One of Piyavate Hospital’s centers of excellence is their “Perfect Heart Institute”. State-of-the-art facilities at the heart institute include Multi-Detector Spiral Computerized Tomography Scanner (MDCT 64 slices). MDCT is used at the heart center for determining causes of chest pain. The procedure takes only about 30 minutes and is recommended when a physical examination is […]

Piyavate Hospital has established a Chinese Medicine Center, part of its “Centers of Excellence” concept. Treatments available in Piyavate’s Chinese Medicine Center include acupuncture, a thousand year old traditional treatment from China that was certified by the World Health Organization in 1979 as a legitimate form of medical treatment. Acupuncture has been proven effective in […]

Some time ago I created a lens on Squidoo that was about medical tourism in Thailand. That lens took a more critical look at the overall subject than you usually see in fluff pieces promoting the industry. At the same time, it highlighted a few myths commonly promulgated by detractors of whole medical tourism concept. […]

For a number of years there have been just a couple of established medical centers offering so-called anti-aging therapies. Most well-known is probably the Vitalife Wellness Center at Bumrungrad Hospital. There is also the TRIA Integrative Wellness Center at Piyavate Hospital. There is an independent anti-aging center located in its own facility rather than at […]