A Man With HEART | Bangkok Hospital Medical Center | Thailand

by Arthit Khwankhom | Bangkok Hospital Medical Center
Looking for the best heart surgeon in town? Kitipan Visudharom, better known as “Dr. Kit V Arom”, would be the very first one recommended by international patients who have undergone heart surgery in Bangkok.

Actually, he has gained a reputation as Bangkok’s leading cardiothoracic (heart and chest) surgeon only in recent year-30 years before, his patients and medical colleagues recognized him as one of the best surgeons in Minnesota (the US)

What’s the proof? How about his being a recipient of the 1999 Minnesota Humanitarian Award, the first non-American winner of this prestigious honour, which is conferred annually to the two most outstanding figures in the state, one in medicine and the other in humanitarian advocacy.

Several years ago, during his three decades living and working in the US, where heart disease was and still is a leading cause of death, Kitipan founded two important medical organizations contributing to the improvement of professional practice in the treatment of heart disease.

Kitipan, who declines to give his age, saying only he is married with two grown-up sons, is the founder of both the Minneapolis Heart Institute & Minneapolis Heart Institution Foundation and the Minnesota Society of heart disease.

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation at Jordan Hospital

by Jordan Hospital

A New Hope for Cardiac Patients

A team of Jordanian cardiologist and cardiac surgeons lead by Dr. Imad Alhaddad had implanted aortic heart valves using cardiac catheterization technique without traditional open heart surgery at Jordan Hospital as the first of its kind in the region.

Dr. Alhaddad, cardiovascular consultant and interventionalist and the former director of cardiology-vascular services at Johns Hopkins University-USA stated that heart valves diseases can weaken the heart muscle and thus leading to heart failure and death. Traditional open heart surgery was considered the only effective treatment for those patients for many years. However, open heart surgery usually takes several hours and is associated with significant risks including death, stroke and others in addition to long hospitalization, particularly in patients with chronic illnesses and advanced heart disease.

The new technique according to Dr. Alhaddad involves mounting the prosthetic valve on a balloon then advancing the device through a small incision over the groin and placing it inside the diseased valve. The new valve is fixed in its place by inflating-deflating and then removing the balloon. The procedure was performed on 2 patients; the first 73 year old lady from Palestine and the other is a 74 year old man from Egypt. Both had successful implantation of the aortic valve, cured of their valve disorder and left the hospital within 48hrs after the procedure.

The significance of this innovation as per Dr. Alhaddad is its high success rate in addition to lower risks, shorter hospitalization and avoidance of open heart surgery. The new technique has the potential to help thousands of patients in the region and many more around the world and may expand to involve other cardiac valves. Trans-catheter valve implantation may ultimately become the preferred treatment for most patients with valvular heart disease.

Dr. Alhaddad emphasized that the new innovation mandate a highly experienced operators and advanced medical facilities that are only available in selected medical institutions around the world and we at Jordan Hospital are proud to be among those providing this technology.

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Latinos Returning Home for Affordable Healthcare

by Denise Wang | PlacidWay

Latinos from around the United States are returning home to seek affordable healthcare in their native countries such as Mexico, Central American countries like Costa Rica, Panama and other destinations in South America including Guatemala, Colombia, Brazil and Argentina for a multitude of surgical procedures, including dental care, plastic and cosmetic surgeries, stem cell therapies and medical spa treatments.

According to the Latin American Medical Tourism and Health Congress, nearly 50 million Americans don’t have health insurance, and among them, almost 20 million are of Latin American heritage. Therefore, the availability and cost effectiveness of procuring medical care and treatments in Mexico, Central America and South America are offering all American citizens and travelers from countries such as Canada and throughout Europe some of the largest opportunities for healthcare in Latin American hospitals as well as clinics.

Quality of Care in Latin America
Medical tourism around the world is gaining attention. More countries are ensuring that services offered are certified and accredited by the United States as well as international accrediting organizations such as the JCI, and ISQA to ensure quality of care, the best in equipment and technology, and clean and state-of-the-art facilities and hospitals.

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Achievements | Pioneer in Healthcare

by The Acibadem Health Group

Some of the firsts at Acıbadem Healthcare Group:

• First and only Healthcare Group to acquire the 3-Tesla Intraoperative MR at Acıbadem Hospital Kozyatağı, aiming to become a worldwide reference center under the framework of a cooperation agreement with Siemens Medical Center. With this 3-Tesla MR in the operating room (O/R), many tumor surgeries can be performed with high success rates.
• First and only Healthcare Group in the private healthcare sector to acquire ‘Gamma Knife’ known as Golden Standard for brain tumour surgeries.
• First Healthcare Group to establish its own Genetic Diagnosis Center and Cord Blood bank which offers genetic services in a most coordinated way.
• First Healthcare Group to have heliport at the hospitals, offering ‘Air Ambulance’ services.
• First Healthcare Group to establish 24/7 Call center and online ”e-Visit” programs as pioneering activities.
• First Healthcare Group to enter into a cooperation with Massachusetts General Hospital who is developing special software programs for advanced MR technology.
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Case of Psychological Blocks Causing Infertility

by Dr. Prakash Shah | Roshni Poly Clinic
Pradeep 36 years was post graduate in commerce and stenographer working in one multinational company, coming from low socioeconomic class. His father was local municipal worker and had mother and two younger sister in family. Since his college days Pradeep had to do part time job to support family. Pradeep was Good looking, handsome, with pleasing personality, very hard working, sincere, honest and meticulous. From start of his multinational company job he was liked by his colleague and officers.

To assist his officer he was visiting his house often and then was helping officer’s family in their household work and purchase of grocery. Officers has only daughter – Versha – 22 years. Pradeep used to assist her in study and was dropping and picking up for her college occasionally. Slowly they developed love and with resentment, parents gave consent to marriage. Marriage was done with grand ceremony. When they married Pradeep was 30 and Versha was 26. As Pradeep was from lower socioeconomic class and Versha was only daughter, Pradeep was now staying at in-law’s place. Both Pradeep and Versha were caring much for each other and Pradeep never used to displease Versha on any issues.

They was brought to me by Pradeep’s mother in law that after 6 years of marriage (Pradeep was 36 and  Versha was 32) for treatment of infertility. I saw they were investigated and treated by various infertility specialists, exhaustively for infertility. All infertility investigation was normal and was treated on different protocols – but no result.

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Gastric Sleeve Surgery in Mexico: Only the Best at Mexicali Obesity Solutions

by Dr. Marco Sariñana | Mexicali Obesity Surgery
A young, 29-year-old woman named Carla was extremely frustrated, sad and depressed because of her weight. Like many women, Carla had endured a combination of diet plans and exercise regimes, but nothing seemed to work to take off the weight and keep it off. No matter how hard she tried, she seemed to continually gain more weight than when she started. While she knew that muscle weighs more than fat, she tried to be patient, but the transition to a slimmer shape never came. She began to grow desperate.

Carla contacted Mexicali Obesity Solutions and Dr. Marco Sariñana, a world-class bariatric surgery specialist in Mexicali Mexico. Mexicali Obesity Solutions offers treatment and procedures for a variety of obesity and bariatric needs, including but not limited to sleeve gastrectomy, laparoscopic surgery, gastric balloon, adjustable gastric banding, and other weight loss procedures.

After discussing her options with her doctor, Carla underwent a gastric sleeve procedure. Five months later, she has lost weight, continues to lose weight, and is exceedingly happy. Her picture offers a brief glimpse into the enormous change that one woman has undergone as a result of the gastric sleeve procedure, and men and women like Carla encourage the doctors, surgeons and staff at Mexicali Obesity Solutions to continue offering the best in care, treatments, and qualifications in Mexico and Latin America.

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The Vaser Body Sculpture

by Roura DermSurgery

I always look forward to my monthly facials and visits to dermclinics; this time since May was all about mothers, as a mother of 3, I thought of treating myself to something new. As per advised by good friends, I visited Contours Advanced Face and Body Sculpting Institute conveniently located in Paseo de Magallanes commercial center.

I was impressed on how they  conceptualized the institute because it definitely does not look like a typical cosmetic surgery clinic. Had I not read fully the name of the institute I wouldn’t even have the slightest idea that I stepped in to a surgical clinic.

The lobby or receiving area was calm and serene. Once registered they will then lead you to the adjacent waiting room enhanced once more with its modern classical design.

Definitely not the usual dark, cold and eerie clinics we usually go to. Don’t get intimidated by its name, although they are a “body sculpting institute” whose forte lies in the areas of slimming and body contouring (either surgical or non-surgical) they also offer the dermatological services we meticulous ladies love.

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Wellness Tourism: the Future in Health

by Denise Wang | PlacidWay

05/22/09 (Denver, Colorado) Americans and other international travelers are flocking to health retreats to enjoy the benefits of wellness tourism offered by exotic, high-tech, and effective facilities around the globe that offer affordable executive health checkups, medical spas, antiaging and beauty treatments, detoxification and health retreats that focus on wellness and preventive care.

Health and wellness tourism is especially popular in Europe. PlacidWay, a Colorado-based online resource for foreign medical travel and health tourism, is a key force in this growing market. PlacidWay is a fast growing medical tourism resource that offers in-depth profiles of medical facilities found around the globe including accredited and world-renowned hospitals and clinics located throughout Asia, Latin America, South Africa, and Europe. PlacidWay continues to research and carefully select medical healthcare facilities and physicians to add to their growing network of resources for consumers searching for affordable yet quality healthcare and services.

PlacidWay recently added two new medical tourism destination centers to their database; the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz in Switzerland, and Terme Selce, located in Croatia. One of the leading and most popular health spas and golf resorts in Switzerland, the Grand Resort Bad Ragaz offers expert and quality care in fields such as sports medicine, obesity and nutrition, rheumatology, mental health, beauty and radiology. Over 70 staff members include specialists, consultants, and therapists, all certified and accredited in order to provide quality patient care and technologies. Daniela Krienbühl, Sales Manager of Medical Health at Grand Resort Bad Ragaz says, “The diversity of various medical disciplines allows us to undertake a thorough, holistic evaluation of every individual. We offer total healthcare, from preventive care to aftercare. The medical-therapeutic program is based on the centuries old tradition of Bad Ragaz and the healing powers of the thermal spa water from the Bad Ragaz spring which forms the basis for a unique synthesis of wellbeing and health. Good health is our most precious possession. Our alliance with PlacidWay will allow us to make our services available to a global marketplace for health and wellness medical tourists.”

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War Ravaged Iraqis Traveled to India for Quality Healthcare

by PlacidWay
Years of war have literally destroyed Iraqi’s once world-renowned healthcare system. The Iraqi healthcare system used to be considered one of the best in the region, but today, millions of Iraqis suffer from respiratory infections, formerly preventable diseases such as measles, and malnutrition. The WHO (World Health Organization), UNICEF and USAID have joined hands and efforts to provide essential services for many Iraqis, but continuing conflict has reduced the effectiveness and ability of such organizations to provide quality and all-around care for Iraqi citizens.

Dire Straits for Iraqis
The basics are missing from Iraqi’s healthcare facilities and hospitals these days, from vaccinations to cardiac defibrillators. Meningitis, dysentery, and malaria have become the norm. Hospital labs can’t perform tests, and lack of drugs and basic supplies severely hamper physician’s efforts to cure patients. Medicine, syringes and IV fluids are often only available through the black market.

Missing drugs, ill-equipped doctors, and sometimes infested clinics and hospitals are seriously hampering healthcare efforts in Iraq, and patients are suffering. Corruption and incompetence is replacing what used to be known as one of the most efficient, state-of-the-art, and highly educated healthcare providers in this area of the world. Money earmarked for medical drugs, equipment and clinics goes missing, and even formally world-renowned facilities and ERs in Baghdad are suffering the consequences.

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Stem Cell Treatments Offer Hope for the Future

by PlacidWay

Understanding Stem Cells
Stem cell treatments, research and technology is  permanent fixture in 21st century medical research. Continued efforts to research and develop embryonic stem cell treatments and procedures doesn’t merely mean cloning human beings or involve moral and ethical controversies or issues surrounding such research. Embryonic stem cells provide the basic building blocks and structure of the development of various cellular and tissue structure in the human body, and stem cell research irrefutably offers potential treatments that may eventually cure many disease processes, enable people with spinal cord injuries to walk again, and guide researchers to develop medications that will end to cognitive impairment diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Disease.

Millions of cells found in the human body  can and are being developed for future medical treatments. Stem cells contain specific instructions on how cellular structures replicate and function. Each cell is also programmed with how long it will live, it’s specific functions and tasks.

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