Georgia Healthcare launches IVF services

New fertility services in Georgia will lead to fewer Georgians going overseas for IVF treatment. Georgia Healthcare has launched IVF services at Caraps Medline...

Cayman government raises questions after failed medical tourism venture

Two years on, Health City Cayman Islands fails to meet objectives and is raising government concerns on unfair competition. The initial project was designed...

Florida medical tourism bill fails to progress

An attempt to get Florida to spend state money promoting medical tourism has failed. After nine months of progress through the Florida senate the...

New cosmetic surgery guidelines in the UK

UK's Royal College of Surgeons to launch a range of new tools and services to improve the quality of care for cosmetic surgery patients. The...

US medical tourism agency Satori collapses

Satori World Travel, a US medical tourism agency set up by a man imprisoned for fraud against insurers, has collapsed with debts exceeding a...

Belgrade – the gender reassignment capital?

Belgrade has become a destination for gender reassignment surgery, with a hundred international patients a year. Belgrade has become a destination for gender reassignment surgery. The Transgender...

Tax rebates and price transparency to encourage medical tourism to South Korea

New initiatives to promote South Korean medical tourism include tax rebates and price transparency. Foreigners who have cosmetic surgery or cosmetic treatment in South Korea...

Record spending on cosmetic surgery in USA

Americans spent more than 13.5 billion dollars on surgical and non-surgical cosmetic procedures in 2015. New data from the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic...

Health and wellness tourism potential for Malaysia

Well known for medical tourism, Malaysia has not promoted health and wellness tourism as much. The sports ministry will continue to grow the "Fit...

Kerala aims to become healthcare hub by 2020

Leading hospitals in Kerala have formed a consortium to promote healthcare tourism. It believes it has the potential to increase the inflow of medical...