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		<title>Costa Rica&#8217;s Medical Tourism On The Rise</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Jul 2011 16:40:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Costa Rica has become the first choice for Americans, Canadians and Europeans seeking quality and affordable medical treatment, or what is known as medical tourism and wellness.

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica.  According to Mark Sydney of Americana WellcareCR,  between 150,000 and 200,000 foreigners could be traveling to Costa Rica in 2011 for medical procedures.
It&#8217;s hard to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plastic Surgery in Costa Rica &#8211; Low Costs, Hospitals, Recovery</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 12:48:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has not been a surprise to some how Costa Rica has become a desired and popular medical tourism hub attracting thousands of medical tourists every year. They are coming in for all kinds of different medical treatments, starting from necessary surgery to elective procedures and prolonged treatments.
In the last few years, the medical tourism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Alternative Medical – Herbal Medicine, Holistic and Fraud</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We get many emails asking about alternative medical and which doctor or practitioners would we most recommend. Requests vary from everything to vitamins injections and Cobalt treatment for whatever, HIV/AIDs and cancer cures and the increasing inquires about anti-aging remedies.
With Health Care in the US running amok,  Costa Rica has become a major place for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police, Medical Emergencies, and Hospitals in Costa Rica</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Jul 2010 18:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[General Medical and Police Services
Medical care in San   Jose is adequate at the public hospitals, but  super at the private hospital.  Areas outside of San Jose have more  limited medical services, and road conditions increase driving times to  hospitals for routine or critical medical care. Doctors and hospitals  often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Government Bans Stem Cell Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 13:49:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in Oct, 2009, we wrote how suddenly there was  major increase of foreigners heading to Costa Rica for stem cell treatments that involved everything from ailments, to bone fractures, to multiple sclerosis.
The reason was simple; when people heard that, the International Society of Stem Cell research claiming, US clinical trials were &#8220;ambiguous&#8221; and treatments [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wellness Vacations In Costa Rica</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:22:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[During the last several years, a new generation of vacationers has been demanding more from hotels than ever before, and a new type of travel is rising in popularity.
This new group of travelers desires more than  before from their vacation, and so the tourism sector is providing many options, such as hotels and resorts with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Costs in Costa Rica vs. U.S.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Dec 2009 17:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the cost of medical on the rise, medical tourists from the United States, Canada and Europe should definitely compare the cost of medical treatment in Costa Rica to what it would cost at home. You can reach Costa Rica from just about everywhere in the U.S. and Canada in 12 hours or less; from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica Hosts First Medical Tourism Conference</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:34:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The cat is out of the bag for Costa Rica Health. This week the Central American country found out it will host the first Medical and Well-Being Tourism Conference in late April, 2010. This will reunited some 350 plus operators of health services from more than 20 countries, including insurance companies, self-insurance companies, medical tourism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medical Care in Costa Rica &#8211; Stem Cell &amp; Diabetes Cure</title>
		<link>http://ticotimes.com/costa-rica/medical-care-stem-cell-diabetes</link>
		<comments>http://ticotimes.com/costa-rica/medical-care-stem-cell-diabetes#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the increase in people losing their health insurance, Costa Rica medical tourism is now taking up the slack for more than 25,000 people every year. Overwhelmingly Americans, they hop a jet or cruise ship and travel south for Costa Rica. And, more and more travelers are taking vacations to this little Latin American country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Costa Rica&#8217;s Medical Tourism and Wellness &#8211; Health Care</title>
		<link>http://ticotimes.com/costa-rica/medical-tourism-wellness-healthcare</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time I&#8217;m in Costa Rica it always amazing me of how that country is developing into a First-World country. One of my meetings was about developing a Costa Rica medical tourism website and then I had a much respected meeting with one of our competitive Bloggers, who was getting ready to do the same.
A [...]]]></description>
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