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Water retention: Relieve this premenstrual symptom
Find out what's behind premenstrual water retention and what treatments might lessen discomfort.
Water breaking: Understand this sign of labor
Learn how to tell this sign of labor and what do next.
Vulvodynia
Learn about pain, burning and irritation of the vaginal area that doesn’t have a clear cause. Then find out how to get relief.
Vulvar cancer
Learn about this rare cancer that forms on the skin that surrounds the urethra and vagina. Treatments include surgery, radiation and chemotherapy.
Video: Uterine fibroids treatment — Focused ultrasound
Uterine fibroids treatment with MRI and ultrasound — Relief is possible without surgery or drugs.
Video: The epidural block
Understand this anesthesia for labor and birth.
Video: Ovulation
Ovulation — the release of an egg from an ovary — occurs about midway through the menstrual cycle. See how it happens.
Video: Mammogram for breast cancer — What to expect
Watch video to see what it's like to have a mammogram, or breast cancer detection exam.
Video: HSG test for female infertility
Video animation shows the HSG test — an X-ray study to identify causes of female infertility.
Video: Baby's soft spots (fontanels)
A baby's soft spots (fontanels) close when the skull bones fuse together. See how.
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