Essays from our clinicians and concierge team on preventive medicine, longevity research, and the patients whose journeys shape how we work.
New reading, updated regularly. Every essay is written, edited, and reviewed in-house by our clinical and concierge teams.
As of mid-2026, a cash-pay bone-density DEXA scan in the US typically costs $150–$350; body-composition DEXA at boutique clinics runs up to...
A family traveling Taiwan with three children solved the weekly laundry mountain by sending clothes to a neighborhood shop and having them d...
In the 2024 Medicare data, U.S. physicians billed an average of $1,419 for a diagnostic colonoscopy (CPT 45378) — the doctor's fee alone, be...
Trying Traditional Chinese Medicine in Taiwan as a traveler — acupuncture, cupping, tui-na, herbal medicine — how a 中醫 clinic visit works,...
Mental health support in Taiwan for foreigners — anxiety, depression, panic, medication refills — crisis lines (1925/1995), English-speaking...
Traveling in Taiwan with a sick child — fever, ear infections, rashes, tummy bugs — how walk-in pediatric clinics work, the red flags that m...
Women's health care in Taiwan for travelers — UTIs, infections, contraception and emergency contraception, menstrual and pregnancy concerns...
ENT care in Taiwan for travelers — ear infections, sore throats, sinusitis, flight and diving ear problems, nosebleeds — Taiwan's walk-in EN...
Medical skin problems in Taiwan — heat rash, allergic reactions, fungal infections, bites — the humidity factor, when a reaction is an ER (a...
