Wellness travel is one of the fastest growing trends in medical tourism today, and worth more than US $106 billion. Travel agents are catering to the needs of young and old, many of whom are focused on maintaining or restoring their youthful appearances.
When Brain is not performing at its best, it can cause dysfunction in your relationships, your work and your life in general. The simple truth is that when your brain works right, you work right – and you will continue to work right longer.
Medical tourism facilitators for achieving quality treatments abroad are entering the healthcare travel industry at alarming rates. If not monitored through standards and best-practices, threaten to strangle the very lifeblood the profession provides.
The medical services market in Poland has a chance to become one of the most important players in the global market. Poland is a country of major medical achievements with outstanding medical personnel and centuries of tradition in natural resources therapies.
Las Vegas has come a long way since it first established itself as a small desert gambling town more than 100 years ago. Las Vegas has transformed into the Entertainment Capital of the World featuring top attractions, fine dining, world-class nightlife.
As technologies become more advanced, we are able to “bend the aging curve” and a healthier, longer life, for active lifestyle. While the cosmetic surgeon’s goal is to make you look beautiful, sports medicine is “living young” and pushing the body harder.
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), a very common, but incurable form of the disease, strikes about one in every 3,500 boys. A team of doctors at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital implanted a Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD) during a groundbreaking surgery.
Electronic framework envisioned having a (PHR) system stored in a central location and directed and controlled by the consumer. The EMR initiative is ongoing, but rolling out much slower than anticipated, both in the United States and abroad.
The denomination thalassotherapy is a neologism created by the French doctor Joseph de la Bonnardière, in 1867 using greek words. The preventive benefits of thalassotherapy start from the similarity between seawater composition and the human blood plasma.
Medical tourism to the Middle East increased by 13 percent when compared to the same period last year, according to the UN. Promoting the Middle East as an attractive travel destination is critical in the economic blueprint of many nations in the region.
There was a time the healthcare map was as flat as the course Columbus navigated to the New World but barriers prevailed. Medical tourism has come a long way and expected to accommodate more patients who are willing to find quality and affordable treatments.
The healthcare industry's one of nurturing and healing qualities are intuitive to women and that make many of them practitioners. Reaching out to evolving populations with different dynamics is nothing, but a challenge.
Different industries have committed to potentiate negative and positive impacts under the concept of sustainable development. The primary motivation of a medical tourism patient is to travel outside of the area of residence for reduced prices high quality care.
Take time to evaluate the logistics of your trip in relation to your ability to keep pace, modes of transportation using. If a wheelchair, scooter or portable oxygen will make your trip easier, place that item on your list.
Las Vegas is becoming a global medical tourism destination featuring specialty spinal and back surgery, brain, cancer, infertility. Seeking medical care away from home, even in a tourist Mecca like Las Vegas, can be a frightening and daunting process.
Passage of the EU Directive on Cross-Border Healthcare did not increase or reduce these movements, but provided a formal framework. Among the developments from the directive are rules pertaining to access, safety and quality standards regarding care.
The heart of rock and roll is still beating in musician Lou Reed, but it is domestic medical tourism that has kept him alive. The legendary 71-year-old rocker said he is “bigger and stronger than ever” and is looking forward to performing again on stage.
Once promised a lifetime of healthcare benefits, a generation of city workers waits on edge listening to songs and dances. The thought is to push retirees into Obamacare insurance exchanges where uninsured Americans can enroll for healthcare coverage.
The birth of George Alexander Louis to Prince William and his wife, Kate Middleton, the Duchess of Cambridge, cost $15,000. It's about half as much as the average total price charged for a smooth delivery in the United States.
There’s no denying that x-rays offer plenty about a patient down through their skin and to their bones, much like the skeleton. The future of healthcare will be all about exposure, distant locations for affordable care, exchanges of patient medical records.
