by Denise

Individuals around the world can now access superlative healthcare without fearing bankruptcy. Europeans and inhabitants of Russia and Southeast Asia are flocking to superlative healthcare facilities in Turkey, Croatia, India, and Thailand and Singapore for cutting edge technology and effective treatments for a variety of illness and disease processes by compassionate, certified and accredited surgeons, medical staff, and facilities focused on the medical needs and comfort of international travelers.

According to the Medical Tourism Association, the next decade will bring an explosion in international healthcare capabilities and options, with over 16,000,000 Americans alone are expected to travel to foreign destinations for their medical care. An equal number of individuals from other countries around the world are also expected to travel to regional or international destinations as well.

Cost perspectives in this new era of medical tourism offer affordable yet world-class treatments and procedures to individuals in a variety of medical fields, including orthopedics, obesity and weight loss, cosmetic dentistry, cosmetic and plastic surgical procedures, cardiac care, and stem cell research.

The Asian Medical tourism industry is expected to reach nearly $10 billion by 2013 and health tourism in Mexico, Central America and South America is not far behind. Countries in Central Europe are seeing the enormous benefit of providing world class medical facilities, procedures and travel packages to international travelers, among them Croatia, the Ukraine, and Turkey.

PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal based in Denver, Colorado, provides a timely and respected source of medical travel information regarding treatments, procedures, facilities and surgeons abroad to offer international patients and travelers the best options when it comes to their medical care and health and wellness options.

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by Denise

IUI, also known as intrauterine insemination is a popular and effective fertility treatment for millions of women around the world. While a variety of factors need to be considered before a woman undergoes artificial insemination techniques, including age and reason for infertility (if it can be determined), intrauterine insemination is an ideal solution for women who can still ovulate but may be dealing with male factor infertility, early menopause, or tubal blockage or damage.

Any woman or couple unable to conceive a child after two years of trying is an excellent candidate for the minimally invasive intrauterine insemination procedure. Couples dealing with fallopian tube blockages, low sperm counts, low quality sperm counts or other medical conditions that prevent conception will benefit from an attempt to artificially inseminate male sperm into the uterus.

Women or couples seeking treatment and medical destinations such as Turkey may save hundreds of dollars on the procedure, while travelers to Latin American destinations such as Mexico and Argentina may save up to 70% of treatment and drug costs. Such savings are not due to lack of quality, technology, or training, but reflect lower medical malpractice insurance premiums, different healthcare systems and management practices in foreign countries.

Fertility Argentina, located in Buenos Aires and Cedyt, located in Bariloche are examples of two patient focused and high-tech fertility treatment centers in Argentina.  Jinemed Hospital, located in Istanbul, Turkey, has nearly 20 years of infertility treatment experience, and Acibadem Healthcare Group, also located in Istanbul, is a JCI accredited private healthcare facility.

Affordable, quality, and effective fertility treatments utilizing intrauterine insemination techniques and technology provide hope for millions of couples and women around the world who have difficulty conceiving.

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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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by Denise

While most of us wouldn’t even think of the quieting a visit to the dentist chair with a vacation, individuals around the world are enjoying the benefits of cosmetic dentistry vacations.  One of the most popular, that combines world-class tourism, destinations, accommodations and entertainment with timely, effective and quality dental care is Tourmedical Cosmetic Dental Vacations, a facility based in Turkey.

Since 2001, Tourmedical Cosmetic Dental Holidays in Turkey specializes in dental makeovers, implant dentistry, and cosmetic dental procedures. Highly trained dentists have been performing a variety of cosmetic dentistry and general dentistry services for up to 80% savings for dental travelers.  Clients are treated as VIPs, and services include pickup and return to hotel accommodations.

For the best in cosmetic dentistry, dental implants, bonding, porcelain crowns, laminate veneers, Zirconium crowns, teeth whitening, Hollywood smiles, dental bridges, dentures, and restorative and cosmetic dentistry needs, Tourmedical Cosmetic Dental Holidays and facilities like it are a growing trend in medical and dental tourism around the world.

PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal based in Denver, Colorado, offers in-depth profiles and information regarding such facilities. Says Pramod Goel, Founder and CEO of PlacidWay, “Health Care is about choices. We’re dedicated to offering services to individuals around the world to an able and empower people to make their own choices regarding medical and dental care options.”

Turkey is a growing and popular health and wellness tourism destination that offers world-class accommodations, highly trained, experienced, and certified dentists as well as modern, state of the art facilities for travelers seeking international dental care, or those on vacation in Turkey who suddenly find themselves in need of dental care and services.

 

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by Denise

With state of the art facilities, equipment and expertise, Turkey is building a medical tourism industry that attracts patients to Turkish clinics and some of the finest hospitals in Turkey internationally recognized for its outstanding orthopedics and vascular disease treatments.

Western Europeans and most especially inhabitants of Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan as well as surrounding neighbors in Albania and Armenia and Georgia. Medical facilities within Turkey offer major surgical procedures and treatments for savings and increased availability of services.

Fields of oncology and plastic surgery as well as the daVinci method of robotic heart and prostate surgeries are attracting world-wide attention to the growing reputation surrounding Turkey for the best service that still beats medical or health costs from throughout Europe and North America. Central locations such as Istanbul, Izmir and Kusadasi offer quality medical care for a multitude of treatments and procedures and offer higher quality service in modern and relaxed atmospheres.

Turkey is fast gaining a reputation of providing superlative medical and health care in many fields, including cosmetic and plastic surgery, cardiac care and procedures, vision, LASIK technology and orthopedics and dentistry, just to name a few. Facilities such as Florence Nightingale Hospital , specializing in general surgical and medical procedures and care and Jinemed Hospital, specializing in infertility treatments and located in Istanbul and others scattered along the southern portion of the state along the Mediterranean, Turkish physicians and surgeons offer high class care and expertise to natives and international travelers. The majority of Turkish physicians and surgeons are trained in Europe or the United States, and offer experience and knowledge in new technologies and techniques.

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by Denise

A growing number of Eastern Europeans are going to Turkey for healthcare. Travelers from countries such as Poland, Armenia, Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Armenia are traveling to locations like Istanbul, Turkey for the best in state-of-the-art infertility treatments, obstetrics and gynecological treatments and procedures. Female fertility treatment in Istanbul and fertility treatment cancer in Turkey as well as male fertility treatment in Turkey offers some of the most affordable and effective treatments in this region of the world. Fertility treatment costs in Turkey save international travelers tens of thousands of dollars over costs found in Britain, the United States, and Canada.

Facilities such as the Jinemed Hospital Medical Center, founded in the late 1980s, specializes in obstetrics and gynecology and has years of experience treating foreign patients with up-to-date medical developments and internationally qualified treatments and protocols.

Jinemed Hospital offer world class fertility treatments, a variety of accommodations in nearby luxurious hotels, sightseeing, translation services, and help securing visas for travel. The Jinemed facility in Turkey is also an obstetrical center that specializes in high risk pregnancies, gynecological oncology, laparoscopic surgeries and a variety of IUI (intrauterine insemination) IVF (in Vitro fertilization) and ICSI (intracytoplasmic sperm injection) infertility treatments.

A full center profile on Jinemed Hospital, it’s treatments and prices, qualifications, and testimonials may be found at PlacidWay.com, in medical tourism portal based in Denver, Colorado dedicated to providing international consumers, patients, and travelers with up to date information regarding medical care in international destinations.

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by Denise

Vision care is typically the most neglected form of health and wellness care. Individuals who don’t have a vision insurance coverage with their health plans often suffer in silence because of a lack of affordable vision care options in their region. Unfortunately, ignoring eye care and eye health may have devastating effects. 

Cataracts, blurred vision, cloudy vision, and conditions such as astigmatism, amblyopia, myopia, and others are often ignored by individuals until vision is severely impaired. Access to eye clinic facilities and opportunities aren’t available in many regions, and regular eye exams, the needs for glasses, contacts, or other corrective vision therapies are often beyond the reach and means of many individuals.

Cataract surgery and LASIK procedures are some of the most commonly performed techniques in vision care today. Cataracts can be caused by eye injuries, disease, congenital defects and aging, and drops or ointments don’t provide effective and long-term solutions. The only solution for most cataracts is surgery. LASIK eye care treats a variety of vision problems, including near and farsightedness, blurred or double vision, and is performed in LASIK eye clinics around the world.

Conditions such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and corneal grafts or corneal transplants are performed at high-tech, state of the art and world-class facilities around the world, such as the Ahalia Eye Hospital in India, which offers cataract surgery in Kerala, refractive eye surgery, squint treatment, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and corneal eye transplant procedures and wave-front LASIK technology.

The technology, quality, and availability is out there. Affordable LASIK vision therapies and eye care clinics are found from India to South America, from Turkey to Jordan to Norway and South Africa. Don’t ignore your eyes - take care of them and they’ll take care of you.

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by Denise

Have you ever had trouble finding a dentist you liked? Have you ever been “fired” by a dentist because he or she just didn’t seem to want to take the time or effort to treat your specific dental problems or issues? More people are finding themselves turned away from dental offices because their dental issues are too complex or too time consuming compared to reimbursement for such services.

Dental treatments in the United States are growing increasingly expensive, and individuals looking for traditional dental fillings, extractions, bonding, dental crowns or bridges or even more complex procedures such as bone grafts or dental cyst operations find that the costs of cosmetic dentistry are astronomical.

In the United States, a single tooth extraction may cost up to $650. Travelers venturing south of the border to Mexico, Costa Rica and even further south into Panama, Guatemala, Columbia or Argentina can save between 50% and 75% on the same dental procedures, with the same quality as those performed in the United States.

Dental medical facilities such as Wellness Dental, located in Costa Rica, or the Cancun Cosmetic Dentistry facility in Cancun, Mexico offer American and international patients superlative dental expertise at a fraction of the costs found in the United States.

Travelers to Italy, Turkey, and Thailand find excellent, world-class and JCI accredited dental facilities for treatments and procedures such as cosmetic dentistry veneers, dental crowns and bridges, mini dental implants, flexible dentures, custom dentures, and inexpensive cosmetic dentistry that offers choices and options to suit every need.

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by Denise

Summer’s almost over and while many of us had a great time exploring the great outdoors, a few of us may be experiencing the aches and pains of a few sprains, broken bones and injuries caused by sporting accidents while we hiked, swam, fished, motocrossed and RV’d our way around the country.

Orthopedic surgery involves many different techniques and methods for the treatment of bone or joint injuries, as well as to perform surgery on bones, joints, and muscles. Orthopedic surgeons are trained in a variety of surgical techniques that may cover hands, hips, knees, shoulders, and other muscular and skeletal areas around the body.

For example, someone who breaks an arm or leg playing sports or from a fall will typically require a cast. However, for severe breaks, follow up surgery and exercise therapy may be necessary. Someone experiencing back or joint pain caused by arthritis or osteoporosis may require surgery to remove damaged bone tissue or to replace damaged ball joints with alternative materials such as metal or plastic substitutes. Older people are especially susceptible to hip injuries or conditions caused by age and bone deterioration. In such cases, partial or total hip replacement surgeries are an option that will help to prolong mobility and an active lifestyle.

Orthopedic surgery abroad offers affordable orthopedic treatments and procedures in Mexico, Croatia, South Africa, South America and Asia. For example, Terme Selce in Croatia, offers medical spa treatments to rehabilitate and rejuvenate, while CTG Healthcare Group in Izmir, Turkey, offer the best in orthopedic knee surgery, as does the Global Medical Group in Christ Church, Barbados. Don’t let cost hamper your health. Research affordable medical vacations at PlacidWay for in-depth profiles and explanations of high-tech and state-of-the-art orthopedic treatments and surgeries anywhere you might want to go.

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