In addition to all of the standard procedures that have made Thailand a popular medical tourism destination there have been some treatments that were not available in the west that drew people to the Kingdom. In the U.S. in particular regulatory hurdles mean that promising treatments that have not yet gone through lengthy clinical trials […]

The online news site NBC-2.com had a story about several patients, 10 actually, who came from Florida to Bangkok to receive adult stem cell therapy for their untreatable heart conditions. One of the interesting points from that story is that this therapy is “illegal” in America. So these 10 men from southwest Florida were condemned […]

Samitivej Srinakarin Hospital in collaboration with Chulalongkorn Hospital and Thai StemLife will carry out clinical trials on the use of stem cell therapy on diabetic patients to treat limb ulcers that often lead to amputation. The therapy involves collection and replication of a patient’s adult stem cells that are then injected back into the patient’s […]

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. […]