1. Can India Offer Hope through Affordable Fertility Treatments?
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Affordable Infertility Treatments: Available in India The frustration of being unable to conceive is often compounded by the cost of fertility treatments.  Advances in medical science and technology ...

2. Pain Relief With Affordable Disc Degeneration Repair in India
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Another Reason to Visit India - Affordable Disc Degeneration Repair Disc degeneration is a condition where the vertebrae shrink due to dehydration.  Mostly associated with aging, the condition is initially ...

3. India Promises a New You with Low Priced Dermabrasion
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Nothing Like Low Priced Dermabrasion in India to Get the Glow Back Dermabrasion is a procedure wherein the surface of the skin or epidermis is removed using a technique similar to sand papering.  Costs ...

4. Universal Health Care Trumped by Medical Tourism?
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... especially during the current economic crisis, as patients drop domestic deductibles or co-payments in favor of more affordable options abroad. How Much Does Bone Marrow Transplant Cost in India? According ...

5. Get a Winning Smile with Dental Veneers
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... are indeed the right choice, a popular and ever increasing medical tourist destination to visit is India; a destination with a strong reputation for world class quality in varies dental procedures, such ...

6. Despite the Recession, Medical Tourism Is on the Increase for India
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Medical Tourism on the Increase in India  As the recession takes hold, it would be natural to think that medical tourism would see a decline in the number of foreign patients.  This however, does ...

7. Has Your Employer Added Medical Vacations to Your Medical Coverage?
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... medical tourism to places like Thailand, India, or Singapore for low priced medical procedures ranging from braces to ear surgery.  An increasing wave of US patients—over 750,000 in 2007 alone—have travelled ...

8. Affordable Health Care During Tumultuous Times
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... also came to a screeching halt as many key workers called in sick.  Thai police used tear gas and riot gear to disperse groups of protestors.  Such turmoil, coupled with terrorist attacks in India—another ...

9. 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.  ...

10. Avoiding the Dangers of Medical Tourism
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... their lovers (or lovers to be).  Unfortunately, these procedures are far from affordable in the US, where even a relatively simple chin surgery can cost an arm and a leg. India Taking Care to Reassure ...

11. Can India Help You Fake Your Age Like the Rich and Famous?
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... to India for a quick facial pick-me-up sounds thrilling, a few words of caution should be considered.  Is Health Tourism Safe? Medical tourism critics have often expounded on potential plastic surgery ...

12. Plastic Surgery Safety Tips
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Terrorist Attacks in India Should Heighten Medical Tourists’ Awareness Recent attacks in Mumbai, India brought solemn reminders of the potential dangers of international travel, including for medical ...

13. Elective Surgery Not Always about Sex
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... surgery, or sclerotherapy, in the United States.  Others who either can’t afford or aren’t willing to pay as much may consider medical tourism packages offered at amazing discounts.  Indian medical tourism ...

14. Reconciling Medical Tourism with Local Healthcare
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... tourism destinations like India.  While locals can't afford the cost of an emergency life-saving procedure at one of the country's hospitals, these same facilities lay out the red carpet for Westerners ...

15. Why Health Vacations Are So Right for Women
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... only adds to premium rates. Medical Tourism Articles Provide Information In a situation like this, women should explore medical tourism to countries like India or Brazil as a way to access some kinds ...

16. Shopping in Dubai
(Destinations/United Arab Emirates)

... who is not a fan of the yellow metal.  The best time to visit is during late evening, when the Gold Souk transforms into a gold fantasyland.  Designs tend to lean towards traditional Indian and Arabian ...

17. Dining in Dubai
(Destinations/United Arab Emirates)

... catering to Indians, Pakistanis, Iranians, Lebanese, Syrians, and Egyptians, at every corner.  As possibly the only truly global city in the Middle East, Dubai is also home to every Western fast food franchise ...

18. Getting Around in Dubai
(Destinations/United Arab Emirates)

... of kilometers, with an increase per kilometer thereafter.  The uniformed taxi drivers tend to be expatriates from Pakistan, India or Bangladesh, and communication usually isn’t a problem, as most speak ...

19. Dining in the United Arab Emirates
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...  Seafood is another specialty here.  With a lengthy coastline to explore, the country's fishermen who venture out into the Arabian Gulf and the Indian Ocean in their traditional dhows, bring back plenty ...

20. Languages in the United Arab Emirates
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... population in this medical tourism hub has meant that the languages brought by Indians, Pakistanis, Bangladeshis, and Filipinos have found a place here.  They are not spoken in any official capacity, however.  ...

21. Religion in the United Arab Emirates
(Destinations/United Arab Emirates)

... Moslem (80%).  In addition to the locals, you also have expatriates from India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh, migrants and political refugees from Palestine, workers from Sudan, Nigeria and other African countries, ...

22. Shopping in Johannesburg
(Destinations/South Africa)

... Indian eateries punctuate the crowded spaces, offering shoppers light refreshment.   ...

23. Dining in Johannesburg
(Destinations/South Africa)

... innovative Indian–Middle Eastern fusion restaurants, as well as Italian and Mediterranean joints.  The predominantly Jewish neighborhood of Norwood lacks the upper class vibe of Melville but has some great ...

24. Dining in South Africa
(Destinations/South Africa)

... the many people who have made South Africa their home.  It covers everything from the robust flavors of indigenous African food and the sweet and sour influences of Malay food to the spicy curries of India ...

25. Languages in South Africa
(Destinations/South Africa)

... similarities with the kind of English spoken in Australia and New Zealand.  It also consists of many words that are sourced from Afrikaans, the African dialects, as well as from Indian languages. Other ...

26. Religion in South Africa
(Destinations/South Africa)

... of Indian descent. Hinduism Hindus form just over 1% of the population in South Africa.  The religion came here with the indentured laborers brought in from the Indian subcontinent to work on the sugar ...

27. History of South Africa
(Destinations/South Africa)

... ships began to make frequent stopovers at the coast.  Soon after, the Dutch East India Company (VOA) came up with the idea of establishing a small settlement where Dutch ships could stop and replenish ...

28. Dining in Warsaw
(Destinations/Poland)

... Flavors The city’s culinary scene throws up an assortment of cuisines from all over the world for the medical tourism visitor, including Continental, Thai, Vietnamese, Chinese, Indian, Lebanese, and ...

29. Are Health Vacations Becoming Too Mainstream?
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... in the US can be 80% less in countries like India.  The savings are not only in highly specialized areas like hip resurfacing surgery that are only available at selected Western facilities.  Comparable ...

30. Medical Tourism Advice for the Newbie Traveler
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... they can save heavily on the expenses incurred on these treatments simply by taking a plane and heading overseas.  In a country like India, for instance, the cost of a hip replacement surgery at renowned ...

31. 4 Tips for Your Dental Tourism Vacation
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... India would not be a place to order a hamburger or steak; there, cows are sacred. 2. Double Up on Dental Tourism Vacations The business world refers to these types of savings as economies of scale.  ...

32. 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 ...

33. India’s Baby Boom and the Rise of Medical Tourism
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Fertility Treatments in India Couples seeking fertility treatments are often faced with staggering costs that limit their options or force them to wait until they can save enough to afford the procedure. ...

34. What's So Great about India Anyway?
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India Offers More Than Exotica According to industry experts, India is all set to have its health vacation earnings become one of its largest sources of revenues.  Dr Rajneesh Malhotra is a senior ...

35. Is the UAE the New Thailand?
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... facilities is the relatively higher cost of the procedures here.  For instance, the cost of heart bypass surgery here runs to about $40,000.  Compare that to about $11,000 in Thailand and $10,000 in India, ...

36. Does a Recession Mean More Benefits for Medical Tourism Industry?
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Why a Health Vacation to India Right Now Makes Perfect Sense The financial crisis in the US may have put a temporary halt on any healthcare plans that President-elect Barack Obama might have had, and ...

37. Lose Major Weight at Minor Price in India
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... the point of obesity must be changed.  Indian Method of Preventive Health Care One procedure helping combat the high emotional and physiological costs of obesity is gastric bypass surgery.  Some people ...

38. Medical Vacations May not Be US Health Care Answer, but They’re Helping
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... consumers.  With the advent of globalization, businesses, too, were lured abroad.  These days, growing numbers of US patients are leaving the borders for countries like India, Thailand, Hungary, and Argentina, ...

39. Find Your Roots in Malaysia
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Cost of Malaysian Root Canal Almost Too Good to Be True With savings of 20 to 70 percent or more, Malaysia and other dental tourism destination countries like India, Thailand, Mexico, and Singapore ...

40. Dental Tourism Destinations Whitening the Way
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... India, and Turkey.  As patients travel to these locations for medical procedures, they’re often able to combine the trip with a vacation including 4 or 5 star hotel accommodations, transportation, and ...

41. Toothless No More, Courtesy of Dental Tourism
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... More Affordable For Americans who can’t afford insurance or don’t have enough coverage, dental tourism to countries like India, Brazil, Argentina, or Hungary may fill the gaps in toothless smiles.  Patients ...

42. Losing Your Hair? Visit India!
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... when they begin losing their hair.  In general, society expects a man to bald eventually, but a woman losing her hair tends to stand out a bit more. Indian Surgeons Help Put Hair Back In Many of us ...

43. Singapore Gets in Your Face
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... than their beauty.  Medical tourism to places like Singapore, India, Hungary, or Thailand help patients by significantly reducing the cost of plastic surgeries like facial implants, tummy tucks, and breast ...

44. Will Medical Tourism Prices Impact the Presidential Elections?
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... tourism, more countries have opened their borders to the influx of medical tourists.  In addition to the usual providers like India and Thailand, countries like Argentina and Israel are also gaining in ...

45. How Health Vacations Can Ease the Pain in Your Back
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India Makes the News Again Although India often comes up as a preferred destination for medical tourism due to the available quality of care, infrastructure, and technical skill of the physicians, ...

46. Taking the Cost of Coronary Angioplasty Surgery to Heart
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... medicines, and much more, amount to a mere $3,000 to $8,500 for the initial surgery.  Countries like India, Mexico, and Turkey have embraced medical tourism to cover a wide range of operations with similar ...

47. Will Cheap Healthcare Catch on?
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... Malaysia, Argentina, or India. Cheap Healthcare on Its Way? There’s back pain, and then there’s the excruciating compression of the spinal cord requiring costly spinal stenosis surgery; a procedure ...

48. Watch Your Back in Singapore
(Blogs/The Stanley Rubenti Medical Tourism Blog)

... The quest for cheap health care has literally taken patients hundreds or even thousands of miles to countries like India, Thailand, Mexico, and Singapore.  There, highly skilled doctors using the most ...

49. Mexican Smiles for Sale
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... for Health Travel Guides, “We’re well beyond the point of asking, is this a safe, quality option?”  His point:  medical and dental tourism to countries like Mexico and India is already a booming multi-billion ...

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