The routine pelvic exam endured by healthy women at their physician’s office is a yearly ritual that frequently produces pain, anxiety and embarrassment in return for no documented benefit, and it ...

Each year, millions of women in the U.S. head to their gynecologist for an annual check-up. While it may not be the most pleasant experience in the world, most consider the prodding and mild ...

That awkward feet-in-the-stirrups moment when the doctor inserts two gloved fingers into your vagina to feel your cervix, uterus and ovaries while pressing down with the other hand on your abdomen may ...

A digital rectal exam, by itself, is not adequate screening for colorectal cancer -- nor is testing a single stool specimen for fecal occult blood. [1] Therefore, routine assessment of the rectum is ...

Leeches used to be used as a medical cure-all, but today are of course almost entirely discredited. It’s worth wondering how many other medical tests — from the prostate-specific antigen to routine ...

April 22, 2009 — The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) has issued a committee opinion on routine pelvic examination and cervical cytology screening that will be published in ...