Medical tourism is one of the fastest growing businesses in the UK. Nearly everyone in Britain knows of someone who is sporting a ‘new look’, whether it is a lovely set of boobs, pearly white teeth or a beautiful aquiline nose. Ask them who did the operation, and the odds are you’ll get the answer: ‘Oh I had it done abroad.’ The reasons are obvious

LISBON, Portugal (April 19, 2007) - When I first began studying modern medical tourism in 2004, the countries of Western Europe seemed almost irrelevant to the U.S. market for healthcare services – which was my primary area of interest, given that I was writing a book about medical tourism that was aimed primarily at American consumers...

When we get ill, we always ask ourselves: What do I have? If we have no knowledge of medical conditions, the question becomes much more alarming: What can I do?

Medical tourism is traveling to other countries to obtain medical, dental, and surgical care. It is becoming a rising trend as more and more people have the tendency to leave their country and search for more affordable health options, with tourist attraction

Medical responsibility is a subject of growing interest, both for the medical establishment and for the public.