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Mayo Clinic produces and distributes Medical Edge from Mayo Clinic — a weekly medical news package for television newscasts.

January 2009

Acupuncture for Nausea

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.

Bladder Pacemaker

It's not something many people like to talk about, but urinary incontinence is a big issue. Medications may work for some, but there is another option. An implant that acts like a pacemaker for your bladder.

Robotic Urologic Surgery

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.

Medical Airplane Saves Life

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 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. An air ambulance from Mayo Clinic was her only chance at staying alive.

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