medical tourism

Scientists say NDM-1, a new superbug from India that makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics, could spread around the world, aided in part by medical tourism. Meanwhile, MRSA infections, which are antibiotic resistant, have fallen in the U.S.

From marrying for health insurance to trekking to India for major surgery, there's no shortage of stories about the lengths Americans go to, thanks to the country's patchwork health care system.

The good news for Lowe's employees with heart problems is that they are going to receive world-class care. The bad news is, that care will be in the Cleveland Clinic Heart Center in Cleveland, Ohio, unless they want to forgo the juicy incentives the company will offer them to take part in the newly...

The ongoing debate over health care reform is getting nipped and tucked, but not in the way you might expect. To make the new bill work, Congress has to find a way to pay the $848 billion tab. The Senate has come up with $5.8 billion toward that goal -- thanks to proposed levies on lunchtime...

Like some 47 million other Americans, Nancy Sowa (pictured) doesn't have health insurance. So when her doctors last year told her she needed a total hip replacement, the office manager for a non-profit did what a growing number of U.S. citizens are doing: She headed abroad. At Wockhardt Hospital in...

Medical tourism usually involves U.S. citizens going abroad to obtain low-cost care for serious conditions. Now one Tucson, Arizona hospital is fighting back by marketing its delivery room to Mexican mothers-to-be. And those who choose to come north to give birth get something extra no other...

Would you fly to Turkey for a heart bypass operation? What if you could be assured that the facilities and staff were equal to or better than what you would find at home? What if, by doing so, you could put $15,000 in your pocket? This is the choice that many employees covered by HMOs or company...

You are probably aware of the growing medical tourism business in joint replacement, cardiac bypass and gastric bypass surgery in India, Thailand and other far East countries. There, vast, brand-new hospitals staffed with American-trained surgeons and nurses offer such procedures at a dramatically...

As I've mentioned before, I used to teach college. Although I still gripe from time to time about the downsides of teaching -- the poor pay, the administration, the poor pay, the push for political correctness, the poor pay -- I have to admit that there were a few bright aspects. I loved working...