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²Flying to San Diego, or El Paso and then taking the
trolley to Tijuana, or Ciudad Juarezis is about $600 
cheaper than flying to the Mexican airports.

³Students at U.S. dental schools frequently charge
20% to 70% less than U.S. dentists, but the faculty
dentists of U. S. dental schools usually charge the
same as U.S. dentists. Contact dental schools
near you for prices. External Link: 
http://www.dentalschools.com/

The 3-row, partial Chart Citation below, made on 25 July 2007,
is from Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia (Wikimedia Foundation
Inc.), "Medical Tourism." External Link (provides information you
need to know): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_tourism#History

About this website:
You may want to pick the cheaper and best provider
in your country or go to another country for your
medical tourism, because, in your country, the
medical services are to expensive, unavailable,
lacking in quality, or take too long to procure.
This website was created, as a public service,
to address these problems.

Some doctors and hospitals from other countries
have lower infection rates, lower medical mistake
rates, higher success rates, lower costs, and some
U. S. hospitals and doctors have lower infection,
medical mistake, and success rates. 
Check to find out what  the best alternative is
in your particular case. To use this site you must
read and agree to the Terms of Use.We are making
no recommendations. External links to other
Internet sites should not be construed as an
endorsement of the views contained therein.
Through your own background checks you
frequently can determine your best alternative.
Do not rely on the information in this site to make
any decision. Verify any information on this site
and any linked to site, and then, and only then,
from your own research, decide what is the best
course of action for you. Remember, most of us
cause our own diseases, and distress that we
could eliminate by a life style, attitude, thinking,
or environment change. We frequently produce
our own rotten teeth, sick heart, lungs, emotional
torment, etc. Links to many health systems are
provided on this website.

Articles, and information about medical cost, quality,
medical tourism, medical vacations, medical travel, health
tourism, to various countries, are provided:
Gurgaon News Article: Low Costs Lure Foreigners to
India for Medical Care; Escorts, Apollo, & Fortislead 
Vanguard--External Links:
 1.  http://www.gurgaonscoop.com/story/2005/4/7/185320/9547 
  2.  http://www.bumrungrad.com/thailandhospital

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The following information helps you explore your  
alternatives and check medical costs, hospital
accreditation, infection rates, medical mistake rates,
medical practitioner licenses, veterinary care, insurance
the quality of medical, and services in various countries.
If you decided to go to another country for medical
vacation treatment, here are some of the steps you could
go threw:

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1. Choose a possible country to go to for medical treatment, Health and Safety issues,
and find CHEAP airfares.

2. Get a telephone card for the country of your choice and/or use your Internet telephone.

3. Doctors and Hospitals--Pick a provider in that country, check them out, and get prices
and a currency converter.

4. Hospitals, Nursing Homes, and Doctors Accreditation (Quality), and Costs

5. Determine time of year to go which depends on airline fares and weather at various
times.

6. Determine where to stay in the country of your choice.

7. Get a passport and visa, to the country of your choice, it can take months.

8. Determine how to pay for anything in the country of your choice.

9. Allergy Remedies, Safe and unsafe drug, and drug-food combinations, counter-
indications, side effects, substitutions, low cost drug sources.

10. Alternative Medical Systems

11.Telemedicine for your animals

12. Other support groups who have your disease and their discoveries

13. Health Insurance Alternatives

14. Social Question?

15.Telemedicine for you

16. Robot-software-doctor

17. Buying eyeglasses

18. Buying hearing aids, precautions and lower cost

19. Infertility, Designer-children, Adoption

20. Low Cost Funeral Information

Medical databases or general information:

Email this website to your friend. Copy and paste this web address
into your email to send this site to a friend:  Http://www.MedicalCountries.org

Medical information sources to help your research--all are External Links.

    Medical Dictionary:  http://www.merriam-webster.com/medlineplus/

    To Find Side Effects  of a drug, put in: drug name + "side effects" 
          Example: aspirin side effects

    To Find the Cause of a condition put in: cause + "condition name"

    To  Find the Symptoms of a condition put in: symptoms + "condition name"

    To Find the Treatment of a condition  put in: treatment + "condition name"

    To Find Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment of a condition put in: 
          symptom, diagnosis and treatment of  + "condition name"
          Example: symptom, diagnosis and treatment of  + "wrist ache"

    To Find the Sign of a condition put in: sign + "condition name"
          ( A sign is any objective evidence of a condition.) 
          Example: sore throat, swollen glands, abdominal pains is a sign of 
          what condition?
          Example:"Flatulence is a sign of what condition?"     

     In your search engine try this search term: "effect of food on health"  

The following are web sites of people who help each other by sharing 
information about their medical conditions, so they improve or          
eliminate any of these problems, but,they should verify any health      
advice as they would any advice even from their own doctors.              
 External Links: http://www.patientslikeme.com/

Unique, a free rare support group that puts you in contact with
others that have your chromosome disorder--External Link:
 http://www.rarechromo.org/images/logo/unique_heading_75pct_transparent.gif

National Institute of Health:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/

Medical Libraries in your state:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/libraries.html

MedlinePlus: A government medical information source:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/
   Under Health Topics Symptoms causes 
     treatment for over 900 diseases. 
   Under Drugs & Supplements and Herbal Information,    
     Info about drugs, side effects, dosage, precautions, etc.
   Under Videos & Cool Tools 
     Videos on human anatomy, 
      surgical procedures, health news.

See Your and Your Pet's Surgery Videos--Ezternal links
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/surgeryvideos.html-
To see these videos you will need to download Adobe's 
free Flash Player at www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer

In your search engine put in: "animal surgery videos" ,  "veterinary surgery videos"

Medical Licensure by Professor Milton Friedman
http://www.fff.org/freedom/0194e.asp

 http://www.genome.gov/Glossary/ talking glossary

http://www.genome.gov/glossary/index.cfm?

4. Eliminate High Hospital Costs--Stop the states
from preventing new hospitals from being built
because the existing hospital competitors, and
the colluding states, say there are already
enough hospitals. Competition is essential to
keep cost and infection rates low, and quality
high. Example:

1.Choose a possible country to go to for medical travel treatment,
and Find Cheap airfares

Argentina Hospitals and Doctors

Brazil Hospitals and Doctors

China Hospitals and Doctors

Costa Rica Hospitals and Doctors

Cuba Hospitals and Doctors

Hong Kong Hospitals and Doctors

Hungary Hospitals and Doctors

India Hospitals and Doctors

Mexico Hospitals and Doctors

Philippines Hospitals and Doctors

Singapore Hospitals and Doctors

Thailand Hospitals and Doctors

Turkey Hospitals and Doctors

U. K. Hospitals and Doctors

Health and Safety Issues:
Vaccinations for travel to most countries are not
required. It can take 6 months or more to protect
you with immunity from some diseases. External Link:
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/recs/schedules/adult-schedule.htm

Vaccine Side Effects External Link:

http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/vac-gen/side-effects.htm

National Immunization Hot line at 1-800-232-2522

(English) or 1-800-232-0233(Spanish). A person

will answer your general questions if you call these

numbers. Usually the cheapest place to get shots is

your county’s health department or, if your county

does not give shots, a nearby county may give shots.

Look in your telephone book for your local county’s

health department telephone number, or put in

“travel shots” in your search engine to explore the

Internet’s resources.

Safe medical travel, preventing political, and
crime problems.External Link: http://travel.state.gov

Find Cheap Airfares:
Flight costs vary seasonally and with the provider
you choose. Make reservations way in advance 
(30 days+). Check seasonal differences.  Fly on a 
Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. Always choose 
the option “include nearby airports” in your 
searches. Try an earlier or later travel date. Fare 
must be available both ways. This web site tends 
to have cheaper prices--Exterior Link:   http://www.priceline.com

Tip websites for reduced medical tourism costs:
External Links:
http://www.travelocity.com/info/info_main/0,,TRAVELOCITY:EN%7CFARE_TIPS,00.html
http://airfare.michaelbluejay.com/

These Travel Search Engines reformat your
information to query 120 travel websites.
External Links:
http://www.timeatlas.com/mos/Web Sites/General/Finding Low Airfares Online/
http://www.kayak.com/ http://www.sidestep.com/air/
http://travel.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/c_172201_flights.html-

2. Get a cheap phone card for the country of your choice and/or
use your Internet telephone if you wish to talk
to some of your potential providers. Put in the
key words “international phone card.”You could
buy a phone card in a local store. You will want
to notice the following of the company you
choose: How do they round the time, are there
any monthly fees, connection fees, maintenance
fee, minimum usage fees, expiration date,
hidden costs, automatic recharging, additional
fees for smaller purchasers? Pay attention to the 
contract terms, that the cost for calling one way 
is different from calling the reverse way, that 
some companies are cheaper one way but more 
expensive the reverse way, that you do not have 
to dial a Pin Number, whether they have a local 
dialing number for even lower per minute 
charges, etc. After you have studied your choices 
you can make your decision. Check this phone 
card provider and then see if you can find a 
better one: External Link:
http://www.enjoyprepaid.com/enjoyprepaid/jsp/plan/show_selected_plan_details.jsp?plan_id=

External Link:  http://www.enjoyprepaid.com-

World Telephone Directory--External Link:
www.numberway.com/

International Dialing Codes--External Link:
http://kropla.com/dialcode.htm

City/Country Times World Wide--External Link:
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/

at any hospital unless they have priviledges. 

If one picks a quality hospital first and then 

a qualified doctor that works at that quality 

hospital one has the best of both worlds. The 

number of people in the U. S. who die, per 

year, of hospital infections, or medical 

mistakes is about 100,000 each, or about 

200,000 thousand all together, a true yearly 

medical tsunami.

4 Compare hospitals worldwide, nursing homes, doctors, and
other health providers' costs, quality
accreditation in various countries: (18,000
U. S. hospital accredited providers are
compared and charted, for quality, in all the
countries and U.S. states, but to compare
costs you must call each individually. Costs
in hospitals can vary, in a city, by over
$1000.00 daily, for rooms or procedures).

Article on how to select the best hospitals--External Link:
http://www.therubins.com/aging/hospratII.htm

Crusaders for Quality, and Health-Care Intangible --External Link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/29/health/29book.html?ref=science

From the Department of State website--External Link:
Top 10 Tips for Travelers

Updated list of Accredited Hospitals by Country.
Check to see if below listed hospital is currently
accredited. Exterior Link:

U.S. Hospitals accredited by state and name (JCI)
and Zip--External Link:   http://www.qualitycheck.org/consumer/searchQCR.as

JCAHO's web site for checking hospitals--External Link:
www.qualitycheck.org You can order performance
reports free of charge by calling 1-630-792-5800
(on a particular hospital). International Evaluations--
1-630-268-7400 or External Link:
http://www.jointcommissioninternational.org/JCI-Accredited-Organizations/

Rate hospitals in your Zip--External Link:
http://www.leapfroggroup.org/home

This Report Rates 5,000 U. S. Hospitals on Their Heart
Treatment, and identified 55 where patients died far less
often than the national average. Among those hospitals is
NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. (Article)--External Link:  http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/22/us/22hospital.html?

“America’s Best Hospitals and Schools,” by U.S. News & World
Report--External Link:  www.usnews.com

Compare Hospitals, Drug Plans, Home Health 
Agencies, Nursing Homes, Dialysis Facilities,
etc., in your area. External Link:  http://www.medicare.gov/

Hospital Quality from U.S. Department of
Health & Human Services External Link:
http://www.hospitalcompare.hhs.gov/Hospital/Search/Welcome.asp?version=default

Patient Safety Practices:  http://www.jcipatientsafety.org/24725/
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State-by-State Adverse Event and Mortality
Reporting Specifics, Consumers Union Article
External Link: Is hospital quality of care data available in your state?

Compare Nursing Homes in your area, with
other nursing homes in regards to violations
and complaints. It also contains key data as
to the staffing and number of residents in the
home you are looking at. External Link:
www.medicare.gov , put in “Nursing Home Compare"
in the Search Box, click Search, study the various
options on the pages:
http://www.medicare.gov/NHCompare/Include/DataSection/Questions/SearchCriteriaNEW.asp

United States Accredited Doctors

Books in Your Library about U.S. and Some Foreign Doctors

“The Official ABMS Directory of Board Certified

Medical Specialists” (4 Volumes) organized by

Specialty and State, and includes some foreign

doctors.(super--specialties are also listed)

“Guide to Top Doctors”, Center for Study of Services,
Consumer, (15,000 listed.)

Federation of State Medical Board Information on
Licensed Practitioners in all states External Link:
http://www.fsmb.org, click Member Services,
click Directory of State Medical Boards, click link
of any particular state.

Board certified U.S. and Foreign Specialists certified
in U.S.-External Link:   http://www.abms.org/.
Physician certification in 24 medical specialty boards,
in the United States. (super-specialties are also listed)

Patients ratings their own doctors (And Yours?)

External Link:   www.DoctorScorecard.com

United States Yellow Pages-External Link:
http://www.yellow.com/

To further check the background of your doctor
put in the words “doctor check background”
in your search engine. A typical company
that does this for about $20.00 is: (Example)
External Links:
http://www.mdnationwide.org/doctorscredentials.php-
Sample Doctor's Background Report:
http://www.mdnationwide.org/sample-docreport.php-

Contact Dental Schools for prices: (students less
costly, but Professors usually equal cost of
Private Doctors) -External Link:
http://www.dentalschools.com/

Contact Medicaid for free medical service.

(U. S. Citizens)  

External Link:  http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

World Climate-External Link:
http://www.worldclimate.com/
Travel costs are cheaper seasonally.

Maps-External Link: http://www.mapquest.com/maps/

6.Determine where to stay in the country of your choice
You can find adequate places to stay, in most countries,
for $15.00 dollars a night.The doctor or hospital you are
going too may refer you to such places, which are near
them. If you go up-and-down the streets, in India, you
will find Hotels as low $3. per night. The
bathroom is a hole in the floor at the end of
the hall with a garden hose and your finger
to wash yourself with.

7. Get a passport and visa for medical travel, if needed, to the country of
your choice, it can take months.You need a Passport
and a Visa to enter or exit most countries and to get a
Visa you must first get a Passport. Some companies
claim they can get you a Passport, at an additional
charge, in one day, but it can takes 8 weeks to get a
Passport, at the lowest-cost, and another 4 weeks to
get a Visa. To learn how to get a passport or visa,
from your country, put in the key words, “passport”
or “visa” in your search engine and go on from there.
Make sure you download and fill in a passport form
from the Internet before you go anyplace to get a
passport because it is unlikely that you have
remembered the answer to all the questions asked
on the form you are required to fill out. Pay special
attention to the photo requirements, as they are very
strict. For further information on-entry requirements,
please contact the Embassy of the country you are
going to.

U. S. Passport External Link

India Visa External Link:   http://www.india-visa.com/new-york.htm

Visa Thailand External Link

Travel warnings for various countries External Link -

Currency Converter External Link

Medical Info for Americans traveling abroad Look in
the index of Medical information for Americas Abroad,
on this link of U. S. Department of State, call (202) 647 3000)

Useful information on medical emergencies
abroad, including overseas insurance
programs, is provided in the Department of
State's Bureau of Consular Affairs brochure,
available via the Bureau of Consular Affairs
home page or auto fax: (202) 647-3000.

For your peace of mind:

1. Make copies of your passport ID page, Visa,
travel documents, credit card info other data
and numbers you may need. Leave one at
home with a friend and keep another
separately from your Passport and have a
copy remotely assessable via computer
through your email. You may lose your wallet or
suitcase, and there is always a computer
somewhere in most countries.

2. Fill out an emergency Passport form and

leave itinerary with a friend.

3. Consult safety tips abroad on External Link: http://travel.state.gov

4. Consult on restrictions of importations of

goods. External Links: www.treas.gov/ofac-

8. Determine how to pay for anything in the country of your choice an
check with your medical provider to confirm
that the way you want to pay is OK with them.

9. Allergy Remedies, Safe and unsafe drug and drug-food combinations, 
drug counter-indications, drug side effects,
drug substitutions, low cost drug sources.
Double check your doctor.

Drug Interaction Checkers (some drugs, while
safe alone, are not safe with some foods, other
drugs, or with your particular medical condition.

Check possible interactions between drugs
below: Discovery Health has a Drug
Interaction Checker-External Link:
http://health.discovery.com/webapps/drugchecker.do?jspLet -

Health A to Z Drug Interactions Drug
Interactions Guide-External Link:
http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/drugdb/drugSearch.jsp

CHECK - Checks for drug-food and drug-drug
interactions. External Link:
-http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/drugdb/drugGuideHome.jsp

Check Antiretroviral Drugs:--External Link 
Database of Antiretroviral Drug Interactions:
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=ar-00-02

Search by Interacting Drug FDA-approved
antiretrovirals. External Link:
http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/arvdb?page=ar-00-02&post=7

About the Database of Antiretroviral Drug
Interactions External Link:
-http://hivinsite.ucsf.edu/InSite?page=ar-about-int -

Generic Drugs: You can save up 80% by
using generic drugs, which have the same
active ingredients as brand name drugs.
Wal-Mart will be selling
30 pills per month for $4.00.

Source: Carefirst External Link:
http://www.carefirst.com/pharmacy/GenericDrugs/GenericDrugsLanding.html

Generic DrugsSavings Calculator-External Link:
https://www.flrx.com/calculator/generic/advanced_calculator.html

Patient Assistance Programs to reduce Drug Costs:

They help you find much lower drug costs.
http://www.scbn.org/

Free Medicine Program. External Links:
http://www.freemedicineprogram.org/index.htm
Application Form:
http://www.freemedicineprogram.org/form.html 

Needy Meds

How to qualify for free prescription medicine External Link:
-External Link:  http:// www.needymeds.com

Brand name drugs:

Drugs available through patient assistance programs.
Exterior Link: http://www.needymeds.com/drug_list.taf

Generic Name List:

Drugs available through patient assistance
program. Exterior Link:
http://www.needymeds.com/generic_list.taf

Program Name List: Exterior Link:
http://www.needymeds.com/program_list.taf

Company List: Exterior Link:
-http://www.needymeds.com/company_list.taf

Patient Assistance Program Applications:
Exterior Link: http://www.needymeds.com/apps.taf

Eldercare Locater: Run by the U.S.
Administration on Aging. Indicates drug assistance
programs by state. (800) 677-1116.-External Link:
http://www.eldercare.gov/

PPARx: Partnership for Prescription Assistance.
A resource for patient assistance programs. The PP
also will help potential recipients sign up for Medicare
Part D coverage. (888) 4PPA-NOW (477-2669).
--Exterior Link https://www.pparx.org/Intro.php

The Access to Benefits Coalition Links to benefits
checkups:, a service that allows you to search for
public and private programs. -Exterior Link:
http://www.accesstobenefits.org/

Merck offers a Prescription Discount Card for 11
Merck products to anyone without prescription
coverage. Information: Exterior Link
http://www.needymeds.com/rxcards/merck.shtml -
Website:-Exterior Link: http://www.merck.com/merckhelps/

RX Access Card: A discount card for several
hundred medications manufactured by 12
participating companies. The program applies to
people with no prescription insurance who meet the
income guidelines. Information: Exterior Links
http://www.needymeds.com/rxcards/togetherrxaccess.shtml
-Website: --Exterior Link:
http://www.togetherrxaccess.com/home.html

Split Your Pills Prescriptions usually cost the same
no matter the dosage, so you can buy stronger pills
and divide then into more doses. GoogoBits.com-Exterior Link:
http://www.googobits.com/articles/p3-2121-10-ways-to-save- money-on-prescription-drugs.html
-Your druggist may split dosages for free. Ask your
doctor and pharmacist about this.

Pill-Splitting-Exterior Link:
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OHPPR/ORRX/pt_pill_splitting.shtml

Potential Cost Savings Exterior Link:
http://www.oregon.gov/DAS/OHPPR/ORRX/pt_pill_splitting.shtml#Potential_Cost_Savings

Free Drugs:

Free Medicine Foundation-Exterior Link:
http://www.freemedicinefoundation.com/

The Institute in Washington, D.C., is a public interest
group that has free booklets on line about free and
low-cost prescription drugs “The revised eighth
edition,"Free and Low Cost Prescription Drugs" 33
pages, now includes one hundred and three
programs and 1,104 drug listings. The booklet gives
proven tips, tools and tactics on how and where to
get free and low cost prescription drugs.Exterior Link:
http://www.institute-dc.org/

Medicare Prescription Drugs: Medicare Part D, the
new outpatient drug coverage beginning on Jan.1,
2006, works like other health insurance plans.
Medicare beneficiaries will be able to choose from
at least two prescription drug coverage plans.
Those plans will cover drugs for all medically
necessary treatments, will pay for brand name and
generic drugs, and will enable beneficiaries to get
prescriptions at a pharmacy or through mail order.
The standard drug coverage in 2006 will require
consumers to pay a $250 deductible and a monthly
premium of about $35. After beneficiaries pay $250,
Medicare will pay 75 percent of a beneficiary's drug
expenses up to $2,250, with beneficiaries paying 25
percent of the costs.-Exterior Link:
http://www.fda.gov/fdac/features/2005/505_save.html 

Pharmacies across the border: If you live close
to either Canada or Mexico, you can buy
medications in either country for a lower price.

Canadian Drugstores Evaluated and Rated
-External Link: http://www.canadiandrugstores.com/

Mexico: You can buy most drugs without
a prescription at much lower costs. You
need to check dosages and expiration
dates. Senor Health.Exterior Link:
http://seniorhealth.about.com/cs/prescriptiondrugs/a/drug_cost.htm 

Buying Prescription Drugs in Mexico External Link:
http://phoenix.about.com/cs/health/a/mexicodrugs.htm 

Mail-order: “Mail-order and Internet
pharmacies are inexpensive, convenient,and
can help you save money on drugs. But take
the normal precautions: Make sure the
pharmacy is licensed; don't order medications
without a prescription; and stay away from
foreign companies. Medicines manufactured
in other countries are not FDA approved, and
they may not live up to American standards.
Besides, bringing foreign pills in to the country
or having them delivered to your house is
technically illegal”

Web sites to comparison Shop:

DestinationRx.com This site offers
information and education on drugs and
alternatives and a price-comparison tool.
External Link: http://corp.destinationrx.com

www.PharmacyChecker.com: compares
prescription drug prices for more than 1,000
medications.-External Link:
http://www.pharmacychecker.com/

Lower Cost Drugs:

Your doctor may be able to prescribe a lower
cost drug for your condition.To find out if
there are other lower cost drugs, including
generics, that can be used to treat your
condition, check the preferred drugList:
External Link:
http://notesnet.carefirst.com/formulary/formulary.nsf

Print the list to take to your doctor, and ask
your doctor if a preferred,drug could work for
you. External Link:
http://www.carefirst.com/pharmacy/GenericDrugs/GenericDrugsLanding.html

Wal-marts Plan-Target Plan: for lowering drug
costs. 30 pills of Generic Drugs on their drug
list cost about $4.00 per month, or $10 for 3
months. Call local store to verify and get
details. Exterior Link: http://www.walmart.com
Click on Pharmacy tab and scroll to bottom
of page to click-on drug list. Also check-
Exterior Link: http://www.target.com/.

Ask Your Doctor for Free Samples:
Pharmaceutical companies supply
physicians with large quantities of samples
to dispense to their patients

Expiration date myth: Several consumer
groups reported that the rigid expiration
dates that appear on prescription packages
are a myth; the medication is usable long
after the stated expiration date. Check with
your pharmacist and your physician before
using expired medications.

Buy in bulk: HealthyMe-Exterior Link:
http://www.ahealthyme.com/topic/medsaving

Buy your personal use drug in a poor Country
or for animal use as they are cheaper: When
a months supply of Zoloft cost $29.74 in Austria,
the U.S. cost was $64.67 Your personal drug
used for animals cost less. Check if suppliers
will provide your identical drug, possibly under
a different name, and under that name it may
be used for animals. But, the drug is the same
and the cost is less. The same drug can go
under more that 150 names. Study the
following link.External Link:
Comprehensive Database that lists U. S. drugs AND the foreign drug name?

10. Alternative Medical Systems
Key words to use for an Internet search of
these health systems:

Acupuncture…………….Flower Therapy….....Osteopathy

Alexander Technique .....Holistic Medicine......Prayer

Ayurvedic Medicine……..Homoeopathy...…....Progressive Relaxation.

Behavioral Medicine……Laughter Therapy…Siddha

Chiropractic……………. Macrobiotics……...Telemedicine

Chinese Medicine……….Massage Therapy....Unani

Environmental Medicine..Meditation…….…Yoga

Rare diseases-External Link: http://www.rarediseases.org/

11.Telemedicine for your animals: With your computer, and telemedicine
your animals can be treated in your own home, for much less,
Some Vets in India charge less than $1.00 a
visit (about INR 40) A basic Telemedicine
system consists of a personal computer,
modem, telephone line usually free software,
and a-web cam.) Most countries have
Telemedicine.

12. Other (support groups) who have your disease_______________ ___ _
and their discoveries and individuals who have
information on any issue (health or otherwise):
Googles Directory-Exterior Link:
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups/dir?hl=en&sel=16823605

Yahoo Groups-Exterior Links:
http://health.dir.groups.yahoo.com/dir/Health_
Wellness/Women's?st=10 -

Web site of people who share information about their
disease Exterior Links:http://www.patientslikeme.com/

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/23/magazine/23patients-t.html?ref=health&pagewanted=print

Unique, A free. rare support group that puts you in
contact with others that have your chromosome
disorder External Link:
http://www.rarechromo.org/images/logo/unique_heading_75pct_transparent.gif

13. Explore Health Insurance Alternatives:___________________ ______
10,000 Plans Compared--External Link:  http://www.ehealthinsurance.com/

14. Social Question?__________

15 Telemedicine for Humans with your computer, and telemedicine you can be
treated in your own home for much less, by a psychiatrist,
etc. residing in an other country. For example, A U.S.
Phychiatrist charges $70. to $200. for a 50 minute hour, while
other countries Psychiatrist's charges are $20 and up. (A
basic telemedicine system consists of a personal computer,
a modem, a telephone line, usually free software, and
a web cam.)

Telemedicine, Wikipedia External Link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telemedicine

Science Daily Article Your Eye Care:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/06/060606182623.htm

India Article in “Express Computer”:
htttp://www.expresscomputeronline.com/20030310/focus1.shtml

17.Buying Eyeglasses: In some U.S. cities you can buy cheap good reading
glasses in the Dollar Store for one dollar.
If your vision is different in each eye, you
can buy 2 of the same frame glasses that
are good for each eye and change these
lenses into one frame, so that you are
seeing through the lens you have picked
for that eye. By trial and error learning,
you can teach yourself how to change
these snap out lenses into your glasses.
Most lenses snap out, (withsome difficulty). External Link:
http://www.eyetopics.com/articles/106/1/Over-the-Counter-Reading-Glasses

Wall-Mart-(Belore you buy do an experiment to
see if you see as well, or better as with your your
glasses?
(Not prescription) 3-pack reading glasses- $7.86
Titanium Frame reading Glasses $19.82
Invisible Bifocals $16.73

Bendable Temples eye glasses to fit large and small
faces $19.82
A list of low cost Prescription Contacts & Eyeglass suppliers:
External Link:
How to use the Internet to buy prescription eyeglasses for $1 or lowest cost

Which choice is the Best? I do not know!
Zenni Optical sells Prescription Eyeglasses for $8.95
& up, worldwide 1 800 211 2105
-Exterior Link: http://zennioptical.com/cart/home.php

http://www.39dollarglasses.com/

Contact Lens-External Link: http://www.lens.com/

For information on Free & low cost eyeglasses, and
Eye Tests, or Hearing Aids call your
local Lions Club-External Link Lions Clubs International

ebay low cost seller bidbybid (4615)
View Store HEARING AIDS
ebay low cost seller ariahearingaids
For information on Free & low cost Hearing
Aids,in your town,call your local Lions Club.

You could check ebay for other low costs sellers.
External Link: Lions Clubs International

Info about your hearing loss-Ex.Link:
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/hearing/hearingaid.asp

Consumers Union Article-problems with your
suppliers-External Links:
http://www.consumersunion.org/pdf/HearingAids.pdf
http://www.consumersunion.org/consumeronline/pastissues/healthcare/hearingaids.html

Hearing Loss people write about their problems.
-External Link:
http://www.hearinglossweb.com/discus/messages/12/12.html

External Link:
Provide Worldwide data on fertility clinics as mentioned in medicalcountries.org

Adoption Ext. Link:
Provide Worldwide data on Adoption as mentioned in medicalcountries.org

Technical Infertility info-External Link:
http://www.webmd.com/content/article/73/87998.htm

This website shows good descriptive audio
and video explaining fertility processes.  

External Link: http://www.krishnaivf.com/

Documentaries about reproductive technology. and your baby.

(Free from Netflex.com, by putting in these key words
in your search engine, "Netflix free trial" and canceling
your subscription before the month is up, or continuing 
for $7.99 per month. Once you are on Netflix put in the
movie title in the search box and click. If the search box 
is not visible click Browse DVDs and the box usually
comes up.) or telephone 1 (888) 638 3549 for help.

Titles of Documentaries.

"Frozen Angels"

 "The incredible Human Body"

"The Science of Babies" 
  by National Geographics, about the first 12 month of life  

"Babies", a fascinating Documentary of the simultaneous raising 
of four babies from Africa, Mongolia, Japan, and the U.S.A                      

"Pregnant  in America", Compares birth with a doctor to birth with
a midwife. (Does it pay to know your providers C-section rate?)

20 Low Cost Funeral Information__________________________

Free Cremation:External Link http://www.anatomicgift.com/
They use your body parts to help other people.

New York Times Article-- External Link:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/15/health/15brod.html?

General Information about most Funeral Costs and
Services: (At this website you frequently can find
someone that has information on your local funeral
providers, as well as book lists that cover about
everything, relating to funerals, even the laws about
burial in your yard, having the funeral in your home,
or making your own casket, or buying a casket for
a few dollars. In 45 U.S. states, it is legal for you to
care for your deceased. External Link:
http://www.funerals.org (national office: 800-765-0107)

General Information about Organ Donation:
External Link http://WWW.organdonor.gov.

It is possible to buy a casket for a few dollars.
Good Book Example, Information about funeral
laws in all us states: Lisa Carlson, “Caring for the Dead”

Modern day cremation video: External Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-ynU6aTzac

Cremation Ritual in India: External Link:
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/places/culture-places/work/india_cremation.html

For more Cremation videos, put in the key words,
"Cremation Videos" to get several videos from your web browser.

Argentina Hospitals

From the Department of State website External Link:
Top 10 Tips for Travelers

Updated list of Accredited Hospitals by Country.
Check to see if below listed hospital is currently
accredited. Exterior Link:

1 630 268 7400 to ask about a particular Hospital

To find registered doctors in a country put
the key words: "Registered Doctors " in
your Search Engine and frequently you will
get a website that provides a list of Registered
Doctors, in many countries, or just the country
you are looking in.

U. S. Department of State. External Link:
Lists of Doctors/Hospitals Abroad

U. S. and other embassies and consulates abroad
maintain lists to choose doctors and quality
hospitals. Look in the embassy in the country of
your interest. Example, http://usembassy.state.gov/
click city of your interest, Example: "Argentina:
Buenos Aires" , click "U.S. Citizens:, click "Living
in Argentina", click "Medical Care & Doctors", click
on click here in "Medical Care in Argentina to
find the list. Major credit card companies also can
provide the names to choose doctors and quality
hospitals abroad. Medical insurance carriers such
as Blue Crosss/Blue Shield websites can also be
useful in finding doctors in foreign countries.

From the Department of State website External Link:
Top 10 Tips for Travelers

Updated list of Accredited Hospitals by Country.
Check to see if below listed hospital is currently
accredited. Exterior Link:

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

AMIL Total Care - Botafogo
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Associação do Sanatório Sírio - Hospital do Coração
Sao Paulo, Brazil

Centro de Transplante de Medula Óssea (CEMO) - INCA
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hospital Copa D'OR
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Hospital do Cancer IV - INCa
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

To find registered doctors in a country put
the key words: "Registered Doctors " in
your Search Engine and frequently you will
get a website that provides a list of Registered
Doctors, in many countries, or just the country
you are looking in.

U. S. Department of State. External Link:
Lists of Doctors/Hospitals Abroad

U. S. and other embassies and consulates abroad
maintain lists to choose doctors and quality
hospitals. Look in the embassy in the country of
your interest. Example, http://usembassy.state.gov/
click city of your interest, Example: "Argentina:
Buenos Aires" , click "U.S. Citizens:, click "Living
in Argentina", click "Medical Care & Doctors", click
on click here in "Medical Care in Argentina to
find the list. Major credit card companies also can
provide the names to choose doctors and quality
hospitals abroad. Medical insurance carriers such
as Blue Crosss/Blue Shield websites can also be
useful in finding doctors in foreign countries.

China Hospitals

From the Department of State website External Link:
Top 10 Tips for Travelers

Updated list of Accredited Hospitals by Country.
Check to see if below listed hospital is currently
accredited. Exterior Link

China Hospitals Accredited by (JCI)& others

Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital
Hangzhou Zhejiang Province, China P.R

TEDA International Cardiovascular Hospital
TEDA, Tianjin, China P.R.

From the Department of State website External Link:
Top 10 Tips for Travelers

Updated list of Accredited Hospitals by Country.
Check to see if below listed hospital is currently
accredited. Exterior Link

Canossa Hospital, Caritas

Evangel Hospital

Hong Kong Aventist Hospital

Hong Kong Baptist Hospital

Hong Kong Central Hospital

Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital

Precious Blood Hospital

St Paul's Hospital

St Teresa's Hospital

Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital

Costa Rica Hospitals-, (round trip cost $278.& up). In Cities rooms

can be rented monthly for as low as $250..00.The yearly
temperature varies from 57 to 81 degrees monthly
in San Jose. (Nursing Homes are much, much
cheaper in some countries that you could go to.
If you cannot afford it here you can afford it
there. Check Costa Rica, for example with plane
fares less than $278, from some places. The
temperature varies from 57 to 81 degrees
Fahrenheit, in San Jose. MedicalTourism
History Compares some costs in several
countries, and provides other facts you
need to know!!!) Exterior Link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_tourism - History

From the Department of State website External Link:
Top 10 Tips for Travelers

External Link http://sanjose.usembassy.gov/medical.html

Updated list of Accredited Hospitals by Country.
Check to see if below listed hospital is currently
accredited. Exterior Link

Article from Costa Rica Daily News, English
Language news, about Clinica Biblica
Hospital, the first to apply for JCI
accreditation, in the region.
info@clinicabiblica.com
www.clinicabiblica.com

-Inside Costa Rica - Daily Online News

World Telephone Directory-External Link: 

Maps -External Link    http://www.mapquest.com/maps/

From the Department of State website External Link:
Top 10 Tips for Travelers

Updated list of Accredited Hospitals by Country.
Check to see if any listed hospital is currently
accredited. Exterior Link

Hong Kong Hospital

From the Department of State website External Link:
Top 10 Tips for Travelers

Updated list of Accredited Hospitals by Country.
Check to see if below listed hospital is currently
accredited. Exterior Link

Hong Kong Hospital Trent Accreditation List
External Link Trent Accreditation Scheme

Evangel Hospital

Hong Kong Aventist Hospital

Hong Kong Baptist Hospital

Hong Kong Central Hospital

Hong Kong Sanatorium and Hospital

Precious Blood Hospital

St Paul's Hospital

St Teresa's Hospital

Tsuen Wan Adventist Hospital

Hungarian Hospitals:

From the Department of State website External Link:
Top 10 Tips for Travelers

Updated list of Accredited Hospitals by Country.
Check to see if any Hungarian hospital is currently
listed as accredited. in this website below. Exterior Link

U. S. Department of State.--External Link:
Lists of Doctors/Hospitals Abroad

Department of State. External Link:
Lists of Doctors/Hospitals Abroad

To find dental web sites put in the words
“Sopron dentist Hungary” in your search
engine. CNN Article “Tooth tourism in the new
Europe” External Link:
http://editiom/200n.cnn.co4/WORLD/europe/04/22/european.quest.teeth/

Yellow Pages-External Link:
http://www.magyartelekom.hu/main.vm

Yellow pages (Arany oldalak) in Hungarian-
External Link: http://www.telefonkonyv.t-com.hu/tk

India Hospitals:

From the Department of State website External Link:
Top 10 Tips for Travelers

Updated list of Accredited Hospitals by Country.
Check to see if below listed hospital is currently
accredited. Exterior Link

Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad
Hyderabad, India

Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata
Kolkata, India

Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center
in Delhi, India performs nearly 15,000 heart
operations every year, and the post-surgery
mortality rate is only 0.8 percent, which is
less than half of most major hospitals in the
United States. Hospital is BSI certified. Exterior Links--

US Department of State. External Link:
Lists of Doctors/Hospitals Abroad

US Department of State.-External Link
…Lists of Doctors/Hospitals Abroad

U.S. and other embassies and consulates
abroad maintain lists to choose doctors,and
quality hospitals. Look in the embassy in the
area of your interest. Example:
http://usembassy.state.gov/ , click state & city
of your interest, click "U. S. Citizen Services,"
click "Services & Resources", click
"Medical Resources". Major credit card
companies also can provide the names to
choose doctors and quality hospitals abroad.
Medical insurance carriers such as Blue
Cross/Blue Shield websites can also be
useful in finding doctors in foreign
countries. External Link:

From the Department of State website External Link:
Top 10 Tips for Travelers

Updated list of Accredited Hospitals by Country.
Check to see if below listed hospital is currently
accredited. Exterior Link

Mexican Hospitals Accredited by (JCI)