Gregory Smyth asked:


It certainly does not come naturally, to think of going overseas when we are told that we need major surgery or involved healthcare or dental work, or even when we would like cosmetic procedures done. After all, trips overseas are for holidays and happy times, they take a lot of planning and they are for fun, not medical duty…right? The answers are yes, they are for holidays and happy times, but they do not necessarily need excessive planning, and they can definitely combine fun with medical duty. We explore the top five reasons why medical tourism is exploding in popularity.

Price

This is the top reason cited for people to travel overseas for medical care. For example, if you need dental work done, you could be paying a tenth of what you would at home, for the same standard of work, at a hospital in Bangkok or hospitals elsewhere in Thailand, or at some of the excellent Indian facilities. India is currently the lowest priced option for which most Westerners will be satisfied with the quality of treatment, and at hospitals in Bangkok Thailand, or in South America, prices are slightly higher for extra services like help with passports, liaison with doctors in your home countries, and translators to make things easy for you.

Service

If you have ever been in hospital, you know how busy and stressed many of the staff are, simply because of low staffing levels, long hours that must be worked and a general reluctance to ’serve’ others. Hospitals in Asian countries like Bangkok hospitals, Mumbai hospitals and Brazilian hospitals often don’t face these challenges. Registered nurses are much more plentiful in these countries, as there is less aversion to personal contact with people. You can often expect to be escorted around hospital grounds to find other departments, and be treated with extreme courtesy. Rooms in Bangkok Hospital Medical Centre at the highest level include extras like flat panel TVs, a large living room, two complete bathrooms and a city view, as well as Wifi and meals for three included in the price.

Quality

We tend to assume that if something is cheaper that it must be of a lesser grade. This is simply not so, with some of Bangkok’s best hospitals, like Bumrungrad and Bangkok Hospital having the majority of staff trained outside Thailand. In India, many doctors are trained in Europe and the US and speak flawless English - the care for medical tourism is only cheaper due to a much lower cost of living in these countries.

Availability

Every different country has different procedural restrictions - where laws may prevent you having stem cell therapy or IVF treatment in your home country, this is often not so if you choose medical tourism. Even common, legal-in-all-countries procedures often have enormous waiting lists in Western countries. Essential surgery can take a year to be performed in Canada, whereas in the best hospitals in Bangkok it can be arranged almost immediately.

Tourism

This is one of the most compelling reasons to go overseas for many! Recuperation can only be aided by having a gorgeous seaside view, and no housework to do, when you have just had major surgery. The savings that you will make in the cost of care usually more than cover a stay in luxury hotels in medical tourism countries - and you have a ‘free’ holiday.



IRVING

Groshan Fabiola asked:


Longtime regarded as ineffective by many contemporary medical scientists - exclusivist adepts of modern medicine, herbal medicine (commonly referred to as alternative or parallel medicine) has recently become unexpectedly popular among many different categories of people all around the world. The increasing global interest and trust in traditional herbal medicine come as very good news, considering that natural remedies are not only very efficient in curing a wide spectrum of ailments and diseases, but are also very safe to use compared to most synthetic drugs overused in today’s scientific medicine. With the appearance of so many specialized books and online resources that educate people on the remarkable benefits of using medicinal herbs as cures or means of prevention against disease, everyone will soon realize the advantages offered by traditional, herbal medicine and become more open-minded and acceptant towards this form of medicine and its practices.

With the discovery of so many new synthetic drugs in the last century, some people have forgotten about herbal medicine or have completely turned away from this traditional form of medicine in favor of scientific medicine. Even more, some medical scientists have denied the benefits of medicinal herbs and herbal supplements for a long time, engaging in an ongoing propaganda for synthetic, pharmaceutical drugs instead. As presented by the Chinese proverb: “A single untried popular remedy often throws the scientific doctor into hysterics”, many adepts of modern medicine fought a long and needless war against traditional herbal medicine.

Fortunately, the situation has changed dramatically over the last few decades and nowadays herbal medicine is once again respected and properly valued. However, what many persons still don’t realize at present is that traditional medicine and modern medicine are complementary concepts which share a common background, not antithetic, opposing notions. Idealistically, there should be no contradiction between herbal medicine and modern, scientific medicine, as they both fight for the same cause: to restore the health and wellbeing of patients afflicted by disease. On the contrary, both forms of medicine should compensate for each other’s minuses in order to provide patients with better healthcare.

For thousands of years, herbal medicine has been using natural remedies with strong curative effects to successfully treat an extensive series of diseases and disorders. Nature is an infinite source of natural ingredients which act as antibiotics, analgesics, sedatives, anti-inflammatory agents and so on, being used either to alleviate existing symptoms or to fight against the actual cause of disease. Undoubtedly, herbal medicine has a long and respected history and numerous studies conducted in the field have clearly revealed that the therapeutic benefits and the healing ability of various medicinal herbs and herbal supplements can be very significant if they are used wisely along with a healthy lifestyle.

Medicinal herbs and herbal supplements are very affordable (sometimes they can even be directly picked from nature), easy to find, contain ingredients with strong curative effects and have little or no side-effects at all! Medicinal herbs and herbal supplements can be used under the form of tinctures, capsules, pills, ointments and lotions, or can be used in teas or even cooked with food. Properly used and corroborated with a proper food regime and a healthy lifestyle, medicinal herbs and herbal supplements are equally efficient in fighting against disease and helping you stay disease-free. By uncovering and exploiting nature’s wisdom, one can substantially improve one’s health, ensuring the wellbeing of one’s body, mind and spirit altogether.

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NICKOLAS

Think. asked:


Indeed, western medicine can be risky. But alternative medicines are not usually backed by any kind of science. Which is not to say that science does not study nature and plants in relation to human health. Aspirin was discovered in the bark of a type of tree.

But with such concrete science backing western medicine and next to no science behind alternative medicine, why should I believe it’s effective?

GARLAND

Robert Thatcher asked:


Holistic medicine is health care that comprises all the aspects of one’ s personality to obtain the optimum state of wellness. It encompasses the process of looking into the wholeness of the person including nutritional, physical, environmental, spiritual, lifestyle and social values. Holistic medicine includes virtually all treatments and diagnosis known to achieve balance in personality. It upholds the responsibility of educating one’s self to attain the ideal over-all health and well being.

Holistic medicine and Alternative Medicine

Alternative medicine is commonly associated with holistic medicine. By definition, alternative medicine is the medical techniques that are usually not accepted or practiced by conventional medical practitioners. Most alternative medicines are founded to have rooted on unscientific, untested and untraditional principles. Often, these forms of medicine are closely associated with metaphysical components and anti-scientific stands.

Many of these techniques don’t normally have pharmaceutical values like the acupuncture, herbalism, Reiki, homeopathy and the likes. Yet the alternative medicine may also be used in experimental non-drug and drug techniques that are not yet accepted in the medical circles. The future of alternative medicine holds on the potentiality of transforming the “alternative medicine” into conventional medicine since it is now becoming widely appreciated and practiced by medical doctors. In fact, complementary medicine is the term used for alternative medicine practiced in combination with conventional medicine.

Due to these changes in view of the alternative medicine, holistic medicine has become a more preferable option among those who are quite doubtful of the alternative medicine.

Alternative medicine may appeal to metaphysical beliefs and so does the holistic medicine but on milder and more scientifically based approach. Yet the knowledge applied in holistic medicine still cannot hide the fact that it tends to cling to non-scientific knowledge.

Simply put holistic medicine claims to cure and treat the whole person. Holistic medicine stresses out the unification of the mind and the physical body. Holistic medicine practitioners give credence to the belief the man is not a pure physical body with systems and parts that encompass it. Man is also a spiritual being that requires spiritual healing. Holistic medicine concerns itself to the belief of the connection between the spirit and emotions and mind.

The gap between holistic medicine and alternative medicine is closed by the common practice of not using drug treatments and surgeries. They usually employ meditation, herbs, prayers, vitamins and minerals, as well as exotic diets in treating certain ailments.

Holistic Medicine and Conventional Medicine

Allopathy or conventional medicine defines individual health as the non-occurrence of diseases, which appeals to be a negative approach in defining the condition. Holistic medicine on the other hand concerns itself on a person’s absolute state of physical, social, mental and spiritual well-being.

As based on the definition given (that is commonly used among medical practitioners), orthodox medicine remains to deal with one’s susceptibility to diseases instead of the wellness as opposed by holistic medicine. Based on common observations, conventional medicine typically doesn’t apply to healthy individuals. While holistic medicine focuses on the quality of living practiced by people. Sick people normally don’t seek medical attention not until the symptoms of the disease/s are obvious. Thus, there is too little preventive treatment against sickness.

There are great differences between holistic medicine and the conventional type both in the diagnosis and treatments. Most of which are scientifically based. In oppose to this stand, diagnosis in holistic treatment are conceived through the manifestations of body imbalance. These are determined through certain procedures distinctive only to holistic medicine and other related medicinal practices.

People who have already undergone any of these procedures claim that is not bad trying on or all of these practices. Yet individual preferences still have the hand on what will be accepted as the ideal procedure.



MARVIN

TIGER asked:


I get allergies this time of the year and one nostril of my nose is clogged and I get this annoying tingling feeling in my nose. This usually makes me miss two weeks of school also. What is the best medicine for those types of allergies? Also I have no idea what causes them.

DARRON

TeChen H asked:


I am looking for a medicine which will help to reduce the side effect suffer from chemotherapy surgery.

The doctor told me the medicine contains “L-Glutamine” and it is made by “Cambridge Nutraceuticals company”.

However, I couldn’t find it anyway.
Anyone know where I can buy it? Online or in-store all fine.

ANGELO

imuh asked:


Babies don’t have talking skills so how do they research medicines for babies.For if they are feeling good with what medicine.

PASQUALE