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For more than 4-thousand years, the Chinese have used acupuncture to treat many ailments. Pain, stress, depression even addiction. Today, many doctors continue that practice because, for many people, it works. Let's go to Mayo Clinic where a neurosurgeon is using acupuncture to help people who suffer from nausea and vomiting after many types of operations.
Resource: Complementary and Integrative Medicine
It's not something many people like to talk about, but urinary incontinence is a big issue. Up to 30% of all women suffer from it, and those who do know how embarrassing having an accident can be. Medications may work for some women, but for those who don't find relief with meds, there is another option. An implant that acts like a pacemaker for your bladder. More from Mayo Clinic.
Resource: Urinary Incontinence
Benign prostate hyperplasia, or BPH, is a common condition that men develop as they age. The main symptom is the need to make frequent trips to the bathroom. In extreme cases, complications such as painful bladder stones can develop. Traditional treatment for these cases meant a big incision and several days in the hospital. But now doctors are using minimally invasive robots to perform this operation. Let's go to Mayo Clinic to find out what the technology means for patients.
Resource: Robotic Assisted Surgery
The first few months after a new baby comes home is a time of joy and wonder, but it can also be exhausting. That's why the woman you're about to meet didn't think twice about being tired and sometimes short winded. What she didn't know was that her heart was growing weak because of a rare condition that can happen after delivery. Suddenly, she collapsed. She needed to get to a major medical center fast, because her local hospital was not equipped to help her. An air ambulance from Mayo Clinic was her only chance at staying alive.
Resource: Emergency Transportation
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