Medical Tourism Hip Links

Sea, Sun, and Scalpels: Brazil's Bid to Be the Four Seasons of Medical Tourism

Brazil, which has seen the number of foreign patients rise from 48,000 in 2005 to 180,000 last year--and is growing at a 30% clip year-over-year--is poised to draw still more from its neighbors and the U.S. thanks to shorter flights and a bump from futebol. Brazilians endlessly repeat the old saw that the world thinks of only three things when it thinks of Brazil: samba, carnivale and football ...

Reportlinker Adds Hip and Knee Implants - Global Pipeline Analysis, Opportunity Assessment and Market Forecasts to 2016

Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue:

Feds not convinced MS treatment is safe, effective

Multiple sclerosis patients and some doctors are angry that the federal government is taking a wait-and-see approach toward funding clinical studies on the so-called "liberation treatment."

Orchids & Onions 8/28

Orchids: To Don Sipola for his recent letter to the editor outlining all the meetings involved with the Virginia Regional Medical Center. Orchids: To Bill Hanna for his various articles pertaining to the Virginia Regional Medical center. The bottom line: We all need a quality hospital in this area.

Kearney doctor Mark Meyer says providing medical care to the people of this African nation opened his eyes to real ...

KEARNEY — On a recent mission trip to Tanzania, Dr. Mark Meyer, 62, of Kearney performed a total hip joint replacement, which is all but unheard of in this East African country.