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.

Because of the dire situation in Iraq, millions of Iraqis are scrambling and saving to travel to foreign destinations for quality and affordable medical care. One of the most popular destinations for Iraqis is India. Iraqis are patient as possible while they wait for passports and travel permits to venture beyond their war-ravaged borders for healthcare. Children and adults requiring surgeries are able to receive affordable care in India for conditions in cardiac, orthopedic, vision and dental care, making any and all sacrifices more than worth the effort.

Otherwise treatable conditions in Iraq severely limit the life expectancy and prognosis for many children and adults diagnosed with lung disorders, chronic illnesses, malnutrition and its aftermath. Today, children in Iraq die of treatable conditions such as diarrhea and measles because medications are unavailable.

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World-Class Cardiac Care Program

Are you suffering from Cardiovascular Disease?
Are you looking for Advanced Cardiac Care Facilities?

Then you are at the right place!!!

Artemis Cardiovascular Institute

Artemis houses one of the most advanced cardiac care facilities in the country, the Artemis Cardiovascular Institute. The Artemis Cardiac Surgery Hospital is a super-speciality, research-based cardiac facility, fully equipped to treat patients experiencing complex disorders of the heart, blood vessels, and circulation.

Developed as a world-class facility, the centre is manned by physicians and medical staff trained at some of the finest hospitals around the world. The centre has sophisticated infrastructure and facilities such as the recently introduced, first-of-its-kind Endovascular Operating Suite in India. This combines an operating room with an angiogram suite and facilitates the latest minimally invasive cardiovascular operations, including thoracic and abdominal stent grafts.

Treatments and Services Available

• Angiography
• Angioplasty
• Cardiac Surgery
• Bypass Surgery
• Aneurysms
• Coronary Artery Bypass grafting /CABG / Open Heart Surgery
• Coronary Artery Disease
• Valve Replacement Surgery
• Atrial Septal defect Closure
• Ventricular Septal Defect
• Patent Ductus Arteriosus
• ICD Implantation
• Pacemaker Implantation

Special Care Units / Diagnostic Equipment / Facilities

• Treadmill Test (TMT)
• Echocardiography (Colour Doppler)
• Stress Echocardiography
• 24 Hour Holter Monitoring
• Ambulatory BP Monitoring
• Stress Thallium Test
• 64 slice CT angiography
• Coronary and peripheral angiograph
• Electrophysiology Study
• Endovascular Suite (For the first time in India)
• Flat Panel Cath Labs with stent boost technology

Team of Specialists:

Cardiothoracic Surgery

• Dr. Kushagra Katariya

Cardio-vascular Surgery

• Dr. Hassan Tehrani

Cardiology

• Dr. Rakesh Rai Sapra
• Dr. Madhukar Shahi
• Dr. B Kalra
• Dr. Niraj Kumar
• Dr. Kubba
• Dr. Ved Prakash’s

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Intracytoplasmic sperm injection (ICSI)

Understanding ICSI for Infertility Treatments

ICSI stands for intracytoplasmic sperm injection - a process that addresses male infertility. This type of procedure is known as an Assisted Reproductive Technology Generally, the procedure is used during IVF (in vitro fertilization) treatments by injecting sperm into a mature egg for development. Following the fertilization procedure, the egg is placed into the mother’s womb or fallopian tube for implantation.

ICSI is a popular treatment for men whose sperm count is too low or inadequate to ensure fertilization of eggs. The process utilizes specialized equipment and tools, but is an effective treatment for many couples dealing with infertility issues due to a variety of causes.

Who Benefits from ICSI Treatments?
In some cases, medical practitioners or clinics will suggest ICSI treatments for couples dealing with low sperm counts or inability to fertilize the egg. It’s an ideal solution for couples that are not interested in donor sperm. In most cases ICSI treatments are geared toward those with:

• Sperm concentrations measuring less than 15-20 million per milliliter
• Sperm mobility is less than 35%
• Poor sperm quality
• Any couple engaging in IVF (In Vitro Fertilization)

Common ICSI Procedure Overview
Eggs are collected from the potential mother’s fallopian tubes or ovary. Using a high-powered magnification device, the doctor will use an injection pipet to deposit one sperm into the egg, which is held in place with a glass tool called a holding pipet. The egg or eggs are then left overnight in a laboratory and checked the following day. After the eggs have been checked for successful fertilization, they will be left to develop for several more days. Then, two to four fertilized eggs are placed in the uterus for implantation.

Other or additional eggs may be frozen at this point in time in the event that more than one attempt or ICSI cycle is necessary for growth and development of the egg once it has been implanted in the uterus. These procedures are performed on an outpatient basis and necessitate only a short recovery time.

Today, nearly half of IVF procedures utilize ICSI technology, with fertilization success about 70% to 85% using this method, which usually produces roughly 25% to 30% successful birthrates. However, couples are advised not to wait too long to benefit from such procedures. For women over 35 years of age, more embryos may have to be transferred than others, which also increases the risk of multiple births.

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What is Depression?

by Dr.Vorobiev’s Rehab Clinic

What is Depression?
According to World Health Organization (WHO) estimates, by 2020, depression will become the second-leading cause of disability and death throughout the entire world.  About one million people commit suicide annually, and people suffering from depression make up between 45 and 60% of suicides.  This figure is becoming comparable to infectious and cardiovascular diseases.

A person with depression has a 35 times greater chance to end his life through suicide than do those not suffering from depression.  50% of those with endogenous depression and 20% of those with psychogenic depression attempt suicide.  One out of every six commits suicide.  According to research conducted in the USA, people susceptible to depression are two times more likely to die from other illnesses.

Depression often develops among family members of a patient already suffering from depression.  Approximately 20% of relatives of depressed people suffer from depression, while relatives of healthy people become sick in 7% of cases.

Risk of depression among single and divorced people is 2-4 times higher than among people with families.  Also, single and divorced men are at a higher risk than single and divorced women.  Even if only spouse suffers from depression, divorce is 10 times more likely than among healthy families.

50% of depression sufferers do not even seek medical help, and only 25-30% of the others make it to the psychiatrist.

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Stained Teeth: There is a Cure

by ConfiSmile

Stained teeth are a very common dental problem that makes a lot of people to feel uncomfortable when they have to talk or smile, due to the color of their teeth. However stained teeth depending on their cause have a number of treatments.

Types of Tooth Discoloration:

Extrinsic Tooth Discoloration

• Colored organic compounds from some foods and drinks – tea, coffee, red wine, blueberries, curry and other – are absorbed on teeth enamel, resulting in yellow teeth.
• Other foods that contain much chlorophyll may result in green stains.
• Common dental restorative materials, as the amalgam in silver-colored fillings, may turn adjacent areas of teeth black or gray.
• Prescribed antiseptic mouthwashes containing chlorhexidine are associated with causing yellow-brown stains on teeth. Repeated use of stannous fluoride can result in light brown or yellowish teeth stains. Iodine-containing solution medications may also cause similar stains.
• Metallic stains can be caused by metallic salts, such as in iron supplements.
• Other habits as smoking or chewing tobacco are also responsible for stained teeth, creating brown to black stains on the tooth surface.
• Accumulation of dental plaque and tartar may alter the natural appearance of the tooth and lead to yellow teeth.

Intrinsic Tooth Discoloration

• Systemic disorders (as alkaptonuria, erythropoietic porphyria, hyperbilirubinemia etc.) are also causes of stained teeth. Enamel hypoplasia causes tooth discoloration and pitting of the enamel. In rare cases, children with dentinogenesis imperfecta are born with gray, amber or purple discolorations.
• In fluorosis, chalky white spots or brown marks on teeth are caused by excessive fluoride intake. (tooth whitening does not actually remove the white spots but lightens the background so they are less noticeable).

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Exclusive Neuro Repair 6 Week Program in Mexico

Neuro Repair (6 weeks)
(3 weeks at Sanoviv 3 week home program) $23,000 U.S.

Neurodegenerative diseases can have a devastating effect on both the patient and the family. While the list of disorders is long, three stand out. Alzheimer’s disease (dementia) and Parkinson’s disease (a movement disorder) are the most common neurological diseases in elderly. And MS, a debilitating autoimmune disease affecting the nervous system, is most common in young people.

It is generally accepted that once the cells of the brain and spinal cord are damaged they are not easily regenerated. Sanoviv has created a program to help restore function to deteriorated nerves and to improve your quality of life. The cornerstone of our program is intense oxygenation.

Your six-week program – 3 weeks at Sanoviv and a 3-week home program* — includes:

• Blood and functional tests for nutritional status, cardiovascular risks, overall inflammation, sleep apnea, heart rate variability
• Professional assessments by a medical doctor, a dentist, a psychologist and a nutritionist
• A metabolic evaluation and individual sessions with a fitness expert
• Treatments include intravenous nutrition; colon hydrotherapy; biofeedback, energy rebalancing and pain treatments; and oxygenation with intravenous ozone and hyperbaric sessions
• A package of spa and bioenergetic treatments
• A package of home-going nutraceuticals and six, 30-minute consultations every two months
• The combined effect of detoxifying and replenishing your system can restore your health and prolong your life.

*length of home-going program may vary.

Pre-arrival Labwork /PTA

• Complete diagnostic profile,
• Spectracell panel (FIA., ART., LPP.)
• DISC assessment

In house tests (As indicated)

• HIV
• 1 Urinalysis
• 1 Biological terrain analysis
• 1 Stool test
• 1 Heidelburg test
• 1 Bio-impedence analysis
• 1 Electrocardiogram
• 1 Darkfield microscopic cell analysis
• 1 Sleep apnea assessment
• 2 Endothelial assessment
• 1 Heart rate variability assessment

Radiology (As indicated)

• Chest X-ray (up to 2)

Bioenergetic Treatments

• Vega test
• Vega check
• Acuscope or Ondamed
• Biotron TX

Medical Treatments

• Insertion of central catheter for IV TX
• Hyperbaric treatments ; up to 8
• Extra Corporeal Ozone; up to 6
• Colon hydro therapy; up to 6
• IV Gluthatione; up to 9
• IV mega-dosage of Vitamin C; up to 8
• IV Carnitine; up to 8
• IV Vitamin B-12; up to 7
• Transfer factor (as indicated)

Professional Visits

• Daily by treating doctor
• 2 consultations with neurologist
• 4 by Bio-dentist
• 6 by Psychologist
• 3 by Nutritionist (initial, review of FIA test, home program)
• Structural assessment (up to 5)
• 6 individual fitness consultation

Salud per aqua SPA

• 3 Lymphatic massage + Photon beam
• 1 Herbal facial
• 1 Pedicure

Energy Classes

• Initial assessment
• Daily meditation class
• Energy medicine class
• Detoxification class
• Yoga class
• Sound therapy
• Psychology and spirituality class

Nutrition

• Initial assessment
• Discharge plan
• Juicing class
• Food preparation class
• Relationship with food lecture
• Emotional eating class
• Integrative weight management class
• Overall nutrition class

Fitness

• Initial assessment
• Home program
• Water class
• Bio-impedance analysis
• Individual training

Supplement Package

• Supplement package included with program will be individualized by your medical team.

All of the programs include room and board for the patient, if you wish to come with a companion you can chose to bring one at a cost of $100.00 dollars per night stay in the same room (meals included).

Every patient is an individual and must be treated according to their unique symptoms and needs. The program listed above is an example of the typical treatment scenario and could change once here depending on the results of the initial health assessment.

After you arrive, your doctor may determine that additional tests and consultations are needed. The following are not included and would necessitate an additional fee: xrays, scans, stress test, consultations with specialists and spa services. Additional services will not be ordered without your approval.

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New Methods in IVF Treatment

by The Acibadem Health Group

These days, a variety of novel methods ranging from frozen embryos to genetic diagnosis increase the chances of success in test tube baby treatment (IVF-in vitro fertilisation). These methods make it possible for many infertile couples to have babies. New applications increase the chances of success in IVF.

Ever since its first application, the test tube baby method has helped millions of couples have babies and fulfill their dreams. Nowadays, novel approaches in treatment may increase the chances for success even more

It has been exactly 29 years since the birth of Louis Brown, the first ever test tube baby. Having made sensational headlines all over the world back then, the test tube baby method has been improving day by day and continues to help millions of couples to have babies. In recent years, a variety of methods have emerged which increase the chances for successful treatment even higher. Specialists in this field point out that extended test tube baby and infertility treatments place psychological, physiological and financial burden on the couples. They say that secondary approaches which may speed up the processes result in positive outcomes. We have consulted Associate Professor Cem Demirel on this subject, the specialist in charge of the Test-Tube Baby Unit and Education Centre at Acıbadem Kadıköy Hospital. He says that failure in test tube baby attempts may stem from multi-factorial causes and these are addressed and assessed individually at their centre. Associate Professor Şahin Zeteroğlu who is in charge of the Test-Tube Baby Centre at Acıbadem Bursa Hospital points out to laboratory applications as those factors which increase success in test-tube baby attempts.

APPLICATIONS WHICH INCREASE CHANCES FOR SUCCESS
What kind of new developments are underway in test-tube baby applications? The head of Acıbadem Kadıköy Hospital Test-Tube Baby Centre, Associate Professor L. Cem Demirel and Associate Professor Şahin Zeteroğlu inform us as follows:”Infertility treatment places significant emotional, physical and financial burden on the couples. In the event of repeated failures in test-tube baby attempts, this also has had an impact on the physicians in charge of the treatment of such couples. This necessitates the application of secondary approaches to shed light on the reasons of failure and ensure more successful outcomes. Here, the failure is either due to the quality of the embryo, a group of cells fertilised in the laboratory and placed in the mother’s womb which are in the process of dividing up, or to the inability of the mother’s womb to provide a sustainable environment for the embryos placed in it. If repeated inferior embryo quality is identified and observed as the reason for repeated failures in test-tube baby attempts, at Acıbadem Test-Tube Baby Centre we either subject the family to what is called an endometrial co-culture or to natural cycle IVF application. Endometrial co-culture is the name given to the practise of collecting tissue cells from the mother’s womb called endometrium, which line the inside of the womb. These cells are then passed through passages in the laboratory and the embryo is developed from these cells prior to its transfer to the mother-to-be. In natural cycle IVF, the eggs of the mother-to-be are collected by either pharmacological stimulation, no stimulation or minimal stimulation. In the event of failure with these methods, we may sometimes recommend egg donation.” In the meantime, it is important to identify the role of the sperm and exclude its underlying impact on test-tube baby failures. Dr.Demirel points out that in their unit they also perform the analysis of sperm cells, the male reproductive cells. Dr.Demirel says that they specifically check the DNA breakage ratio of the sperm cells which demonstrate the damage ratio of the DNA that forms the genetic structure of the sperm cells. He indicates that in this way, it possible to take the necessary measures in the presence of high DNA damage.

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Artificial Disc Replacement Surgery in India from $11000

Appealing price quote of $ 11000 USD for getting Artificial Disc Replacement surgery in India

Tour2india4health after having successfully provided cost effective and international quality spine procedures in India to foreign medical cases for successive 5 years now offer the procedure of a Artificial  Disc Replacement Surgery at a very appealing price quote of

$ 11000 USD only!!!

Assisted by the most experienced and abroad trained spine surgeons working at Mumbai and Delhi. Artificial  Disc Replacement Surgery becomes necessary when your spinal disc suffers wear and tear, gets herniated, Spondylolisthesis, Osteoporosis, Vertebral body fracture, Allergy to the materials in the device, Spinal tumors and fractures, long term back pain due to spinal disc injury.

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National Heart Centre Singapore Unveils New Techniques For Heart

by National Heart Centre Singapore

Heart patients with small, difficult to treat vessels requiring stenting procedures may soon have another viable option to treat coronary artery disease. Known as the CardioMind SparrowTM Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent System, this stent is 70% smaller in diameter than any other currently approved stent and targets at blood vessels smaller than 2.75mm in diameter.

The Sparrow Stent System is an improved version of the current stents in the market. Conventional balloon-expandable stents travel over guidewires to the lesion in the artery. The Sparrow Stent is incorporated into the distal end of the guidewire itself, therefore having the same outer diameter and flexibility as the guidewire. The stent travels as part of the guidewire to the site of the lesion. The cardiologist then releases the stent and allows it to self-expand and support the vessel wall. The tightness of fit of conventional stents, as well as their inflexibility and the forces delivered by the balloon expansion, may contribute to increased vessel trauma, which in turn leads to less favourable long-term results. The Sparrow Stent also offers more flexibility than the current stents, making it especially adaptable to the treatment of small, tortuous blood vessels often associated with diabetes, which represent 40% of the patients who require a stenting procedure. Over time, the polymer of the Sparrow Stent will gradually biodegrade away and return the stent to a bare metal state. Biodegradable polymers for drug-eluting coronary stents are thought to contribute to a reduction in late stent thrombosis rate.

The centre estimates that 10% – 30% of the patients requiring percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) may benefit from this revolutionary stent. The Sparrow Stent is currently being evaluated in a clinical trial known as the CARE II Study.

This multi-site randomised trial will test both the drug-eluting and bare-metal versions of the Sparrow, plus a competitive stent in 220 patients. The National Heart Centre Singapore is currently the only Asian site to have started in the CARE II Study. Four patients have been treated since the trial started here in September 2008.

“All four patients had uncomplicated procedural and hospital outcomes. I see a great potential for this stent since many of our diabetic patients have small vessels.” said Associate Professor Koh Tian Hai, Medical Director, National Heart Centre Singapore and also the Principal Investigator of CARE II in Singapore.

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Dental Cosmetics in Latin America

by PlacidWay | Dental Cosmetic Costa Rica

The growing popularity of dental cosmetic tourism is rising at an equal pace as the cost of such care in the United States. Regardless of what brings you to the dentist in the first place – whether it’s cavities, whitening, bridgework, root canals, or replacing crowns, dental cosmetic surgery and procedures are expensive. Often, the wait time for such procedures in the US is long and patients must endure discomfort while waiting for openings. Take into consideration the fact that many people don’t carry dental insurance, and that there are limits to what dental insurance will cover, and it’s no surprise that many consumers are looking elsewhere for their dental or cosmetic dental needs.

One of the most popular and beautiful destinations for dental procedures is Costa Rica. Costa Rica is a land of gorgeous jungle terrain, pristine white beaches and more activities in different environments . Costa Rica is ideally situated between the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean to the east, and offers visitors lush, endless beauty.

Costa Rica has rightfully earned a reputation as one of the best tourist destinations in the world for excellent care and facilities in the fields of plastic and cosmetic surgery, dental implants and dentistry. Medical travelers to Costa Rica may enjoy as much as a 75% savings on surgical procedures over prices generally charged in the United States.

Costa Rica also offers facilities, physicians and surgeons who specialize in bariatric surgery, reconstructive surgery and addiction therapies. Visitors can take care of business and then enjoy a tropical vacation during recuperation in one of the many high-class facilities that Costa Rica has to offer.

Costa Rican Cosmetic Dental Medical Services
A recent visitor to Costa Rica found that out for herself when she suddenly realized that she needed  bridgework. Luckily, she had access to a computer and focused on dental tourism in Costa Rica and found a multitude of dentists and surgeons, as well as facilities that would meet her needs. What did she look for?

• Were they certified?
• Did they have hospital privileges?
• Where were they trained (University and country)?
• Years of experience in their field
• Testimonials from foreign patients

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