Korea is becoming a popular medical tourism destination for foreigners after a law allowing Korean hospitals to market services to foreigners took effect last May.

A new health care medical tourism project is set to begin in the second quarter of 2010 at the Asbru Enterprise Park in Keflavik, Iceland, by the Kadeco group.

Thailand is continuing to offer insurance coverage worth $10,000 to anyone harmed in riots and demonstrations as it seeks to attract tourists scared off by political turmoil, officials say.

Study Demonstrates People Living with Type 2 Diabetes and Obesity Can Be Successfully Treated with GI Dynamics’ EndoBarrier™ Gastrointestinal Liner for 12 Months.

he looks incredible, lost 90 pounds and considers it the best money she ever spent. She also is my patient and all of her medical conditions were "cured" by her procedure, and when she brings in “before” pictures, I have trouble recognizing her.

Each year in Britain more than 45,000 people are diagnosed with breast cancer. Two years ago I became one of them.

The number of obese people has now surpassed the number of overweight people in the United States. Fighting this epidemic is on the forefront in the medical world. Now, a new, less-invasive procedure may give people who need to lose weight new hope.

The government has designated the period from 2010 through 2012 as ``Visit Korea" years and has been trying to promote medical tourism as ...

The government has designated the period from 2010 through 2012 as "Visit Korea" years and has been trying to promote medical tourism as a way of increasing its number of foreign visitors, allowing hospitals to market and pay commissions to agencies to bring in more patients.

More than 1,000 experts in medical tourism from over 25 countries will meet in Seoul in April at the Global Healthcare & Medical Tourism Conference Korea 2010, Asia's largest medical congress, for networking and educational opportunities.