The InterContinental Hotel Jordan launched its new Premium Wing, after a recent investment of JD17 million ($23.9 million) as part of the hotel’s renovation programme.
Sector leaders expect increase in visitors this month.
Date: 16 November 2011 Venue: Radisson Slavyanskaya Hotel, Moscow. 2 Europe square
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Income to the economy of the Indian state of Kerala has to be about $ 4 billion by the year 2017, and this is only by counting the medical tourism industry. As early as 2012 this sector of economy is expected to grow to $ 2 billion, 6 times more than in 2
Jamaican Industry, Investment and Commerce Minister Christopher Tufton includes health tourism on his report, says sector has great potential and sets plans for Jamaica to develop it
GNTB, the national tourist body supervising the travel trade development in Germany, holds series of pro-active steps to promote medical tourism to the country
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Women after injections of botox don’t have a headache, neither good relationship with men According to U.S. scientists, plastic surgeries and cosmetic procedures may help women to get rid of prolonged migraine.
Scientists of Charite Berlin Clinic developed a sensor device, which helps people to cope with their addictions. Device resembling a computer mouse - says Deutsche Welle, - is applied to the palm and activated by pressing a button.
Hemp is not only heady delight for drug addicts. Substances that are responsible for the narcotic properties of marijuana help cancer patients to regain lost as a result of chemotherapy the sense of food taste.
According to survey conducted by the Association of Health Protection of South Korea, average accuracy of cancer detection in the major diagnostic centers of Seoul is 97%.
Americans are looking for new treatments of infectious diseases. Scientists of the University of Wisconsin-Madison are creating a drug that can be an alternative to antibiotics, since they are no longer effective for many bacteria.
Recently, new original treatment method of keratoconus, which is a non-inflammatory illness that causes corneal dystrophy followed by deterioration of sight, was developed. This method got the name UV cross linking.
More and more Russians, who are lung cancer patients, look for opportunity of treatment in Cuba. Scientists of Freedom Island invented, patented and officially registered first in the world vaccine from this death disease.
Dutch researchers discovered that men, who have had "silent" myocardial infarction, have increased risk of stroke and dementia.
A new method of diagnosing a heart attack, which was developed by American scientists, saves more and more people who enter the emergency departments of hospitals with severe pain in the chest.
A young man, who got injured in a war and became almost completely paralyzed, but thanks to the efforts of Israeli rehabilitators can now play football.
You should not consider the procedure of filling the fillers into problem areas as a manicure. Because you can easily remove nail polish in a minute, but excessive filling of fillers can change the face beyond recognition
“Bee resort”, which was established on the basis of the largest in Crimea apiary, offers life-saving apitherapy sessions to the cancer patients.
In Ankara surgical treatment of Parkinson's disease is actively implemented. After implantation of a special pacemaker in a brain, the patients get back their former state of health, which they have had before the disease.
Surgery and medical treatment in Indian clinics are 20%-40% cheaper than in Russia. Heart transplantation costs less than a car. Prices in India are the lowest among the countries-providers of medical services in the world
The rapid increase in patients’ flow from Russia to other countries is caused by problems in the national healthcare. In the ranking of the World Health Organization, Russia is on the 127-th place in the world
Results of clinical trials made by Kiev scientists in the field of cell therapy give hope to seriously ill people and infertile couples.
Ministry of Health of Ukraine has proposed to implement the project "Creating the concept of development of medical law department in Ukraine."
Examination of a single blood drop taken in maternity hospital, helps families to avoid grief. Bavaria saves millions of Euros, that would be needed for treatment, rehabilitation and disability care for children with inborn defects of metabolism,
According to official data of Ministry of Health, 15% of children and 10% of adults are suffering from bronchial asthma in Russia.
The first in Europe gallbladder removal through mouth was performed at Spanish QUIRON. On the third day after surgery the patient went home.This is one of the best examples of applications of new technologies in modern medicine and Transluminal Surgery
According to statistics, the amounts that patients from Russia spend on medical treatment in Turkey, 12 times exceed expenses of common tourists who come to Antalya coast
For the last 20 years breast cancer incidence in Russia increased by 64%. Every hour 3 Russian women die from breast cancer.
Out of the total mortality in Russia, cardiovascular diseases are 57%. No developed country in the world has such a high rate!
In 2010, 16,000 foreign patients visited Catalan capital of Barcelona for medical and health tourism. This is the highest rate in Europe.Women from different countries, including Russians, are often coming to Barcelona to give birth.And this is reasonable
The medical tourism market in South Korea is anticipated to grow at a CAGR of around 30% during 2010-2012, says a new research by RNCOS.
U.S. medical costs are so high that American insurance companies often find it worthwhile to send their customers abroad for medical procedures.
Bulgaria plans to put some teeth in its dental tourism sector by implementing a national policy for the fast-growing market as the global economic crisis increases demand for inexpensive treatment.
Regulations have been laid in the Scottish Parliament which will provide certainty and transparency on patients' rights to access healthcare in other European countries.
Estimated at $20 billion annually, the medical tourism market is projected to double over the next two years, according to Patients Beyond Borders, a guide book for medical travel.
A ruling by Switzerland's highest court has opened up the possibility that people with serious mental illnesses could be helped by doctors to take their own lives.
On the 19th of May 2010, the European Parliament voted on a proposed directive in order to set common EU quality and safety standards on organ transplants.
Turkey could see the size of its medical tourism market double if an effective promotion campaign is put in place.
Over 300,000 people come to Poland every year to take advantage of voluntary medical procedures at lesser prices than in Western Europe.
Zurich University Hospital has stopped treating North American "medical tourists", fearing million-dollar claims from litigious patients if operations go wrong.
Turkish health tourism has reached a business volume of $150 million with loss of health insurance accompanying widespread job loss in the United States, more Americans have discovered Turkey’s health tourism to lower their medical expenses.
Saudi Arabia’s medical tourism has tremendous potentials though much have to be done to promote it, Ziyad Ahmad Bin Mahfouz, president - Elaf Group, a leader in travel and tourism industry, said.
Doctors in Spain say they have carried out the world's first full face transplant on a man who severely damaged his face in an accident.
Jordan was ranked number one in the Arab world and among the top 10 in the world as a medical tourism destination by the World Bank’s medical tourism experts.
India wants to increase medical tourism, but it does not yet have the necessary tools to impress patients looking abroad for their health care solutions.
Will this end booming of Medical Tourism industry? Will patients from US stop coming to India and other Asian countries for equal quality, less expensive medical treatments?
High quality, low-cost medical care in Europe is often available at rates between 40 percent and 80 percent below the cost of the same procedures in the USA.
According to market reports, Muscovites, including the expat community, spend between $10 million and $15 million on healthcare services in the private sector every month, bringing the annual total to $120 million to $180 million.
I International Congress on Health Tourism in Moscow has proved to be the most important industry event in Russia, with over 200 participants from all over the world.
Recognizing the new opportunity, Eastern European countries such as the Czech Republic, Lithuania, Romania, and Hungary, many patients from the USA, Britain, Germany, France, Italy, Russia and Ukraine have begun to travel here for medical services.
Medical tourism to Germany is growing at a fast rate. There are a number of reasons why people travel to this country to have medical treatments. Many Americans find Germany a much cheaper option than treatment in their home country...
