ISA Surgical links patients to world class surgeons in Mexico
In Mexico there are wonderful, fully accredited hospitals in every city. Patients really can focus on choosing the surgeon who is best for them, and then choose a hospital from there.
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Living healthy in Mexico: Insurance, health care and Mexico's medical tourism - a resource page
Some are surprised at the quality of health care in Meixco. But the climate, diet and openness to alternative therapies all contribute to healty liing. In addition, Mexico is recognized throughout Lati...
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Will mold be a problem in Mexican real estate?
How Mexico will attract 5 million U.S. retirees
Medical and dental treatment and coverage in Oaxaca
AA: Alcoholics Anonymous meetings in Mexico
You'll find AA throughout Mexico, even in small towns. NA has a sizable presence in the larger towns. Alanon is almost everywhere. OA, SALA and other programs are less likely to be encountered outside major cities. AA is very visible. I have noted where there are meetings in many cases, but like here, they move or change. We urge readers to help us keep this list current.
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In Mexico, alternative medicine has long been popular. With the increase of healthcare costs, insurance, traditional medicines and a visit to the doctor's office in the U.S., many people are seeking al...
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International insurance plans for foreigners in Mexico
Updated May 30, 2010
It is advisable to have international health insurance while traveling or living as an expatriate. Having an international health plan gives a person, family or group a variety ...
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Travel and expat medical insurance in Mexico
Insurance can seem quite complicated. What is best for you and why? If you're spending time in Mexico, can you take your medical policy with you? Or should you purchase travel insurance? Are there othe...
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Mexico faces an uphill fight against malnutrition
More than 190 countries, including Mexico, have now signed up to the UN Millennium Development Goals, originally agreed in the year 2000.
There are eight key goals (see table) and Mexico is well on...
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Influenza A H1 N1 in Mexico: What can you do to minimize the risk?
Swine flu at Ground Zero (Mexico City): life in a masked city
People are still going about their business as usual, only we're all wearing surgical facemasks. I can't decide if this whole fear campaign is a massive media beat-up or if it has some credence.
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Mexico FAQs: Food and water
What about the water and food? Can I expect to have Moctezuma's Revenge? Qué me pueden decir acerca del agua y la comida en general en México? Puedo enfermarme? Can I drink the ...
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Mexican Health Care for the Baby-Boomer Generation
Many Mexican hospitals have worked to affiliate themselves with top U.S. and Canadian medical centers and have earned stringent international accreditations.
Mexico has long been the number-o...
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Obtaining Mexican Social Security (IMSS) Health Insurance
Expats living in Mexico have other considerations and better economic choices not commonly shared with the short-term traveler.
First, there is no need for evacuation to a home country. Second, beca...
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Did You Know? Birth control pills come from Mexican yams
The oral contraceptive pill, often referred to simply as "the Pill" was officially fifty years old on October 15, 2001. In the words of The Economist: it "was arguably the first lifestyle drug t...
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Mexican folk remedies
If you have something in your eye, take a hair from the tail of a live cat ....
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A Response To The Documentary Sicko
Hi, Mike.
Sicko is great but why did you forget Mexico? Uncle Sam wouldn't be giving you trouble on your return stateside, not like going to Cuba. And the Mexicans have been fi...
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Good doctor makes house calls
The good doctor really does make house calls.
Juan Barbosa Gallego arrives with a reassuring smile. His personality is perfect for his mission. He is calm, soft-spoken and confident he can produce a c...
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Where angels fear to tread: an interview with Silvia Flores
This morning Nurse Practitioner Silvia Flores Gonzalez is a little tired, having gotten up at 4:00 am to deliver a baby. The young mother knocked on the door of "El Centro de Desarrollo para Mujeres" i...
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Health care in the Guadalajara and Lake Chapala area
Health Care Resources
A partial listing of clinics, hospitals, dental and doctor's offices, and clinical laboratories
Americas Hospital - Avenida Américas #932, Guadalajara ...
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Massage Exchange With A Traditional Maya Massage Therapist
Night fell and it got dark with tropical quickness just as I was dropped off in a real VW bug at the bone-setter/massage man's home. On my way inside I almost stepped on a tarantula that seemed as big ...
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Got flu? Try a sock full of onions
Before the days of modern medicine, people relied on folk remedies. To ward off the flu, for example, you might have to wear a sock full of onions or eat a spoonful of hot chilies on a piece of pumpern...
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Signing up for Mexico's IMSS health coverage
I finally got my IMSS (The Mexican Social Health Insurance) card today. It took about three weeks and visits to fifteen different desks in four different buildings in two different cities. I did it mys...
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IMSS Insurance Terms & Conditions
1. It shall be excluded from the family insurance: the holder of the family insured, the additional beneficiary or member, if the have:
Any pre-existing disease, such as malign tumors, cronic degenerated diseases, such as delayed complications of mellitus diabetes, disease (gaucher disease), cronic diseases on liver, cronical renal failure, valvular diseases continuance, (arrhythmia, angor, myocardial infaction) cronic obstructive lung disease with respiratory failure, degenerative diseases of central and peripheral nervous system, vascular cerebral disease continuance, peripheral vascular failure, among others.
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