Health insurance premiums increase like clockwork every year–lately the pace of medical inflation has been in the double digits. Now MediCare International is helping ease the burden with “voluntary excess”… Read more »
As an American mother living in the UK, I am thankful for the great British institution that is the National Health Service (NHS). Over the past 10 years I have… Read more »
Of all the health issues concerning expats, food safety is right at the top of the list. Hardly a month goes by, it seems, without some failing, whether it’s radioactive… Read more »
Chronic pain is one of the most frustrating medical conditions out there. Its effects are terrible and yet relatively little is known about its causes. There is also really no… Read more »
Most of us have sat in an office where there are little bowls of candy set out everywhere. Some next to a co-worker who passes them out relentlessly. Depending on… Read more »
You may want to think twice about feeding your baby Meiji powdered milk. Yesterday the Japanese company announced some 400,000 cans of its STEP powdered milk for infants had been contaminated… Read more »
It’s that time of year again. The results of HSBC’s 2011 Expat Explorer Survey are out and Belgium placed #1 for expat healthcare, followed by Germany and France. Those rankings are… Read more »
What’s a safe and healthy salad worth? Millions, according to food regulators and produce farmers in the US. Lives are at stake after all. Just this summer a deadly e…. Read more »
When China announced its new social insurance tax on expatriates (requiring them to pay into the Chinese health system), one of the most common complaints was that expats don’t use… Read more »
Fish has long been touted as a food that can reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke. But people who eat baked or broiled fish may also be lowering… Read more »