The speculum — the medical device used during pelvic exams — hasn't changed much in 170 years. (Getty Images; illustration: Nathalie Cruz) Anyone who has ever had been screened for cervical cancer, ...

Pelvic exams play a pivotal role in medical education, often representing the first time medical students touch real humans in a professional manner. In her new book “Feeling Medicine,” published by ...

For a woman who had spent the previous evening sprawled across an examining table, receiving what she estimated was her For a woman who had spent the previous evening sprawled across an examining ...

A federal task force said there's not enough evidence to support an annual exam. — -- Annual pelvic exams -- often an uncomfortable part of a woman's visit to the gynecologist's office -- may no ...

A new bill from a Tulsa lawmaker would require hospitals to obtain written consent before performing pelvic exams on unconscious female patients. It may seem like an obvious step, but research shows ...

If you feel pretty damn proud of yourself for scheduling a Pap smear or pelvic exam, we don’t blame you. This kind of preventive care is incredibly important but also easy to put off or cut from your ...

The annual pelvic exam is not a test women look forward to — it's an uncomfortable and invasive procedure. For healthy women without sy The annual pelvic exam is not a test women look forward to — ...

Background Standing pelvic posture remains a common assessment in sports therapy. The palpation technique assessing the relative position of the anterior and posterior superior iliac spines is widely ...

If you happen to have had a gynecological surgery at a major teaching hospital in the U.S., there’s a good chance that after you were given the anesthetic, several medical students used your ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul Hsieh, M.D., covers healthcare economics, innovation, and policy. I was surprised to learn this was still going on today. I ...

Medical schools and students are grappling with an unsettling practice: Performing pelvic exams on unconscious, non-consenting patients. Ashley Weitz, who received an unauthorized pelvic exam in 2007, ...