$100 million investment in stem cells on hold

Stem cell legislation kills off plans for controversial medical tourism clinic. To promote responsible stem cell research and treatment and medical tourism, stem cell...

Stem cell treatment for recovering sports professionals

Bioscience Americas has created Bioscience High Performance to offer stem cell treatment to American sports professionals. Bioscience Americas has created Bioscience High Performance (BHP), to...

Brazil to dismantle universal healthcare system

The Brazilian economic crisis could see universal healthcare replaced by US style compulsory health insurance. Government of Michel Temer has new plans for healthcare...

Quality and service – not low prices

Russians are adopting new habits and practices when it comes to medical tourism. Russian medical tourists are still seeking higher quality healthcare and more technologically...

2015 medical tourism data published for Poland

Dentistry and cosmetic surgery are the most popular services offered by Poland’s medical tourism industry. New data published by the Polish Association of Medical Tourism...

Medical tourism agency Gorgeous Gateways on New Zealand television

A Kiwi medical tourism company is on New Zealand television, promoting its success stories –despite past problems. Gorgeous Getaways' service has been investigated by coroners...

Medical tourism guide from India

Healthcare Radius magazine has produced a short free handbook on Indian medical tourism. Contents of the handbook includes: India is becoming a popular global health...

Revised medical tourism figure from Visa

Visa has climbed down from its unbelievable estimate for global medical tourism, after claiming that the medical tourism market is worth a massive $449...

Correction… The medical tourism industry is nine times smaller than we thought!

Is the medical tourism market really worth $439 billion dollars? Keith Pollard revisits the claims from the Medical Tourism Association (MTA) and sets the...

One in five HMI patients in Malaysia is a medical tourist

20% of patients in HMI hospitals in Malaysia are medical tourists and numbers are growing. Health Management International (HMI), which is expanding its two hospitals...