Media suggestions that it is or soon will be legal for American medical tourists to go to Cuba are wrong. Although the USA has freed up many regulations on American
A new medical tourism report out today from Medical Travel Quality Alliance (MTQUA) warns travelers not to have medical procedures done in Dominican Republic and puts four other countries on
The elderly man from Oman who was receiving a cardiac catheterization was the third international patient that Dr. Patel and I had seen in the past hour. Before him, there
The desire to lose weight and change bad habits can be one that takes people down an unsafe path. Bariatric surgery in the United States is a safe procedure with
mericans spend much more than people in most other countries on prescribed drugs. That’s one finding in a new report, Health at a Glance 2015, from the Organisation for Economic
That’s one finding from a new report, “Health at a Glance 2015,” from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). We’re spending more than twice the amount on health
We are entering the era of personalised medicine. It was exemplified last week by a milestone trial of a new drug for prostate cancer that slowed tumour growth in 88
Orlando has another attraction that has its own set of stories and memories worth boasting about. Of course, medical tourism is not usually mentioned in the same breath as Walt
r years Americas gold-plated healthcare system has provided little bang for the buck. In 2013, the U.S. outspent 13 other high-income countries on medical care including Australia, Canada, Germany
You need an operation. It may be elective, like a new nose, a procedure your insurer doesn’t think you need but you want, like a new knee, or a medical
