by Denise

Take advantage of the new phenomenon so they prepare themselves by ensuring that their surgeons are safer and more qualified than ever before. Going to Guatemala for a face lift or a breast augmentation surgery can actually be a lot cheaper than costs incurred in the United States and you can enjoy different activities that Guatemala has to offer while you’re there.

 

If you’re interested in dental care, obesity treatments, cardiac procedures or more, Guatemala offers several high-tech facilities to treat a multitude of conditions. High standards of care, training, experience and expertise await medical travelers to this little known, but globally developing country in Central America.

 

One of the best known and popular medical care physicians in Latin America for bariatric surgeries is Dr. Rodrigo Gonzalez Toledo, an expert in open gastric bypass, sleeve gastrectomy and adjustable gastric banding or lap band procedures.

 

Dr. Toledo’s facility, called Angels Abroad, offers travelers pre-op consultations, round the clock nursing care, post-op meds and hotel and dining arrangements. What’s easier than that? For bariatric surgery in Guatemala or to enjoy low bariatric bypass surgery cost, check out alternatives in Guatemala.

 

Medical travelers from the United States, Canada and other countries are traveling to Latin America for affordable medications, prescriptions, and treatments not available in the United States, including stem cell therapies and many alternative treatments that are nevertheless accepted and practiced around the world. The rising costs of healthcare and medical insurance in the United States is propelling more Americans, including Hispanics, to venture elsewhere for quality and experienced healthcare.

 

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by Denise

Medical tourism, also known as the health and wellness industry, is receiving more interest these days, not only from Americans dealing with a faltering economy, but from individuals around the world seeking affordable and quality healthcare. Whether those individuals are from Nigeria, the Middle East, Turkey, Australia or the United States, quality medical care and accessible healthcare facilities are on everyone’s minds.

The Medical Tourism Association, a nonprofit organization, is among the first in the medical tourism industry to promote standards and guidelines for quality of care around the world. The Medical Tourism Association (MTA) offers consumers from around the world the opportunity to become accredited and certified members of the Association, but in order to do so they must be evaluated and certified as providers of excellent quality healthcare. The certification process defined by the Medical Tourism Association is a thorough, extensively detailed and stringent process that takes between 3 to 4 months for a facility to complete. Quality of care is essential to the medical tourism industry, and offers consumers the peace of mind that comes with knowing a facility is well staffed, educated, expertly trained and experienced in a number of procedures, including but not limited to obesity weight loss procedures, cardiac care, cancer treatments, orthopedic surgeries in orthopedic procedures and more.

Facilities certified and having completed accreditation guidelines by the Medical Tourism Association reduce potential of risks and errors, establish and promote patient rights, adhere to religious or cultural requirements for international travelers, set facilities and physicians apart from competitors and promote interaction with domestic and international insurance companies, to name a few.

The future of healthcare is in medical tourism, and the Medical Tourism Association is making sure that consumers can feel comfortable and confident regarding their medical care, regardless of destination.

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by Denise

Individuals looking for affordable bariatric surgeries and obesity or weight loss procedures will be happy to know that help is closer than you think. Because of rising health care costs in the United States as well as the fact that most United States health insurance providers do not provide coverage for obesity treatments, finding an affordable and reputable surgeon to perform bariatric surgeries can be an intimidating endeavor.

However, Dr. Rodrigo Gonzalez Toledo of Angels Abroad, located in Guatemala City, Guatemala, is a United States board-certified bariatric surgeon and is also a U.S. board-certified multidisciplinary bariatric team member.

Dr. Toledo and his facility at Angels Abroad offers gastric bypass surgery, laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, sleeve gastrectomy surgery and adjustable gastric banding or lap band procedures. Weight loss surgery in Guatemala offers travelers from around the world high-tech and state-of-the-art equipment, methods and care to treat a multitude of weight loss needs. Dr. Toledo, a dedicated surgeon, is also dedicated to providing adequate access and information for patients and provides free of charge call conferences and e-mails. Dr. Toledo and Angels Abroad utilize modern equipment and technologies at the Las American Hospital in one of the most beautiful locations in South America.

Guatemala is growing as a world-renowned destination for bariatric weight-loss surgical procedures and is a favorite vacation destination, filled with Mayan and colonial artifacts and landmarks, beautiful rain forests, and the best in accommodations and dining Guatemala has to offer.

Whether you need laparoscopic surgery, a mini gastric bypass, a gastric sleeve, a duodenal switch, or lap band surgical procedure, Dr. Toledo can meet your needs, provide excellent care and affordable solutions for most weight-loss programs and issues.

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by Denise

This year, after a brief interruption of the World Medical Tourism in Global Health Congress in Monterrey, Mexico, canceled because of concerns regarding in the outbreak of swine flu, the second annual World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress will meet in Los Angeles, California in late October 2009.

The World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress is a gathering of individuals in the healthcare field and health and wellness tourism industry hosted by the Medical Tourism Association. The second annual conference has plenty on their agenda, including defining and addressing the needs of international patients, marketing and promotion of foreign medical destinations to domestic and international insurance companies, enhancing hospital and clinic contracts, and ensuring the implementation of medical tourism options into United States-based health insurance plans, among many others.

Focus of the 2009 World Medical Tourism and Global Health Congress offers reliable and up-to-date information regarding the effectiveness and quality of healthcare in international destinations as well as the availability of such care for international consumer and ex-pat patients. Offering solutions, destinations and hospitals for consumers as well as providing guidelines regarding patient perspective, accreditation, and quality issues will be discussed at this gathering of participants in the health care and health and wellness industry from around the world, including representatives attending from Latin American destinations such as Mexico, Argentina, Costa Rica and Brazil, to growing medical tourism destinations in Europe including the Ukraine, Poland, Croatia and Turkey as well as familiar healthcare providers in Asia in locations such as Singapore, Thailand and India.

Procedures and methodologies in orthopedic, cardiac, obesity and cancer treatments are offered by international providers for a fraction of the cost of the same procedures in the U.S., Great Britain and Canada.

 

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by Denise

Medical tourism is growing increasingly popular with adults and seniors today. This field of health and wellness tourism has exploded because of rising medical care costs for dental care, vision care, laboratory tests, medical treatments and procedures for a multitude of conditions such as COPD, diabetes, heart care and other issues that commonly afflict today’s baby boomer generation. Finding and affording such medical care is becoming increasingly difficult for seniors today, due in part because of the faltering economy, but most commonly because pensions, Social Security and retirement funds are unable to keep up with healthcare costs.

 

To date, India is one of the most popular destinations for medical tourists because of their wide range of high quality yet low-cost procedures. Highly trained physicians and many hospitals within India such as the Artemis Health Institute offer services such as cancer treatment, bariatric procedures, orthopedic knee surgery, obesity and weight loss care and ophthalmology specialists that may be bundled into package deals.

 

Singapore enjoys high-quality hospitals accredited by the JCI, such as the National Heart Center that offers cardiac care in angiography, heart valve surgery and other thoracic care. Thailand rivals India in quality and pricing structures and has long been known as the ultimate destination for world-class private healthcare facilities and highly trained surgical staff.

 

Facilities in Latin American countries are well known for being able to provide high quality dental work, and prices there are one third to one half lower than those found in the United States. Northern Europe, as well as Western European countries such as Hungary, Germany, and Poland. Today’s baby boomers want excellent and affordable health care. They’re crossing borders to meet their needs.

 

 

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by Denise

A large percent of baby boomers (those between the ages of 45-65) are currently uninsured. Many who belong to this age group have lost their jobs due to aging, unemployment or downsizing and are no longer covered by affordable health care or insurance.

 

Traveling beyond local borders offers this group, more than any other demographic, the opportunity to pursue and receive premium healthcare, alternative treatments and travel, all at the same time. Boomers are leading the way to more affordable healthcare, seeking medical care overseas to address such needs as knee and hip replacement surgeries, cardiac care, and alternative treatments for chronic conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, orthopedic procedures, and dental care.

 

American boomers needing dental care and prescriptions often travel south of the border into Mexico or even as far as Brazil, Argentina, and Costa Rica for their needs. Dental procedures as well as medications in Latin American countries is less than half of what comparable procedures and medications cost in the United States. Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia are popular destinations for those needing hip or knee replacement surgeries. Europeans are making trips to Hungry and Poland for dental and cosmetic procedures at great savings, even after including the cost of travel and hotel or clinic accommodations.

 

Hospitals in South America or Asia generally cost one half of the price charged in the United States and Europe. For example, cardiac and orthopedic surgeries performed in India can save health travelers nearly $20,000 or more with one surgical procedure.

 

The health and wellness industry is booming, and today’s older adults and boomers are leading the way to a new revolution in affordable health care known as medical tourism.

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by Denise

These days, because of the economy and rising health care costs, more baby boomers than ever before are going to be venturing beyond domestic borders to obtain healthcare as well as medical treatments in the field of orthopedics, such as hip replacements, hip resurfacing, knee surgeries as well as anti-aging and age management procedures and techniques in cosmetic and plastic surgery.

Baby boomers are considered to be those who were born between 1946 and 1964. By 2011, many baby boomers will be reaching the age of 65, and increasing the percentage of the US population that 65 or older. Today, the population of individuals over 65 is roughly 17%, but in just a few years, that figure rises to 26%. According to research data, there’ll be 75 million baby boomers who need affordable medical care by the year 2010. These individuals will become the future of healthcare and growing trends toward health and wellness tourism for this group of individuals is on the rise.

Baby boomers, for the most part, are health conscious, educated, and aware of the potential possibilities of international medical care and aren’t afraid to ask questions or perform research on who can perform the best surgical procedures or offer quality treatments for affordable costs. These days, boomers, more than any other age demographic are carefully watching their money, and no one wants to have to choose between health care in groceries.

Affordable heart surgery, cancer treatment abroad, cosmetic surgery abroad, and health tourism abroad in fields such as dental, vision, cardiac and stem cell treatments are in demand. Locations such as Argentina, India, Thailand, Latin America and central Europe are growing more popular by the year. Boomers know this, and are acting on it.

The baby boomers are going to literally change the face of medical care in the very near future as the demand for excellence, quality and state-of-the-art technology, techniques and procedures increases.

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by Denise

Individuals from around the globe, including Americans, Iraqis, Nigerians, Canadians and Australians, just to name a few, seeking affordable medical care beyond domestic borders is growing drastically. Global market trends for medical tourism and health and wellness tourism are creating a booming, and profitable medical tourism business.

Increasing costs of health care as well as overburdened public healthcare systems are creating a heightened demand for affordable surgery abroad in a multitude of fields, including bariatric, weight loss and obesity surgical procedures providers, cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures, cardiac care, fertility treatments, orthopedic surgery, vision care, and dental care. In many locations, the unavailability of quality care in local geographic areas is encouraging individuals to seek alternatives as well as expertise and experience in medical destination locations such as India, Thailand, South Africa, Latin America, and Central European countries such as Turkey, Croatia, the Ukraine and Germany.

Individuals looking for unique programs or alternative or integrative medicine such as stem cell therapy, alternative cancer treatments, and wellness programs look for excellence, customer intimacy, and healthcare leadership in affordable clinics, hospitals and outpatient care facilities in locations such as Zagreb Croatia, Mexicali Mexico, Buenos Aires Argentina, Mumbai India, Bangkok Thailand, and Cape Town South Africa, just to name a few.

When it comes to uniqueness, quality, customization and convenience, millions of Americans and other international travelers are becoming international medical patients, the new trend in health, medical, and wellness care around the globe.

PlacidWay, a health and wellness resource provider, offers that connection is a comprehensive web portal that showcases renowned healthcare specialists, full service guided medical tours, and top medical centers in the world.

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by Denise

No doubt about it, anyone reading about the current turmoil in portions of Mexico is understandably concerned about the safety of venturing south for medical treatments that include the most popular, and affordable obesity and weight loss surgical procedures, cosmetic and plastic surgery procedures and stem cell treatments. However, border safety along the Mexican border offers Americans and Canadians traveling south for a number of treatments can be assured of safety in many of these border crossings, and most especially at Nuevo Progreso.

The border crossing at the Nuevo Progreso is the closest to the Integrative Medical Center run by Dr. Omar Gonzales, a specialist of stem cell therapy treatments, procedures and research in Mexico, as well as specializing in placenta implants, integrative medical services for stress, anxiety, chronic fatigue, chronic infections, and autoimmune diseases with placenta stem cell therapy and treatment procedures.

Dr. Gonzalez is aware that travelers are extremely concerned regarding safety, but assures potential travelers that his clinic is in a safe location, and that surrounding communities continue to receive American tourists ready to spend their days shopping, enjoying fine Mexican cuisine, and receiving the benefits of the treatments that Dr. Gonzales and his Integrative Medical Center offers. Staff at the clinic have always, and will continue, to accompany patients who arrive South of the border to the clinic and remain nearby as patient advocates throughout the entire treatment process.

Americans and other travelers arriving in Nuevo Progreso in Tamps, Mexico have remarked on how safe they feel in the friendly and beautiful community as well as the benefits of receiving treatment that Dr. Gonzalez’s Integrative Medical Center facility.

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by Denise

Once again, the summer months are almost upon us. We take a look in the near, try on favorite summer clothes, and realize that we’ve got some changes to make. Cheap plastic surgery is available to help take a nip here, a tuck there. Cosmetic surgeries may involve anything from liposuction to breast augmentation, a nose job, or even a thigh lift. Cosmetic surgeons in foreign destinations are highly skilled, world-renowned, and offer a multitude of cosmetic surgery procedures to meet any needs, at costs Americans can afford.

Cosmetic and plastic surgery and most cosmetic dental treatment procedures are not covered by medical health insurance in the United States. Is it any wonder that millions of Americans travel abroad to destinations such as Croatia, Brazil, or India for affordable plastic and reconstructive surgery?

Whether you’re looking for noninvasive plastic surgery, obesity plastic surgery or reconstructive cosmetic surgeons, the world is literally at your fingertips. Board-certified plastic surgeon options, plastic surgery specialists in cosmetic surgery center options are available in foreign destinations.

We all want to look our best, but many of us can’t afford the astronomical costs of cosmetic procedures in the United States. Venturing south to Latin America for affordable cosmetic surgery in Brazil at the world renowned Center of Plastic Surgery and Rehabilitation, or traveling to central Europe to locations in Turkey or locations in Croatia such as Dr. Toncic’s Cosmetic Surgery Clinic are growing in popularity. So whether you’re looking for cosmetic plastic surgery nearer to home or want to enjoy the benefits and exotic destination vacation blended with excellent cosmetic surgeries in Thailand, PlacidWay offers reliable and relevant resources for all your cosmetic surgery abroad needs.

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