Tough new laws on healthcare advertising in Portugal

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
Portugal has tough new laws affecting businesses that provide or advertise healthcare within and outside Portugal for Portuguese citizens. All advertising by principals or...

Medical tourism from Russia survey

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
The Autumn 2015 Moscow MedShow survey interviewed 428 show visitors on outbound Russian medical tourism. 65% will be travelling abroad within 2 to 6...

Are medical tourism portals a sound investment?

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Web based medical tourism agency Medigo needs another €15 million to €20 million in investment. US, Australia, the UK and France are the largest source markets. Effective...

Transplant tourism on the rise, despite high risk

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The number of people leaving the USA for transplant tourism is on the rise, despite the high health risks. 75,000 people on active waiting...

American medical tourism to Cuba to stay illegal

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Media suggestions that it is or soon will be legal for American medical tourists to go to Cuba are wrong. Medical tourism agencies hoping...

Health and wellness and the luxury market

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Health and wellness tourism is often seen as a little sister to medical tourism. But in the real world, health and wellness tourism is...

WhatClinic buys Toothpick

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
Ireland’s WhatClinic buys UK dental booking site Toothpick. The sector is moving to online real time booking, a key reason for the acquisition by...

Potential for circumvention medical tourism

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A report by the medical tourism unit at Simon Fraser University looks at circumvention medical tourism in the Bahamas. Patients travelling abroad for medical...

Malaysia targets Gulf and Muslim countries

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Malaysia seeks to boost medical tourism numbers by focusing more on medical tourists from the Gulf. Malaysia feels comfortable competing against Thailand and Singapore...

More medical tourists visiting Japan

IMTJ IMTJ Team -
Japan is attracting more medical tourists, mostly from China, but numbers are not known. Latest available edstimates from the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and...
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