by Denise

Asian Medical tourism is growing exponentially in recent years, and is expected to blossom even more in the coming decade. Individuals from around the world, especially in the United States and Western Europe, disappointed and discouraged by healthcare options, rising healthcare costs, and long wait times, increasingly look beyond borders for excellent, qualified an accredited medical care.

The Asia Medical Tourism and Wellness Congress, most commonly known as GLOW, is meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in May 2010, to host an expo and congress on the personal wellness and medical tourism industry that focuses on facilities, providers, treatments, technologies and opportunities in Southeast Asia.

The GLOW 2010 Asia Medical Tourism and Wellness Congress will discuss, among other itinerary items, workplace wellness, medical tourism, spa and wellness facilities, treatments and procedures, among the fastest growing fields in the medical tourism industry. The focus is on health and wellness in the workplace or corporate environment that extends far beyond individual or market consumerism in locations throughout Southeast Asia, including popular medical tourism destinations such as Malaysia, Singapore, Japan, Thailand, South Korea, in major metropolitan areas in Southeast China.

The GLOW exhibition will specifically target health care related industries hospitals, spa and wellness associations and operators, outbound tour operators, and international insurance providers.

Improving wellness programs in corporate environments, sustaining spa and wellness businesses during economic crisis as well as cost budgeting approaches to tracking medical tourism marketing activities are just a few of the topics that will be discussed at the upcoming conference.

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by Denise

Clinics, outpatient facilities and first-class hospitals in Budapest and other major cities throughout the country offer superlative services and care at phenomenal savings over costs found in Great Britain and the United States. With medical care ranging from dental implants to cosmetic surgery to cardiac care, Hungary is fast gaining a reputation throughout Europe and the United States as a medical tourism destination that offers the best in medical care, tourism and savings.

Due to rising dental costs around the world, medical tourists, international travelers and citizens from Western Europe, the United States and even South America are traveling to central European countries such as Hungary, Croatia, Turkey and the Ukraine for affordable yet superlative dental care and treatment. One of the most popular dental care facilities in the region is prudent, located in Mosonmagyaróvár, Hungary. The name may be a mouthful, but PruDent, with over 15 years of experience, offers a full range of cosmetic dental treatment, surgeries, and procedures in Hungary. Dental implants, crowns, fittings, endodontic dental care, bridges, bridgework and cleanings and whitening and more are avialable at PruDent.

Designing its healthcare system after models from France and Germany, Hungary offers its residents and medical travelers superlative medical care and facilities. Highly trained and experienced physicians, surgeons and healthcare providers in metropolitan areas such as historic Budapest offer the best care in a wide range of health needs and specialties.

Clinics, outpatient facilities and first-class hospitals in Budapest and other major cities throughout the country offer superlative services and care at phenomenal savings over costs found in Great Britain and the United States.

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by Denise

It seems that every year, especially around the holidays and the New Year’s season, that men and women start thinking about changes, aging, dieting, and making improvements in life. The New Year always brings a new resolutions, promises and commitments, some which are successful, others which are not. A good majority of those New Year’s resolutions involve change in appearance, improved self confidence and self assurance.

At such times, knowing your options can make all the difference in the world. Cosmetic and plastic surgical procedures are not cheap, especially in the United States, where such procedures are rarely covered by medical and health insurance plans. However, men and women looking for age management, anti-aging treatments, or cosmetic or plastic surgery may access a variety of international medical tourism destinations that combine the best of a holiday vacation with the ultimate in plastic or cosmetic surgical care.

For laser liposuction, liposuction surgery, rhinoplasty procedure, reconstructive breast surgery, breast augmentation or breast reduction, tummy tuck, eyelid surgery, facelifts, thread facelift, or facelift alternative procedures, affordable cosmetic and plastic surgery abroad is available.

Facilities such as the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in Switzerland, Ageless Wonders Panama in Panama City, Panama, or Villa Bella in Munich, Germany offer the best in medical tourism spa resort amenities and accommodations with world-class cosmetic surgical facilities, certified and highly trained and experienced plastic surgeons and best of all, affordable cosmetic surgery and vacation plans that may be customized to meet just about every budget.

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by Denise

Many people don’t realize that Jordan has one of the most advanced healthcare systems in the Middle East. Most people also don’t know that the first kidney transplant was successfully performed in Jordan in the early 1970s, and the first heart transplant was performed in the mid 1980s.  As a premier medical facility in the region, Jordan Hospital and Medical Center provides a variety of services including cardiac and neurosurgery, organ transplantation, cardiothoracic surgery, bariatric surgery, and neonatal and pediatric care.

Meeting the growing needs of individuals around the world discouraged and disappointed by domestic or local healthcare choices are increasingly visiting online medical tourism portals such as PlacidWay, an International medical tourism portal based in Denver, Colorado, for healthcare options.

Facilities such as the Jordan Hospital and Medical Center around the world provide world-class, state-of-the-art, and highly trained and experienced physicians, surgeons, and medical and surgical facilities to meet a variety of needs. Like Jordan Hospital and Medical Center, many of these facilities are JCI accredited and have won international awards of excellence. Jordan Hospital and medical center is also ISO certified and is compliant to the International Society for Quality in Healthcare (ISQua) and adheres to world-class accreditation standards.

Today, Americans, Britons, Canadians, Europeans, South Africans and Asians are demanding quality and affordable healthcare options. Understanding the growing need for such care, international medical tourism destinations have become a growing trend in the health and wellness industry. Millions of individuals travel throughout the world today to receive the best that medical, surgical and technological developments offer to individuals that also provide quality and affordable healthcare options.

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by Denise

You wouldn’t trust your body to just anyone when it comes to plastic surgery, would you? You want to be sure that any surgeon who performs any type of procedure on your face or body is highly trained, certified, accredited, experienced and knowledgeable regarding the newest state of the art equipment, technology, and procedures.

Women seeking anything from face lifts to liposuction to tummy tucks to breast augmentation or reduction should take the time to carefully research any plastic or cosmetic surgeon and facility regardless of its location. Unfortunately, most cosmetic and plastic surgical procedures in the United States are not covered by medical insurance. This leaves many women seeking plastic and cosmetic surgery or facial reconstruction or body lifts in international locations.

One of the most famous and well-known travel destinations in the world, located in Cancun, Mexico, is also home to one of the most well-known plastic or cosmetic surgical and medical spa facilities in the area, called, naturally, Perfection Medical Spa and Plastic Surgery.  As one of the most renowned cosmetic surgery center in Mexico, the facility offers some of the best plastic surgeons in Cancun, and affordable cosmetic plastic surgery in Mexico that also meets the highest standards in quality care. A leader in surgical and nonsurgical cosmetic treatments as well as being the home to one of the most luxurious yet affordable medical spas in Cancun, Perfection offers just that.

Women seeking quality, affordable and excellent facilities such as Perfection can access medical tourism portals such as PlacidWay, based in Denver, Colorado for up-to-date, reliable, and detailed information regarding certified and accredited cosmetic and plastic surgical procedures, surgeons and facilities around the globe.

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by Denise

Asia’s largest Medical Tourism and Wellness Congress will meet next May, 2010 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The Medical Tourism and Wellness Congress is one of the largest in the world, and will attract over 10,000 medical tourism trade visitors, sponsors, delegates, and exhibitors from around the world, including the United States, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

Known as GLOW 2010, the event is designed to focus on specific technologies, providers, and international focus on medical and wellness health and tourism industries and is specifically designed to promote wellness in corporate environments. The conference will engage discuss since regarding trends and technologies as well as exposing a multitude of health and wellness in medical tourism organizations throughout the world.

Medical tourism to the Asian region since 2008 has poured over four billion dollars into the Asian economy and is expected to surpass $200 million from global travelers and more than $11 billion in revenue from the United States. Suppliers as well as buyers in the health and wellness tourism industry will discuss and brainstorm issues regarding the medical tourism industry as a whole, focusing on latest technologies, products, and procedures that may be implemented worldwide to improve overall medical care and health and wellness for domestic as well as international travelers.

International and domestic medical insurance companies and providers, tour groups, hospitals, health ministries, and health ministry departments from countries around the globe will attend one of the most pristine just events in the health and wellness industry in Malaysia, intending to continually improve quality, efficacy, efficiency and affordability of medical care around the world.

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by Denise

Cosmetic dentistry is provided for children and adults to treat tooth disorders, gum disease, child dental health issues and to provide overall dental health for adults. The field contains procedures that offer a wide range of treatments, from filling cavities to covering broken teeth with porcelain crowns. Cosmetic dentistry can help repair and improve unsightly stains, brighten smiles, and repair and replace chipped or broken teeth.

 

Unfortunately, cosmetic dentistry can be expensive, depending on the procedure. In the United States for example, implants may cost $1,200-$2,000 apiece. Bonding may cost $300-$600 a tooth, and crowns may cost anywhere from $800-$1,000.

 

However, destinations in the Middle East in locations such as the Red Sea and Hurghada in Egypt are growing increasingly popular when it comes to affordable and excellent dental care and services. Egypt has some of the highest standards of cosmetic surgery in the world, and some of the lowest prices. The advantages of medical tourism are savings on medical procedures accompanied by a great escape from everyday life.

 

PrimaDent Dental Center, located in Hurghada, Red Sea, Egypt offers individuals the chance of the unique and perfect vacation with quality dental treatment and dental care. Visit the great sphinx and pyramids and enjoy the benefit of highly trained, experienced and affordable dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, and treatment at some of the best dental clinics in Egypt.  Egyptian dental surgery hospitals provide full services, state of the art equipment and affordable dental health centers in Hurghada such as PrimaDent Dental Center to meet most dental needs and requirements.

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by Denise

Mr. Mohamed Ali of Egypt contacted the Izmir Dental Clinic, also known as Teras Dental, which has over 20 years of experience treating a variety of dental needs. Suffering from a broken front tooth and five missing teeth on the sides of his mouth, dentists in his native Egypt told Mohamed he needed crowns. Mohamed wanted to find the best dental clinic that would meet his needs without taking a big chunk out of his wallet.

Mohamed wrote a note to PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal based in the United States that offered information regarding dental clinics in Europe. Mohamed was mildly surprised when he received an immediate reply from the Izmir Dental Clinic explaining their treatment for ceramic crowns, the cost, and the fact that the Izmir clinic price included accommodations for a five-day stay in a comfortable hotel in the city of Izmir.

Jan, a Fort Collins, Colorado native found herself in a difficult situation after she was figuratively “fired” from by her third dentist. After accessing PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal developed by CEO Pramod Goel of Denver, Colorado, Jan researched her options and found several providers who could possibly help her obtain the quality yet caring dental care she was looking for. Jan eventually chose Wellness Dental, a state of the art and experienced dentistry clinic in Costa Rica.

What do Mohamed and Jan have in common? A desire for better health care, more choices and options, affordability, accessibility, and the desire to actually venture abroad for excellent, experienced, accredited, certified and affordable dental care. Growing numbers of international patients are venturing beyond borders for healthcare with success, satisfaction, and huge savings.

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by Denise

Why are so many people venturing abroad for their medical care? Why are expatriates returning to their homelands for medical care and treatment? Rising healthcare costs, uncertainty regarding Health Care reforms, and long wait times as well as limited options when it comes to techniques, methods and procedures to treat a wide variety of medical conditions that range from obesity and bariatric surgery to breast augmentation to sports training and rehabilitation, prompts individuals from around the world to travel abroad for their health care needs.

Expatriates from Japan, Thailand, Korea, and China are traveling to world-class facilities such as South Korea’s Wooridul Spine Care Hospital, while Albanians, Russians, Armenians, Georgians and those from Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan are traveling to facilities in Croatia and Turkey.  North Americans are traveling to Mexico and South America in ever increasing numbers to receive affordable and quality cosmetic and plastic surgeon procedures, weight loss treatments, obesity and bariatric surgery treatments and dental care.

Citizens from France, England, Germany, Norway and Sweden are traveling to central European countries such as Poland, and Hungary for affordable medical care while South Africans increasingly travel to destinations such as India, Malaysia and Singapore for superlative, available, effective and affordable medical treatment.

This growing trend in International Medical Care, promoted by the Medical Tourism Board and Ministries of Health as well as medical tourism portals such as PlacidWay offer international patients a true choice in their healthcare options. Affordability, availability, quality, and effective care is available in medical fields from stem cell research and development to the latest in cardiac surgical procedures.

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by Denise

The purpose behind most orthopedic surgical procedures is to increase and enhance mobility of a joint as well as to repair damaged bone, muscular, or neural tissues caused by sports injuries, arthritis, fractures, and muscle and bone diseases. Common orthopedic procedures include partial or total hip or placement surgery, as well as hip resurfacing surgery, partial or total knee replacement procedures and those that focus on hands, elbow, or shoulder joints.

 

Orthopedics treatments and surgeries help to treat chronic diseases such as various forms of arthritis in the hands, knees and back. For example, rheumatoid arthritis severely inhibits mobility in the fingers and hands. Treatments and surgeries designed to relieve pain and increase mobility require a team effort from specialists in orthopedic surgery as well as specialists who focus on the musculature damage such arthritis causes.

 

Facilities around the globe offer a variety of orthopedic surgeries that provide excellent, experienced, accredited and state-of-the-art technology, treatments and procedures. Some of the best are located in Croatia, such as Terme Selce,  and Turkey, at the Acibadem Healthcare Group and at the Florence Nightingale Hospital in Istanbul. The Madras Joint Replacement Center in Chennai, India and the Jordan Hospital in Amman, Jordan all provide accredited orthopedic surgeons and surgical care for international travelers seeking affordable and effective treatments of bone and joint injuries caused by sports, accidents or disease conditions.

 

Individuals from abroad seek health and wellness choices that meet their needs with today’s availability and popularity of medical tourism and travel, offering real choices for effective, quality and affordable orthopedic surgical care.

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