A leading Guyana business urged Florida entrepreneurs to quickly capitalize on the wide range of investment opportunities in Guyana. The minister told business representatives that his nation has land, labor and access to capital, the three important ingredients.
The last place a child might want to take a vacation to these days is tornado-ravaged Oklahoma which was hit by storm killing 24. That last place happens to be where some 52 children from the United Kingdom have come to find life.
Retirement may be nothing more than a pipe dream after the 55-year-old begins to think about the price of quitting early. Health Care Costs from Birth to Death examines the impact of age and gender on overall and retiree health costs, Medicare spending.
The Abu Dhabi government plans to set up a financial-free zone on Al-Maryah Island, mimicking the success of similar initiatives. The new free zone, Abu Dhabi World Financial Market, will cover a total area of 1,680 square kilometers on the island.
Afghan patients seek a variety of different medical procedures abroad including, treatment of cardio-vascular disease. And cardiac surgery, orthopedics, general surgery, spine surgery, renal diseases especially kidney stones removal, oncology, dental procedure.
The industry that attracts foreigners to Israel for medical procedures is chipping at the nation’s equal access to healthcare. Israel is ranked among the top 28 healthcare systems because of its cancer, fertility and IVF treatments and neurosurgery.
Clinical organ transplantation has been recognized as one of the great medical advances of the century. However, they have raised many ethical, moral and societal issues regarding supply, the methods of organ allocation, and the use of living donors including minors.
As the world economy struggles, the government of Taiwan is working to fill the shoes of industrial transformation with free trade. This means medical tourism could get a bump if the government follows through on the tax-free zones, surging economic development.
In an op-ed published in the NYT, Jolie announced that she had a double mastectomy after learning she carried a faulty gene. Jolie's announcement sent shockwaves and words of encouragement through any woman with a family history of breast or ovarian cancer.
Turkey's economy is getting a facelift, a hair-raising experience of sorts that is not only sprouting the growth of whiskers. Long favored as a destination for the follicly challenged, Turkey’s cosmetic surgeons have for years offered hair implants to balds.
You've heard that medical tourism can ease some of the worries related to rising costs to readily available healthcare procedures. Medical tourism expenses incurred overseas can be deducted when filing annual tax returns.
Some might call it a miracle. Others say it's a trachea made of plastic fibers mixed with stem cells and fixed to the place. A two-year-old girl knows only that it is breathing life into her tiny body that only a month earlier was given little hope of survival.
The days of foreigners travelling to Britain to take advantage of the United Kingdoms 'free healthcare services may be numbered. Anyone referred to a general practitioner for surgery is given a number, which entitles them to care.
Already frustrated with long lines and a scarcity of specialists, patients in Puerto Rico are finding they may have little choice. Recently, some of the top doctors in Puerto Rico have left for the U.S. in search of higher salaries and greater reimbursement.
Alzheimer's disease increases over time, half the population above the age of 85 suffers with problems of memory, thinking. A U.S.-based company is claiming to have developed a medical device that can stop the progression of the debilitating disease.
Korean hospitals are doing their share to transfer medical systems to counterparts in Saudi Arabia. Korean physicians will be dispatched to Riyad and four other cities to demonstrate surgical operations for Saudi Arabian doctors and medical staff.
Hallyu, the term used to describe the wave and spread of Korean pop culture, is making a splash in medical tourism. The demand for closer medical cooperation between South Korea and the Middle East is rapidly increasing.
Countries such as Colombia, well known for its high quality healthcare standards and accreditations, high qualified professionals. And state of the art technology and infrastructure available at considerably more affordable prices than in the United States.
Chemotherapy isn't likely to make many bucket lists; unless, of course, you are a cancer patient desperately in need of care. Oncologists blame the government sequester for making it impossible for clinics to administer expensive chemotherapy drugs to patients.
The Medical Tourism Association is proud to introduce our newest Certified Medical Tourism Members recently nominated. Our certification comes with a 2 year Medical Tourism Association membership as well as 2 for 1 discount for our annual conference.
