Expat Health Insurance News: Older people 'need help checking for skin cancer'

Older expatriate medical insurance customers might need help with the earlier detection of skin cancers, the British Skin Foundation has suggested.

Bevis Man, spokesman for the organisation, commented: "It's worth considering that the over-65s simply might not be able to check themselves physically or have access to someone that can help. Regardless of age however, we all still have a way to go yet in terms of cementing both the sun safety and early detection messages into the public consciousness."

He pointed out that ...

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International Health Insurance News: Patients 'lie about alcohol and exercise'

Expatriate medical insurance policyholders might be interested to learn that one in five British over-50s lie to their doctors about their lifestyles.

Research from Saga revealed that 22 per cent of those aged over 50 would not tell the truth about how much alcohol they drink if their healthcare professional asked them, while 15 per cent would fib about their diet.

Some 18 per cent of women and 15 per cent of men would ...

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Expatriate Insurance News: Cancer survival rates 'can be improved with faster diagnosis'

The survival rate for people with cancer could be improved if diagnoses were sped up, global health insurance policyholders may be interested to hear.

This is the view of Andrew Wilson-Webb, chief executive of the Rarer Cancers Forum, who noted that improvements can be made at the first step of the medical treatment process.

"Access to new medicines is one [way it could improve], the other is earlier diagnosis. Earlier diagnosis is really the key to pretty much everything," he explained.

"Early diagnosis will ...

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International Healthcare News: India 'cannot be seen in one trip'

Overseas health insurance policyholders who are considering going to India should understand that the country cannot be seen in a single trip.

This is the advice of Rajen Habib Khwaja, secretary at the Ministry of Tourism, who said India's rich culture and natural heritage "is unparallel".

"India is an experience, and one cannot complete this experience in one visit. We are proud that ...


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Expatriate Healthcare News: Pension advice 'is not customer friendly'

The jargon spouted in much pension advice may be off-putting to many expatriate health insurance customers.

According to Paul Goodwin, head of pensions at Aviva, there is plenty of information available to individuals planning for retirement, but a lot of it is not customer-friendly.

"That all adds to ...

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