NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Many doctors give women pelvic exams when they're not called for by guidelines, for example to screen for ovarian cancer or before prescribing birth control pills, ...

Doctors should not do pelvic exams on women who are not pregnant and have no symptoms of disease, according to new guidelines from the American College of Physicians published Monday. A review of ...

It all started with a taped-out visualization on Ann Gilligan’s kitchen floor. The RN who’s worked in the health care industry for 35 years and has a background in labor and delivery wanted to create ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Some studies suggest pelvic exams should not be performed in the ED, but these studies have important ...

There's great news for women who dread that annual pelvic exam (i.e. basically everyone). On Tuesday, a panel made up of medical experts that advise the government said that there's not enough ...

Women seeking help for certain gynecological disorders may have their symptoms gaslighted by their doctors or nurses, a new study suggests. The flood of dismissive and invalidating remarks by health ...

Michigan currently has no state law preventing medical students from performing pelvic exams on anesthetized patients without their consent. Surveys indicate that nonconsensual exams are common for ...