies offer:  Insurance This can either include health insurance, travel insurance, or both.  The insurance might cover anything from lost ...

6. Overview
(Medical Tourism/Medical Tourism Companies)

... you often have to deal with more logistics and obstacles. The remainder of this section deals with medical tourism agencies.  If you prefer the solo route, please read our section on planning a health ...

7. How Much Should a Rotary Cuff Repair Operation Cost?
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... on the repaired tendon system and damage it (subachromial smoothening) and repair the damaged tendon at its thickest and healthiest portions using absorbable sutures.  Sometimes metal rivets may be ...

8. July
(Articles/2008)

New Study Sparks Debate on Medical Travel Healthy occupancy levels in Syrian hotels Medical Tourism Grow Into Healthy Old Age Dental treatment abroad - "dental tourism" MOH Urged To Regulate ...

9. Fertility (Infertility)
(Procedures/Female)

...  For male infertility treatment, the semen is sent to the lab to see if the sperm are healthy and abundant.  Insemination is the first phase of treatment, followed by intracytoplasmic sperm injection ...

10. June
(Articles/2008)

...  Medical Tourism Conference in Thailand Social Movement Unionism World Medical Tourism & Global Health Congress Connects Global Healthcare Providers with Global Insurance Companies Medical ...

11. May
(Articles/2008)

... Revolutionising tourism A Plan for Real Health Reform Medical Tourism Conference in Thailand Treatment Abroad launches online patient reviews New medical tourism website brings competitors ...

12. April
(Articles/2008)

... for investment and entrepreneurial enterprises focused on the EU WELL BEING AND SPA TOURISM – INDUSTRY COMMENT FROM ITTFA New health service website: treatment in Spain Healthbase Announced ...

13. History of Malaysia
(Destinations/Malaysia)

...  This medical tourism center benefited immensely during the Asian economic boom of the 1980s, and many of the success stories of that boom can be seen in the high-tech hospitals and health care centers ...

14. Bone Marrow Transplant
(Procedures/Heart and Blood)

... forms of cancer.  In these patients, the bone marrow (the soft, fatty tissue in the bones) has stopped functioning effectively and needs to be replaced with healthy bone marrow to generate healthy, ...

15. Write for Us
(Medical Tourism/About Us)

... people and help create health care opportunities for those who couldn't normally afford them.    ...

16. Healism Mission Statement
(Medical Tourism/About Us)

... that traveling to a foreign country and placing your health in the hands of an unfamiliar doctor can be intimidating for many.  This is why we have designed this Web site as an information portal where ...

17. Who Are We?
(Medical Tourism/About Us)

... the last several years researching the health care systems in some of the world's most popular medical tourism destinations.  When we realized that affordable and reliable health care was becoming increasingly ...

18. Visas and Passports
(Travel/Visas)

... medical tourism destinations will bend over backwards to ensure that health vacationers have as little hassle as possible.  Passport Requirements For most short-term visits, all you need is a passport ...

19. March
(Articles/2008)

... mothers Cuba, to the rescue..!!! Turkey to host its first international health tourism congress RP lures Japan's retirees' market Retired? Doesn't Mean You Can't Travel Healthbase Announces ...

20. February
(Articles/2008)

Tourism for the Health of It Prognosis Positive for Taiwan's Medical Industry Agents say travel to Thailand and be transformed Breast-surgery patients to be treated at IWK Aesthetic Surgery ...

21. January
(Articles/2008)

... to boost ME medical tourism Asian Medical Tourism Health Care, Management - Two Sides of Same Coin Face lift, luxury safari -- bargain price US firm to invest US$60 mln to promote medical ...

22. December
(Articles/2007)

Weight-loss surgeons as 'tourist destinations' This country is Hungary for tourism investment Health village to be built in Denizli Head-to-toe pampering in Dallas Bargain nip and tuck draws ...

23. November
(Articles/2007)

... of a new tourism and its growing Medical Tourism Offers Hope to Control Health Care Costs Health tourism, good service divide Indonesia from neighbors Korean to invest in tourism Asian Medical ...

24. October
(Articles/2007)

15 - Medical tourism forum slated on November 19-23 5 big hospitals to come up in Health City A glance at the other side A woman's fight for her manhood Americans choose discreet low cost ...

25. 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 ...

26. August
(Articles/2007)

At Your Service Vegas Adds Cosmetic Surgery Concierge And Errand Services For Recovering Tourists And Locals Bumrats.com Trials Health Tourism in Eastern Europe David Felix: 'Sicko' economics, ...

27. July
(Articles/2007)

Health Plans Adding Foreign Providers to Their Networks HEALTH PLANS ADDING FOREIGN PROVIDERS TO THEIR NETWORKS Michael Moore and the Beige Bomber Cheaper health care lures  ...

28. June
(Articles/2007)

... Tourism Packages to India New hospital key to tourism niche: Singh Govt accepts failure to provide proper health facilities Cosmetic Surgery SPS Apollo Hospital to invest Rs 25 cr on cancer ...

29. May
(Articles/2007)

Thailand Gears Up to be Asia’s Hub in Medical Tourism, Spa and Wellness Port Dickson Earmarked As Health Tourism Centre Working holiday WHO Collaborating Centre for Patient Safety Releases ...

30. April
(Articles/2007)

Lokmanya, Oman clinics in med tourism deal Tunisia Gears up For Korean Investments, Tourists Medical and health tourism Sun, Sea, Nip, Tuck Medical tourism body created HealthAbroad.net Interviews ...

31. March
(Articles/2007)

India – All Praise for its Medical Tourism Industry Outsourcing Healthcare Lowers Patient's Cost Apollo chief hails hike in healthcare allocation Nose jobs, facelifts top cosmetic ...

32. February
(Articles/2007)

... tourism Universal Health Care Through Medical Tourism Singapore Strengthens Medical Tourism Tie with Arab World Emerging India / Foreigners taking advantage of cheap, high ... Kerala promoting ...

33. January
(Articles/2007)

Erik Steele: Shopping for health care coming to the Internet Bangkok bombings last update by Tourism Authority of Thailand Medical Tourism Means Medical Competition Patients Beyond Borders: ...

34. Medical Tourism Archives
(Articles/Media)

In this section, we've collected and categorized health, travel, and medical tourism-related articles from news sources around the world.  Using the menu to the left, you can navigate through these articles ...

35. December
(Articles/2006)

Shortage of 1.5 lakh hotel rooms: Govt Discount Medical Plan Leaps Continental Boundaries Medical tourism BPO feels US heat Promote health tourism, say US-based Malayalis Spa operators ...

36. November
(Articles/2006)

... Is Medical Tourism? Businesses may move health care overseas Quality tag opens tourism doors BM Birla Heart Centre first to get NABH stamp RP’s medical tourism rakes in $200M US Firms ...

37. October
(Articles/2006)

... go to India for treatment Medical Tourism & Treatment Abroad Health tourism on the horizon New PriceWatch Survey Points To Big Savings To Be Made In Medical Tourism Dayanara to endorse local ...

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

Medical Tourism Not a Panacea Medical tourism to countries like Singapore, Thailand, Hungary, Turkey, or the Philippines offer intense savings to US patients seeking affordable health care.  These countries ...

39. India Gives Options to Over 600,000 US Women
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... procedure does not seem to be driving down the costs of these hysterectomies; at least not domestically.  Health vacations to countries like India, Thailand, and Singapore offer a plausible solution ...

40. Get Crowned in Hungary
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... aren’t—it’s likely to burn quite a large hole in your pocket.  The average healthcare consumer may not be able to easily afford such prices without medical tourism.  This isn’t just restricted to the ...

41. Is Plastic Surgery Financing the Best Alternative?
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... their only option.    Medical Tourism Gains Interest The AMA has estimated that approximately 150,000 Americans seek healthcare overseas every year.  In light of this, the association has created a ...

42. The New Appeal of Plastic Surgery
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

Cutting Down the Cost of a Chemical Peel While plastic surgery isn’t really all that new, it has received a “shot in the arm” in recent years thanks to the rapid growth of medical tourism.  With healthcare ...

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

... popularity and acceptance throughout the world as a viable alternative to high cost healthcare.    What Is Medical Tourism? Medical tourism is simply the practice of crossing borders for healthcare.  ...

44. Nightlife in San Jose
(Destinations/Costa Rica)

Overview San Jose plays host to a healthy mix of college, family, and medical tourism vacationers offering entertainment options to suit all tastes.  There are exciting dance clubs and salons, lively ...

45. Dining in Costa Rica
(Destinations/Costa Rica)

... is exported.  Foreign beers are expensive, so stick to local varieties.  International Cuisine The average Costa Rican has an exceedingly healthy appetite for Western food, especially American-style ...

46. History of Costa Rica
(Destinations/Costa Rica)

...  paradise and friendly locals, Costa Rica now has medical tourism and health vacations to add to its list of growing attractions.  ...

47. History of Chiang Mai
(Destinations/Thailand)

... Advances in medical tourism and health care helped the region secure an even strong reputation in the international community (especially among backpackers). Today, Chiang Mai is part of the Thai medical ...

48. History of Bangkok
(Destinations/Thailand)

... Hospital’s arrival in the 1970s only further solidified the city’s growing importance as an international hot spot and medical tourism mecca.  Nowadays, Bangkok is one of the most visited health vacation ...