James Bae, Director of International Marketing for Korea’s Health Industry Development Institute (KHIDI), comments that “In some specialties, we are recognized as top in the world. Even U.S. doctors come to Korea for training in such specialties as...

South Africa has traditionally been featured as a preferred destination for the medical traveler particularly in the field of emergency treatment as well as elective procedures such as cosmetic and dental.....

According to University of Michigan research team, the finding raises social justice questions that must be addressed to ensure that all sectors of society benefit from stem cell advances.

QUEBEC - The cancer treatment for 39 Quebec women, out of 2,856 whose results were retested in a Seattle lab, were changed.

Presenting the results of the verification of the lab results Wednesday, Health Minister Yves Bolduc said they confirm "the high quality of the work of our pathology laboratories."

Obesity rates could be fueled by the fad diet trend, according to a new survey.

he editors of Consumer Guide to Bariatric Surgery are gazing into the crystal ball once again to see what type of news coverage bariatric surgery will generate in the coming year.

THE medical tourism industry looks to be in the pink of health again.

Because the treatment is expensive and not available in the United States, worries arise about whether stem cell injections are an expensive racket, offering false hope to paralyzed people.

Britain's biggest cosmetic surgery chain is at the centre of an ethics row after it offered women discounts if they signed up for additional operations before the end of the year.

Morbid obesity is a significant health problem for which bariatric surgery has been demonstrated to be the most effective and durable treatment....