Labor and delivery
Learning Center
Home birth: Know the pros and cons
Understand the possible risks and how to plan and prepare for a home birth.
Puberty blockers for transgender and gender-diverse youth
Understand how puberty blockers work to suppress puberty. Learn about their benefits, side effects and long-term effects.
Stress fractures
Stress fractures are tiny cracks in bones often caused by overuse or osteoporosis. Learn how to prevent and treat them.
Video: The epidural block
Understand this anesthesia for labor and birth.
Water breaking: Understand this sign of labor
Learn how to tell this sign of labor and what do next.
Autoimmune pancreatitis
Autoimmune pancreatitis is a relatively uncommon disease of the pancreas that may be mistaken for pancreatic cancer.
Keratoconus
When your cornea bulges outward, it can cause blurry vision and make your eyes sensitive to light. Find out about symptoms, causes and treatment for this eye condition.
Narcolepsy
Learn more about this sleep disorder that causes periods of involuntary sleep, sleep paralysis and early rapid eye movement (REM) sleep.
Labor positions
Learn about positions that might help you relax and ease pain during labor.
Brain AVM (arteriovenous malformation)
Tangled blood vessels in the brain affect typical blood flow in this rare condition. Learn more.
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