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Huntsville, AL – Medical tourism as we know it is not a recent invention. Rather, it results from a storied history of the human pursuit health and welfare. We have always looked to faraway places in search of something that can heal our wounds, rejuvenate our bodies, and cleanse our souls. When we look to […]

Huntsville, AL – Medical tourism as we know it is not a recent invention. Rather, it results from a storied history of the human pursuit health and welfare. We have always looked to faraway places in search of something that can heal our wounds, rejuvenate our bodies, and cleanse our souls. When we look to

Huntsville, AL – Most people know about chronic conditions that come with obesity. For example, most people associate the risk of heart disease and diabetes to chronic obesity, because those are so common. Heck, it’s the one thing that health organizations tells us repeatedly. But when you address bariatric surgery, and how it can relate

When we hear the term medical tourism today, we often picture someone taking vacation time off to get weight loss surgery in Mexico, before recovering on the shores of Cancun. This is because a combination of price, expertise, and time management is creating a current demand for the above scenario. However, that is only a

Should you Worry about Disease with Global Medical Tourism? Medical tourism can come in all shapes. Some people want to get a decent price, so they are willing to find a country with a cheaper price range. Others believe that some countries are much better trained in certain procedures than others, so they travel there.

15 Things You Can Do to Prepare for Bariatric Surgery Before you think of getting an affordable weight loss surgery, you need to qualify for the procedure and understand the important considerations you need to make. An adult who is eligible for this surgery is usually overweight by over 100 pounds. However, an easier estimate is

When we talk about bariatric surgery, we often focus on the stomach. This is because most of weight loss surgery relies on the manipulation or removal of the stomach. However, much like the rest of our body, the digestive system is just one part of a whole.  The small intestine is part of the stomach.

Thanks to our current economic system, as well as other factors of supply and demand, getting time off to take care of your health can feel nigh impossible. When you combine the amount of money you lose from not working to the amount of money you have to pay for getting an important procedure done,

It is not easy to go through adolescence. Your body changes rapidly, you feel constantly awkward in one way or another and are still trying to navigate a combination of social structures with adulthood aspirations.  When you add weight issues along with bariatric surgery into the mix, there is an extra level of complication. Weight

  Huntsville, AL -We often warn patients before or after they go through weight loss surgery about any symptoms or side effects to look out for. These are usually side effects that are short term after surgery, or that happen a month or two afterward. But what happens years down the road? What are the