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

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

Regardless of what causes weight gain, excessive weight gain causes a multitude of health problems and complications such as high blood pressure, diabetes and joint injuries.

After dieting doesn’t work for many turning to procedures such as bariatric bypass surgery, gastric bypass procedure, laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, banded gastroplasty, laparoscopic band surgery, or sleeve gastrectomy or lap sleeve gastrectomy are the only options to regain health. One of the most popular facilities that engages in a multitude of bariatric and gastric bypass surgeries, including adjustable gastric banding system, gastric balloon surgery, mini gastric bypass surgery and gastric band surgery is Mexicali Obesity Solutions.

Dr. Marco Sariñana has performed hundreds of gastric banding surgeries, gastric sleeve and other weight loss techniques and procedures to help international patients achieve their weight loss goals. Affordable bariatric surgery is available in Mexico, but don’t let low-cost bariatric surgery intimidate you. Mexicali Obesity Solutions, like many obesity and weight loss centers and facilities found around the world, are certified members of regional as well as international associations of endoscopic surgery.

Quality, effective, and state-of-the-art techniques and methodologies utilized by international physicians, surgeons and facilities offer greater choices for individuals seeking world-class and high-tech procedures well at the same time being able to afford those surgeries.

PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal based in Denver, Colorado offers biographical and center profile information of facilities like Mexicali Obesity Solutions as a one-stop resource on training, qualifications, facilities, travel arrangements and costs for a variety of bariatric and obesity solutions for all.

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by Denise

Obesity is one of the most prevalent causes of multiple diseases and conditions that afflict people in the United States today. Some people who are more than 100 pounds overweight may find it difficult to lose weight through traditional methods and look to weight-loss treatments and surgeries to provide the answer for long-term weight loss.

 

Weight-loss surgeries and procedures are designed to reduce illness and death caused by obesity. For many, weight loss improves multiple conditions including high blood cholesterol, high blood pressure, diabetes, and coronary artery disease. In addition, other body systems, including a digestive, endocrine, and immune system benefit.

 

However, such obesity treatments and procedures and protocols require dedication and determination for those who undergo such procedures to maintain permanent lifestyle changes. After surgery, patients who follow instructions may enjoy as much as a 60% weight loss, improving health problems as an added benefit.

 

Weight-loss surgical procedures are very expensive in the United States, and may range anywhere from $17,000-$30,000 per procedure. However, individuals traveling to one of the most popular tourist destinations in Mexico (Cancun) may be surprised to find a leading and world-class obesity center located there as well.

 

The Antiobesity Center offers gastric sleeve, gastric bypass and adjustable gastric band surgeries, among others. With educational dietary and nutrition support, exercise training, and lifestyle changes counseling, the Antiobesity Center offers the best in state-of-the-art techniques and technologies. What better place to pursue health and wellness than Cancun, Mexico, the ultimate playground? Check it out at PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal that offers consumers in-depth information regarding medical treatments and procedures and accredited, certified and affordable medical facilities around the world.

 

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by Denise

The state of healthcare reform in the United States has caused immense insecurity in questions regarding health care benefits, costs, availability, and most importantly of all, choices for Americans when it comes to their health and wellbeing. Because of this, the benefits of medical tourism or global healthcare has been pushed to the forefront. Individuals aware that healthcare benefits, insurance premiums, treatments and procedures may undergo changes in the coming years has prompted millions of Americans to consider their options.

One of those options is traveling across borders for healthcare. Whether an individual needs cosmetic dentistry, weight loss or bariatric surgery, gastric bypass, cosmetic surgery, or coronary artery bypass surgery, the options for receiving world class, high-tech and state-of-the-art treatments, procedures and expertise from trained and accredited physicians and surgeons is available in locations from Mexico to Central Europe to Asia.

From stem cell therapies to hip resurfacing, facilities around the world offer Americans as well as international travelers the best orthopedic, cardiac, obesity, and cosmetic or plastic surgical procedures and treatments. From cosmetic surgery at Ageless Wonders Panama to EmCell Clinic stem cell therapy in Ukraine, individuals have a choice.

PlacidWay, a medical tourism and global healthcare resource portal, is dedicated to providing consumers with information regarding the best medical care at the most affordable prices from certified and accredited facilities around the world. Americans want choices, and the health and wellness industry across borders presents such opportunities and choices to all.

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by Denise

 

Weight loss management involves treatment of obesity counseling, weight loss therapies and treatment, exercise, nutrition and diet education and counseling, and support. Discussions and counseling from a bariatric surgeon or weight loss physicians is vital.

 

Many individuals who undergo bariatric surgery, gastric bypass surgery, banded gastroplasty or lap band surgery believe that all it takes is a relatively simple surgical procedure that reduces the size of the stomach in order to achieve drastic and long-term weight loss.  The truth is, where the you go in for a lap sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic band surgery, a gastroplasty procedure, a gastric bypass operation, or any other form of bariatric surgery procedure, the individual undergoing the procedure must also make certain changes in his or her lifestyle, diet, and habits.

 

Successful and long-term weight loss and weight loss management also involves short and long-term support during the weight loss process. Counseling, group support, and understanding of diet and nutrition as well as the importance of exercise is vital in any successful gastric bypass surgery for obesity, any type of laparoscopic band surgery, and for long-term sleeve gastrectomy recovery and other bariatric surgeries. PlacidWay, a medical tourism portal, offers obesity and weight loss facilities, centers and surgical centers for consumers for use in determining weight loss surgeries, techniques, procedures and programs abroad.

 

Facilities like the Antiobesity Center in Cancun, Mexico or 365 mc’s Bariatric Surgery Center in Seoul, South Korea offer professional bariatric surgery clinic, experienced leadership, structured exercise, group or individual meetings, prepackaged meals with dietary supplements and weight loss therapies that take behavioral and therapy components into consideration, helping individuals achieve a safe and healthy weight, with the tools necessary for maintaining such weight loss in the future.

 

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by Denise

For those who need to lose more than 100 pounds, weight loss surgery offers not only results, but also treatment for many of the weight related diseases and conditions. Weight loss surgery in Mexico is becoming a popular health care destination that offers high quality procedures at a fraction of the cost in the United States. Whether you need a bariatric surgery center or gastric bypass doctors, Mexico is the ultimate destination. For quality though low cost bariatric surgery, look no further than south of the border, where the following common weight loss treatment and obesity surgeries are performed.

 

• Weight-Loss Medications
• Bariatric Surgery
• Gastroplasty
• Lap Banding
• Sleeve Gastrectomy
• Gastric Bypass Surgery for Obesity

The type of surgery any patient will undergo will depend on how much weight needs to be lost. Lap banding and gastric bypass are two of the most common surgeries.  Undergoing a weight loss procedure not only allows the patient to lose weight in order to lead a more active lifestyle, but it can also improve many of the weight related illnesses like high blood pressure, high cholesterol and heart disease. Considered an epidemic problem of the 21^st century, statistics show that an obese person is 12 times more likely to die prematurely than a healthy person.

For high quality, state of the art luxury facilities check out the Sanoviv Medical Institute on the beautiful Baja Coast in Mexico. This medical spa facility takes care of all the patients needs in addition to providing five star accommodations. Additionally, Dr. Marco Sarinana of Mexicali Obesity Solutions in Mexicali, Mexico also offers exceptional care and attention to patients receiving obesity surgery and solutions.

 

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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

Tired of trying every diet and exercise and still don’t get the results you are looking for? Feeling achy or rundown because you’re carrying too much weight? Obesity is one of the most prevalent causes of multiple diseases and conditions that afflict people in the United States today. If the traditional methods are not working, weight loss surgeries might be just the answer you are looking for. There are many treatments to choose from, the most common being:

 

• Weight-Loss Medications
• Bariatric Surgery
• Gastroplasty
• Lap Banding
• Sleeve Gastrectomy
• Gastric Bypass Surgery for Obesity

These treatments are not for everyone. Weight loss therapies and treatment of obesity, and obesity surgery specialists are expensive in the U.S. Obesity and weight loss treatment and surgeries are generally only an option for people who are more than 100 pounds overweight. After a physician has suggested various types of weight loss methods such as dieting, behavior modification and exercise or even medications and they do not produce satisfying results, they will then determine if weight loss surgery is the answer. Surgical procedures are generally divided into three categories: malabsorption, restrictive, and mixed, or combination. The type of surgery any patient will undergo will depend on how much weight needs to be lost. Lap banding and gastric bypass (gastric bariatric surgery) are two of the most common surgeries.

 

Going through weight loss surgery helps patients reduce illness and even death in those who are extremely obese, as well as improving ailments such as high blood pressure, diabetes and other heart diseases. Check out facilities such as the Sanoviv Medical Institute in beautiful Baja Mexico or the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in Switzerland for high quality medical facilities and atmosphere.

 

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