Healthspotting Article Archives

• American Surgeons Decades Behind Indian Surgeons Experts Say (July 18, 2006)
  While doctors in the US have only completed their second hip resurfacing procedure ever, Indian doctors have been performing this procedure regularly for the past 10 years...... [Read More]
• Gastric Surgeries a Solution to the North American Obesity Epidemic (July 7, 2006)
  For some North Americans Gastric Bypass and Gastric Banding are necessary, life saving procedures, not cosmetic surgery...... [Read More]
• Canada may ban fresh embryo donations leaving couples with little hope of conceiving with In-Vitro (July 4, 2006)
  As Canada could be getting ready to ban fresh egg donation, international doctors say fresh embryos give the best chances of conception...... [Read More]
• Medical advances in IVF treatments in Turkey increase chances of pregnancy (June 27, 2006)
  For more than 6.1 million Americans having a baby is not as easy as they expected. More and more couples in the United States are having to use medical methods in order to conceive a child. The soaring costs of expensive fertility procedures and lack of insurance leaves some couples hopeless and childless. But there is hope out there for these couples. Hope in another country; Turkey...... [Read More]
• More Americans going "south of the border" for low cost dental care (May 11, 2006)
  As health-insurance costs rise and more Americans lose or get priced out of comprehensive benefits, an increasing number of patients are heading south to Mexico in pursuit of low-cost, high-quality medical and dental care...... [Read More]
• Alberta government "seriously considering" paying for international surgeries (May 5, 2006)
  Albertans could be next line to get their province to pay for their surgeries overseas if their wait has been too long... [Read More]
• Surgery often developed in France before it hits US (April 12, 2006)
  [Part 2 of 2] Ironically, wartime injuries lead to many new discoveries and started and explosion of surgical firsts in France. We examine these milestones and show why the number one ranked health system in the world continues to be years ahead of North America... [Read More]
• Surgery often developed in France before it hits US (March 30, 2006)
  [Part 1 of 2] The World Health Organization has ranked France's health system as the best in the world. But why would North Americans choose to travel to the land of wine and art for surgery? In the first of a three-part series, Healthspotting takes a look at the country that gave us fine cuisine and ground-breaking surgeons... [Read More]
• Medical tourism could save countries millions (March 16, 2006)
  Many countries across the globe are struggling to keep up with their wait lists for elective surgeries. As governments crunch numbers and expensive private health care providers prepare to slip in to the publicly funded system, those in the medical tourism industry know where the real answer lies. Healthspotting takes a look at the wait list crisis and how medical tourism can save the governments millions and people time... [Read More]
• Medical outsourcing not such a foreign concept (March 10, 2006)
  While most of us are familiar with the offshoring of customer service, a form of medical outsourcing has slowly cropped up in US hospitals. You may be traveling abroad for health services without even knowing it... [Read More]
• Lifestyles of the medical tourist (February 28, 2006)
  Medical tourism is rapidly emerging as a quick, economical and safe way to obtain the health care you need. But who are these medical tourists? You might be surprised at who’s willing to travel abroad for surgery... [Read More]
• Philippines stumbles ahead with medical tourism plan (February 22, 2006)
  Many countries are anxious to ride the success of the medical tourism wave -- including the Philippines. But is this developing nation really ready to take on the challenge? Healthspotting investigates... [Read More]
• Alternative Mexican clinics give medical tourism a bad rap (February 13, 2006)
  With the recent death of Coretta Scott King, the spotlight is shining once again on Mexican alternative clinics. But how do these health care centers compare with the overseas hospitals medical tourists are flocking to? Healthspotting investigates... [Read More]