How diabetes affects your blood sugar

Diabetes mellitus - retinal conditions

This animation depicts changes to the retina resulting from diabetes mellitus.

• Diabetes
• Vision

Ovulation Animation

This animation shows the process of ovulation (the release a single egg cell from an ovary). Ovulation occurs though a sequence of hormonal responses. Located deep within the brain, the pituitary gland releases the hormones FSH and LH, which travel through the blood stream to the ovaries. These hormones signal the development and release a single egg cell from one of the ovaries. The sweeping motion of the fimbriae draws the egg cell through a very small space in the open body cavity into the uterine, or fallopian, tube. The egg cell will either be fertilized by sperm or will dissolve if fertilization does not take place.

• Women's Health

How to measure blood pressure using an automatic monitor

Watch this video to learn how to measure blood pressure using an automatic monitor.

Mammogram for breast cancer - What to expect

Watch video to see what it's like to have a mammogram, or breast cancer detection exam.

• Breast Cancer
• Women's Health

Baby

A baby's soft spots (fontanels) close when the skull bones fuse together. See how.

• Parenting - Newborn & Infant