Dental and medical tourism is a common phenomenon in Europe with many people travelling from the UK to get treated abroad. Some people even combine it with a holiday. In America there is a similar trend with around 750,000 people travelling to Mexico and even further afield for dental treatment. Despite Obamacare, which was finally […]
Infertility is a major and growing problem across the world, in particular in developed countries such as the USA and UK and emerging economies such as India. In 2002, the US Centre for Disease Control determined that 7.3 million American women had problems either conceiving or carrying a baby full term. This can be devastating […]
US dentistry recently got a shock when it was revealed that a dental practice which was shut down was also responsible for the transmission of Hepatitis C. The dental surgery in Tulsa, Oklahoma came under the spotlight after it was reported that the dental surgeon and staff were using rusty equipment, and re-using old needles. […]
Women with sexual transmitted diseases (STDs) are doubling their risk of infertility. Apparently, this is the case if women are having repeating episodes of pelvic inflammatory disease (PID), which increases inflammation of the sexual organs. What’s more the condition is known to affect more than 800,000 women in the USA each year, with statistics showing […]