French medicine is very progressive and emerged after Lyon has stunned the world by a transplant of both hands and forearms. Many remember France as a place for relaxation and gastronomic experiences, Paris is about climbing the Eifel Tower.
According to the NIH, there is limited evidence to support the effectiveness of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). When it comes to patients choosing TCM over Western medicine for life-threatening conditions there is less debate and more agreement.
Recently, Dubai transformed itself in order to attract world travelers, focusing on strengthening the Dubai healthcare system. The Ministry of Health is projecting that by 2020, more than one million medical tourists will visit Dubai each year.
15 years ago we started noticing international visitors coming to Puerto Rico to visit Sononuclear RP for PET CT scans. We were the first in the Caribbean to offer this technology making it accessible to patients without having to travel to the U.S.
Washington, D.C., will serve as host to many business travelers from September to November apart from being Home to the President. Due to the pleasant weather and lack of traditional tourists, this time of year is noted as the best time to visit D.C.
GSD is proud to be a Diamond Sponsor of this year's World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress. GSD is the premier provider of health services at all levels of care in all specialties for the Italian National Health System for the last fifteen years.
Indiana University Health has built a thriving program in treating cancer care and putting an emphasis on personalized services. The growth of the Indiana University Health program is notable in the competitive world of medical tourism.
Health resorts first came to the forefront as an option for travel, there were just a few dozen of Destination Spas. Destination spas were different than resort spas as they would truly have an educational component to the vacation.
The biggest change will occur is that we will be moving to an individualized medicine profile, we focus on population health. We realized at NASA that individuals are very unique to the point where someone may be down in cholesterol in their arteries.
Typically spinal cord injury patients undergo surgery that stabilizes the spine but generally does little to restore motor or sensory function. While the subject of stem cell therapy clinical trial on the quantifiable benefits of stem cell research.
Each year, an estimated 175,000–250,000 children worldwide are diagnosed with cancer, according to Childhood Cancer International. Cases of childhood cancer in developing countries may be substantially underreported, due to inadequate medical knowledge.
As winter approaches, around 900,000 to one million northerners flock to Florida to escape the cold weather and cloudy skies. After Zika outbreak, these “snowbirds” are wondering if the risks of travelling to Florida outweigh the plummeting temperatures.
Patients from various parts of the U.S. are visiting Columbia, this makes Columbia the main medical tourism destination. After getting information from reputed organizations, Columbia became one of the main medical tourism destinations in the U.S.
As Florida is struggling to contain the spread of Zika, a mosquito-borne virus that can cause deliberating is busy bickering. Democrats cited the reason for blocking the bill was because Republican members sabotaged the legislation with the agenda.
Everything is changing in the medical tourism industry, so what are you doing to expand the network and stay ahead of the competition? The medical tourism industry was valued at $100 billion with a growth rate of up to 25% year-over-year.
Zika virus has become a global pandemic affecting 61 countries and leaving various birth defects and neurological disorders. Since finding zika cure through new medicine was entirely time taking, researchers focused on updating existing drugs.
The term strategic planning has become so popular that many healthcare entities now talk about doing strategic planning. Strategic planning is generally considered to place a greater emphasis on strategies while long-term emphasizes on the vision.
A team of doctors and researchers led by UCLA professor used a new device that emits ultrasounds to wake a coma patient. The technique, called low-intensity focused ultrasound pulsation, was created by a UCLA professor is small in size.
When your healthcare provider orders lab tests, are they performed and analyzed by licensed medical laboratory professionals? According to CLS and medical laboratory technicians (MLT) are licensed in just 12 states of the United States.
While your smartphone screen keeps getting bigger, technology to fight cancer keeps getting smaller, the thing in the fight against cancer. The science, known as nanotechnology, uses organic nanoparticles with tiny robots can be deployed inside a cancer patient.
