BACKGROUND Medical tourism is the term that describes patients' international travel with the intention of seeking medical treatment. Some medical tourists go abroad for orthopaedic surgeries, including hip and knee resurfacing and replacement. In this article we examine the findings of interviews with Canadian medical tourists who went abroad for such surgeries to determine what is distinctive...

Currently, considerable attention is drawn to oats for its high content of dietary fiber, phytochemicals and nutritional value. The consumption believed have various health benefits such as cholesterol-lowering anti-cancer properties. Recently, also been considered suitable in the diet celiac patients. Due their value, oat-based food products bread, biscuits, probiotic drinks, breakfast cereals...