Plastic surgery is becoming more popular -- especially among younger people. In fact, repeat patient business was up 13 percent last year, according to the American Society of Plastic surgeons. Sharon Frank said she has had at least 10 procedures over the years. She said she likes plastic surgery. “I would recommend it if you want to grow old gracefully and pretty, and if you don’t, so be it either,” she said. But it’s not just about aging gracefully any more, because the patients are getting younger—like 23-year-old Whitney Whatley, a "Big Rich Texas" cast member. She went on "The Doctors" television show and said she wants implants and plumper lips.

The health ministry has developed a strategic plan to encourage medical tourism by continuing “the effort to improve the perception of public safety and promote [Mexico’s] image as a global capital of culture and entertainment.”Any success by Mexico’s health providers in reaching American patients is most obvious in border cities like Monterrey, Tijuana and Chihuahua, according to the Health Digital Systems. Pharmacies, hospitals and medical specialty practices have sprung up to take care of them.

Last week, Dr. Dan Benefiel performed stem cell therapy on Buddy at Stonebridge Animal Hospital in Naperville. According to a representative from MediVet-America, who supplies the stem cell kits, he is the first Naperville veterinarian to perform the in-clinic procedure.

It is one of Asia's fastest growing industries and shows no signs of losing steam even as the global economy wobbles. Traveling abroad for medical treatment is now a multi-billion dollar business

Operators managing health tourists in India have their hands full these days. Patients from the Western countries in need of surgery are travelling to India in large numbers in the last quarter of the calendar year, so that they can be well during Christmas and New Year celebrations, according to doctors and executives at medical tourism companies. This is despite reports of high levels of ‘superbugs’ in and around some Indian hospitals.

A week ago, KIMS hospital conducted the colo-rectal surgery on four patients, besides 40 robot-assisted surgeries have been done for other diseases, Bhaskar said.
Dr Surya Nalamati, Senior Surgeon at Henry Ford Hospital in the US, explained that robot-assisted surgery has more advantages than Laproscopy (operations performed through small incisions) as patients recover faster and have lesser trauma as the surgical incisions are smaller.

Abu Dhabi residents will in future only have to present their Emirates ID card when seeking medical treatment following a plan to integrate the health insurance card with the national ID.

Health authorities warned Wednesday of virus outbreaks and food shortages throughout Central America as tolls rose from heavy rains that brought raging floods and landslides to the region.

The Kuwait Embassy in Mexico City this weekend hosted a symposium on the latest scientific findings in the control of cancer, which was attended by Arab, Mexican and international cancer and healthcare specialists.

Not all cancers fit seamlessly into this paradigm. Until recently, the hypothesis that stemlike cells are at the root of cancer recurrence was mired in controversy. But in the past few years, a great deal of evidence has shown that it holds true in many types of leukemia, breast cancer, and brain cancer. In these diseases, the proportion of cancer cells with a stemlike character can sometimes be as high as 40%. On the other hand, some cancers don’t contain any cells that exhibit stem cell behavior.