1. How Traveling to Singapore Could Save Your Life
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... smoking There are other factors, but in today’s society, obesity—which often leads to diabetes—is a rapidly growing threat to American cardiovascular health.  According to the American Heart Association, ...

2. Even Top Officials Are Leaving Home for Safe Health Care
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... abroad to Thailand for safe health care with reasonable wait times.  For Americans, the price tag of the premier’s procedure fuels the argument for health care reform and makes a low priced heart valve ...

3. 1000+ Miles to Costa Rica for Hair?
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... to American patients, medical vacations have been like a form of "insurance" helping many affordably access procedures not covered under traditional policies.  Reports show that more than 60 percent of ...

4. How India is Raising American Eyebrows
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... surgeries to patients around the world, to include the increasingly popular hair replacement surgery.  Since patients are typically able to return to work within a few days after the surgery, Americans ...

5. Get Your Trip to Costa Rica Paid for
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... Americans today, your safety may still be in jeopardy.  As dental tourism grows, so too does the visibility of its safety record and the need for that record to remain high.   The safety of dental tourism ...

6. Why More Patients Are Smiling When They Leave India
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... may be in even worse shape.  Nearly half of American patients lack dental insurance.  Of the 50% who actually have insurance, their coverage may still be insufficient for the treatment they need.    ...

7. 3 Reasons Why Malaysia Offers Safe Health Care
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... like root canals or heart surgery.  Whether you agree with the current health care reform plan or not, something needs to happen.  For more than 750,000 Americans in 2007, that something was medical tourism. ...

8. Facing Yourself in Brazil
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... are unwelcomed news.  In 2007 alone, there were an estimated 750,000 Americans who traveled on medical vacations to places like Brazil, India, and Thailand; but for patients who’ve currently been leery ...

9. Singapore Can Make You the Man or Woman You Want to Be
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... they know that affordable plastic surgery is just a vacation away.  More than 750,000 Americans traveled to Singapore and other medical tourism destination countries in 2007 and some estimate that up to ...

10. The Good and Bad about Thailand’s Medical Tourism
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... necessarily mean you can afford it either.  In 2001, an estimated 42.5 million Americans paid at least 10% of their family net income to medical expenses.  And most of these people actually have insurance.  ...

11. Open Your Eyes to Hungary
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... for itself.  Between 2007 and 2008, more than 2.25 million Americans traveled abroad to Hungary and other medical tourism destination countries for their health care needs.  Some cited the affordable service ...

12. How Can India Brighten Your Life?
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... are beginning to cover it.  Combining affordable health care with a relatively inexpensive vacation is becoming more popular, with studies estimating nearly 3 million Americans may travel abroad this year ...

13. Ladies, Tighten Up in Singapore
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Rising Interest in Affordable Labiaplasty Regarding sexuality, many gender roles and stereotypes have all but vanished in the decades following the American sexual revolution.  Whereas older men were ...

14. India’s Making Costs Disappear
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... in the United States to make healthcare more affordable.  One of the options on the table is universal health care; essentially giving all Americans the same access to care.  The theory behind universal ...

15. Universal Health Care Trumped by Medical Tourism?
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... as bone marrow treatment outside of the US… unless the American government can make universal health care a reality.  This however, won’t be an easy task.  US lawmakers have a lot on their plate with bank ...

16. The Cost of Dental Implants Will Bring a Smile to Your Face
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... nearly 750,000 Americans travelled abroad in 2007, and this number is expected to rise to 6 million by 2010 and 10 million by 2012.    Medical Vacations Are Set to Rise in the Philippines As a recent ...

17. The Art of Rhinoplasty: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
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... with patients opting for one of the five most common cosmetic surgery procedures; breast augmentation, liposuction, blepharoplasty, rhinoplasty, and abdominoplasty.  According to the American Society for ...

18. Despite the Recession, Medical Tourism Is on the Increase for India
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... becoming the preferred destination for medical tourism. Low priced gastric bypass surgery, affordable Botox, and cheap dental work are saving thousands of dollars for millions of Americans.  In a recent ...

19. Medical Tourism vs. Universal Health Care
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... and not having health care.  According to the US Census Bureau, at least 47 million Americans were uninsured in 2006.  With the economic crisis that has ballooned since then, that number may be even higher.  ...

20. Patients Shouldn’t Compromise Safety for Affordable Health Care
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Acts of Violence Increase Emphasis on Dental Tourism Safety Terrorism, gangs, and drug wars continue to pose threats around the world.  For most Americans, these are someone else’s problem; watching ...

21. Will Medical Tourism Help or Hurt US Health Care Crisis?
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... 750,000 Americans who sought medical care abroad in 2007 help clarify the reality. Make Working With Thailand Part of US Health Care Strategy As a major medical tourism destination, Thailand is an ...

22. Cost of Penis Enlargement Surgery: Too High For Comfort
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... surgery really worth it?  Probably not.  The American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, the American Urological Association, and the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) have all issued policy ...

23. Can Medical Tourism Packages Thrive With Universal Health Care?
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... and can’t afford the ensuing health care costs.  Health care in the US is indeed extremely expensive, but the point is that we Americans may not be helping ourselves.  For example, one of the most prevalent ...

24. Is Dental Tourism Safe?
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... being (or at least appearing) savvy.  The rapid growth of dental tourism in the past decade has the American Dental Association exploiting those safety risks and making more active attempts to curb the ...

25. US Insurer Announces Cover for Health Vacations in India
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Americans Can Have Indian Heath Vacations Covered US insurer Wellpoint has announced a program to cover health vacations in India for group members who wish to travel for non-emergency medical treatment.  ...

26. The Search for the Legendary Health Vacation Insurance Provider
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... the cost of the same procedure (without the frills) in the US.  The American Society of Plastic Surgeons indicated that the average surgeons’ fee alone in the U.S. for cheek implants amount to $1945.  ...

27. Get a Brazilian Butt with a Health Vacation Package
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How Much Does Buttock Augmentation Cost? As of 2005, over 2,000 Americans opted for buttock augmentation surgery, which cost approximately $20,000.   Dr. Thomas L. Roberts III, a plastic surgeon in Spartanburg, ...

28. Look No Further for Low Priced Chemical Peels
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...  Medical Tourism Coverage Expanding for Americans Unreasonably high health care costs drove more than 750,000 Americans to other countries for medical treatment in 2007.  For most of these patients, ...

29. Plastic Surgery Safety Tips
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... there.  This is true for all countries. American tourists generally stand out in most countries.  Sometimes it’s our habits; other times it’s the way we dress.  One key to safety is ...

30. Elective Surgery Not Always about Sex
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... popularity increases, the more reliable it will become, opening doors to even more opportunity.  Currently, the multi-billion dollar industry attracts more than 700,000 Americans with expectations of exceeding ...

31. Why Is Medical Tourism on the Rise?
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Jump the Border to Mexico They say if you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.  For many Americans, being asked to “press 3 for English” is a subject of much consternation.  Many are questioning how the situation ...

32. Shopping in Dubai
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... is everything from Parisian couture to American street wear, chunky gold jewelry to contemporary diamond pieces, Persian silk rugs to Scandinavian furnishings. Bazaars The most famous of the traditional ...

33. History of Poland
(Destinations/Poland)

... the War, the Russian, Americans, and British victors redrew the boundaries of Poland.  There was massive migration out of the country, including the few remaining Jews who emigrated to the newly established ...

34. Shopping in Havana
(Destinations/Cuba)

... American dollars or Euros and are run by the state.  Havana has not been immune to the shopping mall culture, and some of these have begun to sprout around town.  Not surprisingly, malls tend to attract ...

35. Sightseeing in Havana
(Destinations/Cuba)

... men, military heroes, baseball players, even an American congressman.  There are also monuments to fire fighters who died in the great fire of 1890, revolutionary soldiers, as well as baseball players ...

36. Weather in Havana
(Destinations/Cuba)

... (some) American and European vacationers arrive in Havana to escape the biting winters in their homelands.  The holiday season at the end of the year is particularly festive.  New Year’s Eve calls for ...

37. History of Havana
(Destinations/Cuba)

... and England chose to settle down in Havana.  These immigrants lent to the city their unique cultural influences, helping to make Havana the vibrant city that we know today. American Relations After ...

38. Sightseeing in Cuba
(Destinations/Cuba)

... from Europe, and a few Oriental and South American exhibits. If you’re an Ernest Hemingway fan, head to the museum named after him in downtown Havana.  There is a large collection of books and paintings, ...

39. Languages in Cuba
(Destinations/Cuba)

... and French influences too.  There are also several American English words that have found their way into the local language. Creole The arrival of large numbers of Haitian immigrants in the beginning ...

40. History of Cuba
(Destinations/Cuba)

... and in 1895, the revolution picked up where it left off.  This time, it ended with Spain giving up control over its territory in 1898.  The Americans, who had intervened for the revolutionaries, took over ...

41. Are Health Vacations Becoming Too Mainstream?
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... this change in the winds, and the most important of these is the fact that the American Medical Association has issued guidelines to insurance companies, medical tourism agencies, and other components ...

42. Medical Tourism Advice for the Newbie Traveler
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... Wockhardt Hospital costs only 20% of what you would have to pay in many western hospitals.  For many of the millions of Americans who are seeking medical treatment outside their country, it’s a fulfilling ...

43. Medical Tourism Competes with Strings and Doorknobs
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... deals that the middle and upper class can’t refuse.  Acceptance of these offers is reflected by the 750,000 Americans who sought medical care abroad last year.  Experts anticipate the number growing to ...

44. Medical Vacations Replace Your Apple-a-Day
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Medical Vacations to India Save Big Dental tourism offers incredible savings to Americans looking for a break from soaring health care costs without sacrificing their safety.  Lately, pinching pennies ...

45. Malaysia Gets the Kinks Out of Your Neck
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

More Americans Afford Plastic Surgery Prices…in Malaysia One of the greatest paradoxes around American health care is that so many US citizens almost travel almost 9,000 miles to Malaysia to afford ...

46. The Key to the Fountain of Youth: Medical Tourism
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... 95% of these tourists are Americans seeking relief from high prices in the United States.  In response to the growing trend toward medical tourism in Costa Rica, the Council of International Promotion ...

47. India’s Baby Boom and the Rise of Medical Tourism
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... American clinics are limited to a maximum of 2 embryos.  This carries potential risks to the mother, though, so patients are best advised to evaluate their options before deciding on the number of embryos ...

48. Plastic Surgery for the Alpha Male: the Advantages of Medical Travel
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Medical Tourism for Elective Procedures According to diversitybusiness.com, men are becoming increasingly interested in cosmetic surgery procedures.  Their report cites the American Academy of Facial ...