A catheterization laboratory or cath lab is an examination room in a hospital or clinic with diagnostic imaging equipment used to support the catheterization procedure. A catheter is inserted into a large artery, and various wires and devices can be inserted through the body via the catheter which is inside the artery. The artery most [...]

Snoezelen, or controlled multi-sensory stimulation therapy, comprises the components of a novel sensory stimulation approach. Snoezelen as an alternative treatment modality is gaining attention worldwide. Hulsegge and Verheul from the Netherlands derived this term in 1975 by blending two Dutch words, ‘sniffing’ and ‘dozing’ together, to describe a process of controlled sensory stimulation in a [...]

Medical tourism (also called medical travel, health tourism or global healthcare) is a term initially coined by travel agencies and the mass media to describe the rapidly-growing practice of traveling across international borders to obtain health care.
Such services typically include elective procedures as well as complex specialized surgeries such as joint replacement (knee/hip), cardiac surgery, [...]