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European Medical Travel Conference 2011 – interview with Dr. Uwe Klein

Posted on March 10, 2011 by admin

Why it EMTC2011 a key momentum for the industry? Challenges and objectives. The EMTC2011 is bringing together the international community of medical travel for a yearly convention. Every year the challenge is to follow up with the speed of innovation … Continue reading →

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Cancer Patient Cured of HIV after Stem Cell Transplant

Posted on December 16, 2010 by admin

A team of German doctors have cured an American patient of HIV with a stem cell transplant. This is reported in the peer-reviewed journal Blood yesterday. “Our results strongly suggest that cure of HIV has been achieved in this patient”, … Continue reading →

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Foreign-Trained Doctors Provide Same Quality of Care as Doctors Educated in the US

Posted on October 11, 2010 by admin

A new study, released in the August issue of the journal Health Affairs, indicates that the quality of care provided by physicians educated abroad is as good as physicians educated in the US, which previously have been questioned for not … Continue reading →

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Doctors Need to Put Greater Effort into Helping Patients take Better Health Decisions

Posted on September 30, 2010 by admin

Twelve years ago, the then 16-year-old boy Brian Zikmund-Fisher stood in front of the toughest choice of his life: Die from a blood disorder within a few years, or endure a bone marrow transplant that could cure him, OR kill … Continue reading →

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Two new books about Medical Tourism on the Market

Posted on September 15, 2010 by admin

With the medical tourism industry growing by the day, it is not only the potential patients that are looking for valuable and useful information in the multitude of available sources. The healthcare and medial providers are also searching for guidance … Continue reading →

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