Labor and delivery
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Water breaking: Understand this sign of labor
Learn how to tell this sign of labor and what do next.
Vitamin D for babies: Are supplements needed?
A Mayo Clinic specialist explains why, when and how to give your baby vitamin D.
Virtual colonoscopy
Unlike other colon cancer screening tests, this imaging test doesn't use a scope to examine your colon. Learn how it works and what to expect.
Video: The epidural block
Understand this anesthesia for labor and birth.
Video: Skin cancer — How skin cancer develops
Watch this video to see what melanoma and nonmelanoma skin cancers look like and how they develop.
Video: Sentinel node biopsy for melanoma
Video shows sentinel node biopsy to determine whether melanoma has spread.
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: Endoscopy
An endoscopy allows your doctor to view your esophagus, stomach and part of the small intestine. Here's how it works.
Video: Colonoscopy
See what a doctor sees when you undergo an examination of your colon.
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