by Denise

Thousands of individuals today have the potential of benefiting from a variety of human stem cell therapy and treatments, but education on these treatments is a must. Stem cell therapy has long been clouded with mistrust, ethical and moral and religious controversy. Today, thanks to the dedication of stem cell therapy research, treatments are now close for conditions that were never before thought possible.

Stem cell therapy, international research and technology offer individuals today hope for the future. The basic types of noncontroversial stem cell therapy developments today include umbilical cord blood stem cell therapy is utilized through the blood of umbilical cords after they and the rest of the afterbirth or placenta has been expelled from the body after a baby is born. Cord blood stem cells therapy is making huge advancements today.

Adult stem cell therapy utilizes cells taken from bone marrow. Because these cells are found in the skin, blood and bone marrow, they do not carry the stigma that embryonic stem cell therapy does. Stem cell replacement therapy is undergoing extensive research and development.

Learn all you can about stem cell therapy and research. It may very well be utilized in a majority of medical treatments and cures in the near future. International locations such as Mexico, the Ukraine, Thailand and India, as well as scientists in Japan, the U.S., and Britain and throughout Europe are racing to discover new uses for potential treatments every day. Such research may very well provide the cure to diseases that have plagued the human race for thousands of years.

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by Denise

Human stem cell therapy is here to stay. Despite a rough start and controversy over ethical use of embryonic stem cells and cons of stem cell therapy such as worries over cloning, stem cell therapy research and development in the 21^st century is focusing more on non-controversial methods of human stem cell collection, such as umbilical cord stem cell therapy and adult stem cell therapy approaches. The most commonly heard about today include:

· Embryonic stem cell therapy

· Adult stem cell therapy and research

· Umbilical cord stem cell therapy

Today, stem cell therapy research and development is growing by leaps and bounds. While stem cell gene therapy is being studied in the U.S., no stem cell replacement therapy has yet been offered here. However, numerous fine facilities that provide such treatments may be found in international destinations.

One of the closest is the facility of Dr. Omar Gonzalez, of the Integrative Medical Center in Tamps, Mexico. His facilities offer a different approach to treatment, including the use of American, European, and Chinese medical approaches. He specializes in stem cell therapy created through placenta stem cell based therapy. Both umbilical cord stem cell therapy and placenta stem cell therapy are considered ethical and non-controversial.

Another location, and perhaps a bit more exotic, are the facilities of EmCell in Kiev, Ukraine. With nearly two decades of experience in stem cell treatments, the clinic has to date offered human stem cell therapy for conditions such as diabetes, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease.

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by Denise

To date, no stem cells therapy options are available in the U.S., so many Americans travel to international destinations to benefits from stem cell treatment procedures. The U.S. has approved funding for Phase I clinical trials of some types of stem cell therapies that may provide productive and beneficial use in the near future.

The potential cost of stem cell therapy in the U.S. may be prohibitively expensive, leading most to seek cures for illnesses, injuries and disease processes in China, Thailand, Japan, Europe, such as the EmCell Clinic in Kiev, Ukraine and India for such care.

The cost of a stem cell therapy is determined by geographic location of treatment facilities as well as the injury, illness or disease being treated. Medical travelers should research and study human stem cell therapy, treatments and protocols in foreign destinations.

Questions to Ask:

• Can you offer proof that these stem cell treatment therapies work?
• Can I speak with former patients who have undergone such therapies?
• Who are (and what are the credentials) of the physician or surgeon administering stem cell treatment?
• How long has the organization offered such treatments?
• How safe is the stem cell treatment? Are there risks involved?

The Future of Stem Cells Therapy

The World Stem Cell Summit in Madison, Wisconsin in September 2008 anticipated growing numbers of individuals seeking stem cell based therapy, alternative or advanced forms of medical treatment, and travel to foreign destinations. Everyone has a right to seek safe and effective treatments for dehabilitative injuries, diseases and terminal illnesses at affordable prices not currently found in the U.S.

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by Denise

Today, stem cell research offers potential treatments for the future that may cure many disease processes, enable people with spinal cord injuries to walk again, and perhaps even see an end to cognitive impairment diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease.

The most commonly studied and used stem cell therapies today involve the use of:

• Embryonic stem cell therapy
• Adult stem cell therapy and research
• Umbilical cord stem cell therapy
• Placenta stem cell therapy

Adult stem cell therapy - This type of stem cell is taken from bone marrow. Adult stem cells can be “instructed” to form a certain type of cell – such as nerve cells, cardiac cells, skin cells, muscle cells and so forth. Stem cell replacement therapy is undergoing extensive research and development.

Umbilical cord stem cell therapy - As a rich source of stem cells, many parents today are “banking” their children’s umbilical cord cells in case they are needed for curing disease in the future. Cord blood stem cell therapy is making huge advancements today.

Placenta Stem Cell Therapy – Stem cell therapy research doctors have been studying the beneficial components of stem cells found within the placenta. The afterbirth, heretofore discarded after birth, is now being studied for its multipotent stem cells in the search for treatments of multiple illnesses and disease processes.

Affordable stem cell therapy is offered in many foreign medical travel destinations such as Thailand, Asia, and the Ukraine in Central Europe.

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by Denise

In the United States, nearly 4,000 people wait for heart transplants on a daily basis. However, only a fraction of those actually receive a heart. Donors must be matched by blood type, medical urgency, size of the donor heart, and may wait for months or even years for a suitable heart donor.

In the United States, heart transplant surgery can cost upwards of $150,000. While this seems daunting, medical travelers to foreign destinations enjoy massive savings. In Jordan, whose first heart transplant occurred in the late 1960s, medical travelers can save up to 25% on costs found in the U.S. Those traveling to India or Singapore may save up to 50% to 75% on costs.

Finding a Cardiac Surgeon

Cardiac surgeons must meet basic requirements and training for certification in various cardiac fields and techniques, as well as specialties. Cardiac surgeons typically complete a five-year general surgery residency, followed by two to three years of specialization in cardiothoracic surgeries. Various licensing boards that certify cardiac surgeons in many types of heart surgeries, including heart valve surgery, coronary artery bypass surgery, heart transplantation, and alternative to open heart surgery procedures as well as subspecialties.

The Jordan Hospital in Amman, Jordan is an example of the highly trained and experienced heart surgery hospital.

Another fine example of global heart care and cardiac treatment may be found at the National Heart Centre in Singapore, Singapore.

It’s your heart. Don’t limit your options. Consider medical travel to obtain the care you need, when you need it.

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by Denise

A heart surgery procedure can range from angioplasty to coronary artery bypass to valve replacement to a heart transplant. Where can individuals go for such treatments and heart care? Expert heart surgeons are available around the world, and in countries that rank higher than the U.S. in health care.

For example, costs for angioplasty procedures in the U.S. costs will depend on type of procedure (balloon or angioplasty with vascular stents). Average costs for such procedures range around $57,000. Medical travelers taking advantage of excellently trained and certified physicians in countries like India, Singapore and Thailand may enjoy huge cost savings. The same procedures in India generally cost around $11,000, while the same procedures cost around $13,000 in Singapore and Thailand.

For those needing heart valve replacement surgery or cardiac bypass surgery, world-class heart physicians and cardiac specialists offer superlative heart care and treatment as well as procedures that offer state of the art technology and training.

Cardiac surgery is expensive in the United States. Heart valve replacement or repair in the United States costs an average of $25,000 per valve. Mitral valve replacement may cost around $14,000 to $20,000. Many patients undergoing multiple valve replacement surgical procedures may expect to pay up to $100,000 for such services.

Medical travelers to the Artemis Health Institute in India enjoy the same quality of service at greater savings, with single valve replacements generally costing around $9,500 and double valve replacements costing around $11,500.

Take advantage of global opportunities in the 21^st century. Expand your horizons, as well as your heart health care by exploring and researching heart surgery abroad.

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by Denise

Heart bypass surgery is exactly what name implies: a detour or bypass around clogged arteries through the use of arterial grafts around the damaged areas. Coronary artery bypass surgery is also called CABG, which stands for coronary artery bypass graft.

The traditional approach to any type of heart surgery used to be placing a patient on a heart lung machine for the four to six hours that the cardiac surgery took. However, updated techniques are used in the 21st century.

Avoiding the use of a heart lung machine, cardiovascular surgery today relies on what is called an off pump coronary artery bypass, or OPCAB, which allows the bypass to be performed while the heart still beats. This method reduces the risk of memory loss and mental confusion caused by loss of blood flow to the brain.

Another technique used by the best cardiologist specialists avoids splitting or removing the breastbone, or sternum. This technique is called minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass, also known as MIDCAB.

Half a million Americans undergo coronary bypass surgery every year, and numbers are multiplying as the effects of high fat and high cholesterol diets are becoming readily apparent.

Cardiac care in the United States is extremely expensive. A heart bypass can cost up to $130,000, with average costs of $15,000 to $30,000 per graft. The same procedures cost roughly $10,000 in India, and $18,500 at the National Heart Centre in Singapore. In South Africa, the procedure cost about $12,800.

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by Denise

Since when should an individual have to choose between a life-saving operation and the potential financial ruin of his or her family? Due to the outrageous cost of health care in the U.S., and especially those that involve any kind of heart surgery procedure, more Americans today are taking their chances by not choosing potentially life-saving cardiovascular surgery procedures.

Depending on the type of procedure or surgery that is performed, cardiac surgeries have widely differing price ranges. However, they are among the most expensive surgical procedures performed in the United States. Coronary bypass surgery can cost up to $20,000 for one bypass, more if additional bypasses are required. A heart transplant can cost over $150,000!

However, options are available for many types of heart surgery abroad, and fine ones at that. Heart surgeons and facilities found throughout the globe offer high-tech, state-of-the-art medical equipment, accredited and highly trained cardiac surgeons and general heart care in such treatments as heart valve replacement surgery, coronary bypass surgery, and even heart transplant procedures.

Highly acclaimed facilities and cardiac surgeons can be found in Jordan, Thailand, Turkey and Singapore for a fraction of the costs in the U.S. For example, an angioplasty balloon procedure in the U.S. can cost up to $57,000, while in India, the cost hovers around $11,000 and in Thailand the same procedure costs about $13,000.

No one should feel that they must weigh between health and the wallet. Medical tourism abroad offers alternatives to such drastic decisions.

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by Denise

Procedures designed to help to insure adequate supply of blood and oxygen to the heart muscle fall under the scope of cardiac surgery. Some of the most common heart surgeries include procedures from non-invasive heart surgery to open heart surgery, such as:

Prosthetic Heart valve Replacement surgery is a treatment procedure that repairs or replaces diseased or malfunctioning heart valves. In most cases, mechanical or prosthetic heart valves are used to replace faulty valves.

Angioplasty is a procedure that is also known as balloon angioplasty. The procedure restores blood flow through the damaged artery.

Coronary artery bypass surgery employs the use of a section of vein or artery, typically from the leg, to bypass the damaged portion of artery above and below an area of blockage.

Pacemakers are small electronic or battery-operated device placed underneath the skin of the abdomen or chest to help control abnormal heart rhythms. Wires connect the heart with this generator and sense of electrical pulses the help to correct and regulate heart rhythm.

Heart transplantation replaces the entire heart muscle. The procedure requires precise timing to ensure that the donor heart tissues remain healthy prior to transplantation.

Read about heart surgeries and research options to save tens of thousands of dollars on heart surgery abroad, like those found in India, Thailand, Singapore and Mexico, just to name a few. Excellently trained surgeons, state-of-the-art medical equipment and technology and caring, compassionate staff provide the best of care while saving medical tourists on astronomical health care costs in the U.S.

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