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Dubai healthcare portfolio strengthens
Type: Industry News
Emaar Healthcare Group, the healthcare subsidiary of Emaar Properties PJSC, recently announced that it has entered into collaboration with Emirates Healthcare Limited (EHL), an international healthcare service provider with a strong presence in...
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New children hospital in Doha
Type: Industry News
Ontario International has recently announced that Ontario's Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has partnered with Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) to advise on the creation of a new, state-of-the-art children's hospital in Doha,...
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Therapolis will be extending its services further
Type: Industry News
Therapolis which is dedicated in bringing the very latest, ground breaking treatments in holistic health and advanced beauty solutions to restore the ideal balance between mind and body wellness, is going strong within Limassol, Cyprus....
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U.S. Cancer Costs Double in Two Decades
Type: Industry News
The cost of treating cancer in the United States almost doubled between 1987 and 2005, with private insurers taking on a greater share of the cost, a new study finds.
Researchers led by Florence Tangka, a health economist at the U.S. Centers...
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Cancer - Disease without boundaries
Type: Industry News
Cancer occurs when cells are triggered to grow abnormally. Those triggers could include genetics, radiation, and carcinogens — and they go off with alarming frequency.
If current figures hold, approximately one in four Canadians can expect to...
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Cancer Vaccines - The debate over HPV inoculations
Type: Industry News
It's being called a cancer vaccine for women — and a landmark to boot. But it could equally be seen as a vaccine against sexually transmitted disease and the likelihood is that it will be just as effective in men.
That's because Merck Frosst's...
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Globalization and Health - Medical Tourism
Posted: 01/01/2009
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Source: from Economist
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Type: Industry News
According to the Economist, Tens of millions of Americans are uninsured or underinsured and soaring health costs are pushing them together with employers and insurers to look abroad for savings. At the same time the best hospitals in Asia and...
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Insurer Launches Medical Tourism Cover For Mishaps
Type: Industry News
Health travellers from the UK seeking elective or cosmetic surgery abroad will now be able to buy insurance that will cover them should anything go wrong.
PJ Hayman, a specialist travel insurer, has launched the first policy to cover unexpected...
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Luxurious Hospitals, with pleasant vacations too
Posted: 01/01/2009
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Source: from CBS
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Type: Industry News
A growing number of tourists are doing just that, combining holidays with health care, and that's because a growing number of countries are offering first-rate medical care at Third-World prices. Many of these medical tourists can't afford health...
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Smart Clothes for Better Healthcare
Posted: 01/01/2009
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Source: Smith, J.
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Type: Industry News
The European HealthWear project has embedded sensing devices directly into textiles, creating clothing capable of monitoring the wearer's heart, breathing, and body temperature. "Remote monitoring is ideally suited to patients suffering from...
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Why It's All smiles for Dental Health Tourism
Posted: 01/01/2009
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Source: Jessica Bown , Timesonline.co.uk
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Type: Industry News
A New EU directive from Brussels may mean we can get our teeth fixed in Europe and claim on the NHS, with a set of tooth implants overseas costing much less than in Britain. Dental Health Tourism is booming and soon the cost could fall even more...
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