Medical Tourism in Croatia

10/02/2012

Patients Crossing Oceans - most popular medical tourism site. Congratulations!!!

07/02/2012

Congratulations to the NY Giants for winning the Super Bowl! And a big cheer for Croatian-American, David Diehl, who plays offensive guard for the Giants. It was a great game and both teams deserved to win. Let's raise a glass of your favorite Croatian wine to the Giants and to David! :))

07/02/2012

A University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin.

07/02/2012

With a history of public blunders, can Advanced Cell Technology make embryonic stem-cell therapies a reality?

07/02/2012

Losing weight isn't just good for your spine; it's good for your overall health and well-being. All those extra pounds you're carrying around can be contributing to the severity of your back pain: Excess weight puts extra strain on your body, including your back.

07/02/2012

Welcome to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons' Informed Patient Program. These online learning modules have been developed by orthopaedic surgeons to

07/02/2012

The London Clinic is the latest to target Middle East medical tourists but while fellow independent hospitals successfully attract top-end medical tourists, the state owned NHS Global has been a disaster.

07/02/2012

Yes, the world needs new hospitals and more doctors in the right places. But “Build it and they will come” only works in a Field of Dreams not in the real world of medical tourism.

07/02/2012

The big question is whether corporate or insurer paid medical travel will get off the ground in 2012. Will employers and insurers see medical travel as a realistic and credible option to reduce healthcare costs. And will their client and subscriber base actually “buy in” to the medical travel option...

21/12/2011

All the best from Croatia!
Merry Christmas and Happy New 2012!!

31/10/2011

Board-certified plastic surgeon Dr. David Stoker has partnered with UCLA's stem cell research center and is offering his Los Angeles liposuction patients the opportunity to donate their unwanted fat to medical research.

31/10/2011

Visit http://croatianmedicaltourism.com/providers/orthopedic/orthopedic-hospital-dr-nemec/ to find more about prof Nemec's clinic in Croatia.

A recent study investigated the cost of two common knee surgeries. These surgical procedures were a knee arthroscopy and an ACL reconstruction.

31/10/2011

Walk the dog, join a health club, get into running. Whatever you do, you've got to move your body as much as possible if you want to lose weight.

31/10/2011

“The book traces these themes through the eyes of business thought-leaders, offering insights into what factors are contributing to its growth. This will help them (agents) to present offerings to their clients and better understand customer needs,” Carabello said.

31/10/2011

An analysis of defunct Canadian medical tourism agencies.

07/10/2011

Results showed that compared to nonsmokers, former smokers were 20 percent more likely to have some kind of chronic pain. Occasional smokers' risk increased 68 percent and daily smokers were more than twice as likely to experience chronic pain.

07/10/2011

The scientists from the University of Queensland found out that people with very serious mental diseases and disorders like dementia, schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and others, have approximately three times higher chances to have serious dental problems, including tooth lose and others.

07/10/2011

The medical tourism industry may hope that by 2020 the new cross-border directive on EU healthcare will encourage more medical tourism, but in an interview with the Irish Medical Times, EU commissioner for health John Dalli said, ‘No-one wants to travel further than necessary when they are sick. How...

26/07/2011

Limoli said the findings of this study were significant, and may help pave the way for a human safety trial to be conducted within a few years if appropriate funding can be secured. Neural stem cells like those used in this study do not present the same ethical questions as embryonic stem cells.

26/07/2011

Of course, in certain cases such as traumatic injuries, surgery may be unavoidable, but even athletes who experience back pain are typically sent to the disabled list first to see if rest, hot and cold compresses or massages can bring lasting relief.

26/07/2011

“Transcutaneous intense focused ultrasound appeared to be safe for noninvasive facial skin tightening in Asians,” the authors wrote.

26/07/2011

Here‘s our list of five of the worst dental habits, why they're harmful, and what you can do to stop them.

19/07/2011

Takashi Tsuji from Tokyo University of Science and his colleagues removed two different stem cells from the molar teeth of mice to build these teeth. They transported these cells to a laboratory where they could grow. To influence how the teeth grew in relation to size and shape, the cells were put

19/07/2011

It turned out that 17% of people brush their teeth as much as just once a day leaving their gums and tooth enamel exposed to a great number of risks, primarily plaque formation. One of every three British people never flosses, and only 14% of the Brits reported flossing once a day, the rest just flo

19/07/2011

Investigators found that within 30 days of surgery, 18.3 percent of the obese group experienced at least one complication, compared with 2.2 percent of normal-weight patients.

19/07/2011

The main reasons for medical travel are to have medical procedures that are not available in their home country or to save money. The average cost of treatment is between $10,000 and $12,000 and the average insurance cost is about 3% of the medical cost.

19/07/2011

Branding is very important in medical tourism but everyone has a different definition of the term branding. I see what they do right and what they do wrong. When you are branding and marketing there are many strands of the marketing mix that need to be considered when trying to pe*****te the America

10/07/2011

LaVív (azficel-T) is a personalized aesthetic cell therapy for improving the appearance of moderate-to-severe nasolabial folds in adults, the company states.

10/07/2011

Problems can include capsular contracture, implant rupture, asymmetry, wrinkling, scarring, pain and infections, any of which could necessitate additional surgery.

10/07/2011

This conclusion was confirmed twice by the experiments carried out by different groups of scientists. The first one embraced several experiments in the labs, and it turned out that lab animals with periodontists were more prone to having erectile dysfunction. The findings of another earlier study, w

06/07/2011

Tips For Dental Care - A Guide for Those Who Care about Their Smile

06/07/2011

Orthopedic surgery in Croatia http://croatianmedicaltourism.com/treatments/orthopedic-treatments/

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved on June 13 the first ceramic-on-metal total artificial hip system for patients with osteoarthritis.

05/07/2011

Find more about Zadar in latest issue of Ryanair Magazine.... :))) Welcome...!!

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04/07/2011

An impressive 25% of U.S. consumers say they would consider traveling to a foreign country to have a necessary hospital procedure – but in the last 12 months, only 1% sought healthcare outside the U.S.