16-Jun-17 Over 1.4 mn Americans went abroad for medical treatment in 2016 and Latin America is receiving the lion’s share, with low cost and increasingly excellent medical care, combined with developed tourist infrastructure. [image: Global Health Intelligence]

14-Jun-17 A medical tourism project intended to attract thousands of Chinese to a 5-star hospital in Auburn, Alabama, lacks investors, federal government approval, or hospital partners. A crackdown on birth tourism by President Trump has contributed to the failure. [image: IMTJ]

14-Jun-17 5G data services will transform the healthcare industry says an Ericsson study covering Germany, Japan, Korea, UK and US, noting three key impacts: increasingly decentralised healthcare, increasing availability and importance of data, and wearables and remote treatments becoming commonplace. [image: Ericsson]

14-Jun-17 14.4 mn kids in India are obese, the second highest after China with 15.3 mn. Egypt topped the list for adult obesity at about 35 percent. Lowest were Bangladesh and Vietnam at 1 percent. [image: ET Healthworld]

29-May-17 The US and Japan lead the world in telemedicine. However, China is likely to exceed them to its underserved population, need for access by the middle and lower-classes, and need for improvement to clinical workflows. [image: iData Research Inc]