The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has issued a final recommendation statement on pelvic examinations to screen for gynecologic conditions in nonpregnant asymptomatic women in primary care ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The speculum — the medical device used during pelvic exams — hasn't changed much in 170 years. (Getty Images; illustration: ...
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 ...
Every year millions of women trek to their gynecologist or other healthcare provider and reluctantly climb into the stirrups. Though no one particularly likes a pelvic exam, most women put up with the ...
It’s on the calendar. It’s coming soon. Your first gynecological exam. For some young women, this may be particularly anxiety-inducing. Women's health expert Dr. Kirtly Parker Jones walks you through ...
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — It’s a procedure so routine, even the name is predicable: the annual exam. For women of any age, this yearly doctor visit entails two certainties: a breast exam and a pelvic exam.
Imagine you need a gynecological procedure that requires anesthesia or are taken to the hospital in an emergency. While you are hospitalized, your doctor takes advantage of your anesthetized or ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio — A new batch of states is looking to legislate the level of informed consent required for medical students to perform pelvic exams on unconscious patients for educational purposes.
Anyone who has ever had been screened for cervical cancer, aka gotten a Pap smear, during a pelvic exam knows how uncomfortable it can be — and the speculum plays a key role in that. The ...