As a registered nurse with more than 16 years experience working with women in underserved communities, I’ve been utterly disheartened over the past 24 hours. A pelvic exam is what most lay people ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many doctors require that women have a pelvic exam before they can get a prescription for birth control pills, despite guidelines saying that the step is unnecessary, a new ...

A federal task force said there's not enough evidence to support an annual exam. — -- Annual pelvic exams -- often an uncomfortable part of a woman's visit to the gynecologist's office -- may no ...

The Well Woman Exam is the time to meet with your healthcare provider who will screen you for possible reproductive health problems and discuss your concerns. It is important that you have the exams ...

How many pelvic exams does a woman have in her lifetime? Why should one in particular stand out? Even at the time it didn’t feel right, back when I was a 25-year-old theater student at USC. Today, 16 ...

The rectovaginal exam is not a particularly accurate screening exam. It is usually reserved for people who either have rectal or pelvic pain or are experiencing symptoms related to the genitourinary ...

Millions of young women have reportedly had intrusive and uncomfortable gynecological exams that they didn’t really need, according to researchers behind a new study published in JAMA Internal ...

The UW Medical Center has informed patients for decades that residents and students will be part of their care for obstetrical and gynecologic surgery which could include exams under anesthesia, and ...

Colorado medical providers will need to get patients' prior consent before medical students can perform pelvic exams on them while they are unconscious for a procedure under a bill signed into law ...

The Florida medical community was left concerned and confused by the passage of the original 2020 pelvic examination law. As we discussed in our past blog, practitioners believed the law was overly ...