‘ROUTINE GYNAECOLOGICAL examinations are bad medicine.” This must sound like music to the ears of women of all ages, who, by and large, dread the invasive aspects of having a cervical smear carried ...

(HealthDay News) — The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) has concluded that there is currently insufficient evidence to assess the balance of benefits and harms of performing screening ...

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 ...

You see a doctor before your test. They will explain the procedure and ask you to sign a consent form. This is a good time to ask questions. You might have a pre operative assessment appointment ...

The current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of performing screening pelvic examinations in asymptomatic, nonpregnant adult women for the early detection and ...

A pelvic exam is a way for doctors to look for signs of illness in organs in a woman's body before, during, and after menopause. The word "pelvic" refers to the pelvis. The exam is used to look at a ...

Studies in populations where infections of the genital tract (GTI) are more prevalent than those of the urinary tract (UTI) suggest that pelvic examinations must be included in the evaluation of all ...

To the Editor: Edelman and colleagues (June 28 issue) 1 describe the standard American method of performing a pelvic examination in their Videos in Clinical Medicine. The dorsal lithotomy position ...