Baltic Bariatric Services has joined Latvia’s growing medical services market as they attempt to turn this tiny Baltic nation into the new Mecca for weight loss surgery patients. The young company specializes in bariatric medicine, the branch of medicine focused on obesity, it’s causes and solutions. Initially targeting Scandinavia and Central Europe, Baltic Bariatric hopes [...]

Unable to seek care in the United States due to financial and insurance limitations, uninsured American finally found relief from his 20-year old chronic back pain in India through a lumbar spine surgery facilitated by Healthbase. Boston-based Healthbase Online Inc., the leading medical tourism facilitator, recently helped an uninsured American have his two-decade old back [...]

SurgiCare, one of the UK’s most popular cosmetic surgeons, is organising an open day party to celebrate their third birthday since weight loss surgery launched at the company. In the three years since SurgiCare launched weight loss surgery nearly 1000 people have been helped to achieve their weight loss and health goals. To celebrate this, [...]

More than 30,000 American men had weight loss surgery in 2008; more than 60,000 American men will have weight loss surgery in 2009. By 2015, more than a quarter million men will have weight loss surgery each year. As morbid obesity climbs, so do the medical consequences of diabetes, hypertension, and other life-threatening conditions. Just [...]

SurgiCare, one of the leading cosmetic and wieght loss surgery providers in the UK, recently conducted a survey of all their weight loss surgery patients about their lives following their procedure, with 71% reporting a big improvement in their sex life after dropping the pounds. With nearly two thirds of men and more than half [...]