WASHINGTON — No more dreaded pelvic exam? New guidelines say most healthy women can skip the yearly ritual. Routine pelvic exams don’t benefit women who have no symptoms of disease and who aren’t ...

Researchers found 1.4 million received a manual pelvic exam unnecessarily. Health experts say cervical cancer screening is not recommended for females under 21. Researchers suspect it could be due to ...

Draft recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) say there is insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms for the use of pelvic examinations to detect ...

If this picture makes you shudder, you'll want to understand the new guideline. (Maigh/Flickr) No more dreaded pelvic exam? New guidelines say most healthy women can skip the yearly ritual. Routine ...

WASHINGTON - No more dreaded pelvic exam? New guidelines say most healthy women can skip the yearly ritual. Routine pelvic exams don't benefit women who have no symptoms of disease and who aren't ...

The practice of medical students giving unconsented pelvic exams to women patients under anesthesia seems to be continuing, although recent new laws aim to change the situation. "When I was doing ...

This article was produced for ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network in partnership with The Salt Lake Tribune. As journalists, we often talk to people about difficult things. We listen for themes and ...

An informed consent law in Michigan would ensure that patient wellbeing remains the focus of medical practices, even when ...