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Japan Wants To Build Medical Tourism Market
by Kenji Hall ,  Business Week|2009-07-27

Japan’s government has come up with a not-so-new idea for creating jobs in its healthcare sector: competing for medical tourists against Singapore, Thailand, the Philippines and India. For months, a panel of experts has been meeting at the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) behind closed doors to discuss the merits of luring wealthy patients from Asia and Russia to Japan for top-notch medical treatment....

 
Greater need to promote medical tourism in KSA
by Afifa Jabeen Quraishi,  www.saudigazette.com.sa|2009-07-23

JEDDAH – In spite of a rapidly developing health care sector, which includes world-class medical centers and some of the most modern and state-of-the-art facilities in the world, the Kingdom has yet to make its mark in the booming medical tourism industry......

 
Crucial Differences Between Non-Embryonic and Embryonic Stem Cells
by Dr. Jan F. Dudt, Jonathan D. Moore, & Dr. Durwood B. Ray,  The Bulletin|2009-07-10

We hear a lot about "stem cells," which are front-and-center as a major policy debate in America, one that involves science, medicine, ethics, politics, and much more. What are the issues? What's at stake? What are embryonic and non-embryonic stem cells? What are the crucial differences and distinctions we need to make as a society and citizenry?......

 
Stem cells used to repair heart damage
by Christi Myers,  ABC News|2009-07-10

Imagine a future where someone has a heart attack, and gets a shot to repair their heart. It's happening here and now with great success. John Hartman found hope and a way to literally repair his heart that was badly damaged by a heart attack.
"The heart muscle was beginning to die," he recalled.......

 
Want A Baby? India Beckons
by Taru Bahl,  News Blaze|2009-07-09

An advertisement which said "Choose from a bevy of healthy super-ovulated women to make your family complete" encouraged Audrey and Derek (names changed), residents of New Castle, UK, to go doctor shopping for a baby across four continents. Finally, they zeroed in on Dr Aniruddha Malpani, who runs the Malpani Infertility Clinic in Mumbai......

 
Medical Interpreters to Bridge Doctors, Foreign Patients
by Bae Ji-sook,  The Korea Times|2009-07-06

The government has started a program to train ``medical interpreters'' to help hospitals avoid language barriers when providing services to foreign patients. The Korea Human Resource Development Institute (KHRDI), a subordinate of the Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family Affairs, selected 65 trainees for its 200-hour program to develop medical interpreters in English......

 
AeroMexico's new service to New Orleans may boost medical travel
by Jaquetta White, The Times-Picayune ,  Nola.com|2009-07-05

When Sue Sorey needed hip replacement surgery, her husband, the Rev. Galen Sorey, called hospitals in the couple's hometown of Baton Rouge to get estimates of the cost. The Soreys planned to pay for the surgery themselves because Sue, a Type II diabetic, did not have health insurance. But the estimates they received ranged from.....

 
Cross-strait red tape hurts medical tourism: official
by Staff Writer with CNA,  Taipei Times|2009-06-29

Although Taiwan offers high­-­quality, low-cost medical services, this is not as important in tapping the Chinese market for medical tourism as clearing red tape for severely ill patents, a medical executive said on Saturday. Wu Ming-yen (吳明彥), ­secretary-general of the Taiwan Non-governmental Hospitals and Clinics Association (NHCA), said that the complicated, time-consuming application process....

 
Colombia, is the Ultimate Medical Tourism Destination for Cosmetic Surgery
by ,  PR-USA.Net|2009-06-25

Colombia has carved a niche for medical tourism as Cosmetic surgery procedures in Colombia are on a par with top Western practices and have been attracting lots of medical travelers from USA and Europe.

 
Medical Tourism Business Takes Root in San Diego
by Tom Fudge,  www.KBPS.org|2009-06-17

Today, the U.S. Government estimates that health care costs account for 16 percent of the Gross Domestic Product. The high cost of medical treatment may be the number one issue in health care reform. And it's already caused some patients to go elsewhere to save money on major operations.....

 
 
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